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| Stalemate creates bigger state budget hole | "The governor is disgusted, and she’s not alone. The legislative special session that was supposed to last seven days greets its 16th dawn today with little to show for the extra time. Sightings of House Speaker Frank Chopp crossing the Capitol building to speak to Senate… |
2010-03-30 | |
| Panel to tackle state tax impasse | "In an effort to break a logjam over which taxes to raise, the Washington Legislature will set up a conference committee with three members from each chamber to try to find a compromise. The Senate rejected the House of Representatives’ rewrite of the tax package Thursday and agreed… |
2010-03-26 | |
| Few lawmakers at Capitol for budget impasse talk | "Most state lawmakers stayed away from the Capitol on Tuesday as a House-Senate dispute over taxes remained stuck in a political ditch. Top House and Senate negotiators were in Olympia to bring ideas for ending the impasse over how to raise $800 million in new revenue – without the… |
2010-03-24 | |
| WWU students lobby U.S. Senate for Pell Grant increases | "The son of a single mom from Federal Way, Matt Jarrell says he may never have made it through Western Washington University without the money he received from Pell Grants. Virgilio Clinton of Olympia, like Jarrell a senior at WWU, says he has lots of friends who wouldn't have… |
2010-03-24 | |
| Washington Legislature still split over taxes | "The Legislature could be here a long time. |
2010-03-23 | |
| State House passes budget without sales-tax increase | "Rejecting a sales-tax hike to help balance the budget, the state House has endorsed a $790 million tax package that focuses on closing tax exemptions and collecting more money from service businesses. |
2010-03-22 | |
| Bellingham Music Club supports high school, college musicians | "Bellingham Music Club was a natural fit for Clyde Hiss, who retired after teaching private voice lessons and directing the opera theater at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. Now 76, he's president of the 94-year-old organization. About the club: The club presents a… |
2010-03-22 | |
| Gregoire scolds Legislature: Wrap it up by Sunday | "Gov. Chris Gregoire scolded fellow Democrats in the Legislature Thursday afternoon, saying lawmakers need to finish their work and go home by Sunday. |
2010-03-19 | |
| Wash. lawmakers: Tax compromise could be possible | "Legislative leaders were more optimistic Thursday that compromise might be possible on an $800 million tax package to help bridge Washington state's budget deficit, the main attraction of a special session heading into its fifth day. |
2010-03-19 | |
| WWU's Adventure Learning Grant program to send students to the Andes, Balkans and Central America | 2010-03-18 |