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With budget deal in hand, state lawmakers expected to vote Friday

Budget negotiators in the House and Senate reached a handshake agreement on an operating budget Thursday morning, and Gov. Jay Inslee said the pending deal can avert the shutdown of many state services that would have begun Monday.

The Senate was poised to start voting on the $33.5…

2013-06-28
$33.6B budget gets tentative OK; gives $1B boost to schools

One-hundred and fifty days of contentious budget negotiations — and the threat of a government shutdown — ended Thursday morning with a handshake.

Democratic House Appropriations Chairman Ross Hunter and Republican Senate Ways and Means Chairman Andy Hill looked at…

2013-06-28
Deal or no deal? Conflicting claims fly as state budget bickering persists

In a sign of just how dysfunctional the state Legislature has become, lawmakers Wednesday argued about whether they had completed a budget deal — or not.

The bizarre episode started shortly after noon when Sen. Joe Fain, R-Auburn, tweeted from inside the Republican…

2013-06-27
State Legislature nearing a deal, at least on education

State lawmakers are said to be in general agreement about the way forward for the state’s higher education system. When it comes to Olympia, its never real until the votes are counted but this Seattle Times story foreshadows a possible budget deal. Naturally some lawmakers are quoted as saying…

2013-06-27
Wash. budget talks now focused on smaller details

Negotiators in Olympia have agreed to the large components of a new state budget and are now working through the smaller details.

A spokeswoman for Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday there have been no setbacks in the talks and that lawmakers are close to agreement on a final deal. Inslee had…

2013-06-25
News from Olympia: None

June 23rd seemed like a perfectly good time to book a wedding in the Capitol Rotunda.

But a few dozen lobbyists were among the invited guests when young Olympia residents Gabriella Carty and Steve Christenson got married there on Sunday.

2013-06-24
Budget Office releases summaries of state budget proposals 2013-06-14
The big unknowns: Inslee's cabinet unsure of key shutdown questions

The shape of any partial state government shutdown on July 1 is one giant question mark.

Actually, it's dozens and dozens of question marks.

Gov. Jay Inslee met with his cabinet late Wednesday afternoon to discuss what to do if…

2013-06-13
Part-time school, college staff may lose state health benefits

Thousands of part-time school employees and college instructors would be switched from state-funded health insurance to Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges under a complicated Senate budget proposal that backers say would save the state up to $57 million over the next two years.
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2013-06-13
In case budget doesn’t pass, state readies for shutdown

Gov. Jay Inslee is making plans for a possible government shutdown in case the current state budget expires June 30 without a new one to take its place.

The news came Tuesday as Inslee announced that a second special session will start Wednesday because the…

2013-06-12
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