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Wouldn’t it be great if college tuition were cheaper in Washington state?

Sens. Barbara Bailey, R-Oak Harbor, and John Braun, R-Centralia, introduced a bill Thursday, Feb. 12, that could make that happen, but the cutback comes with a more than $220 million price…

More than one-quarter of the way into the legislative session, state lawmakers are still struggling with the main challenge they’ll face this year: writing a budget that satisfies a state Supreme Court order to boost funding for basic education.

Legislators generally don’t disagree about…

In a move that caught just about everyone by surprise Tuesday, Texas A&M University snatched up University of Washington President Michael Young — naming him as its new leader after a search that lasted more than a year.

Moody's Investors Service assigns a A1 rating to Western Washington University's (WWU) expected issuance of $14.7 million of fixed-rate Housing and Dining System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2015. At this time we are also affirming the existing A1 ratings on all existing Bonds.

Gov. Jay Inslee Tuesday used his State of the State address to double down on his sweeping budget proposals to spend more on education and transportation, and to tax carbon pollution and capital gains.

In his annual speech to a joint session of the state House and…

I LOOK at Gov. Jay Inslee’s budget proposal through one lens: implications for higher education’s ability to serve Washington. While the budget represents real leadership, significant work must be done to shore up funding for higher education.

Washington’s revenue…