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Survival of the fittest: Both sides prep for state budget battle	Today, the Democratic-controlled Washington House will likely pass the $34.5 billion 2013-2015 budget it unveiled two days ago. The House's Republican minority will gripe and make symbolic gestures against the size of that budget, complaining that it is too…	2013-04-12
Dream Act deserves a vote	The state Senate’s Higher Education Committee used curious reasoning to deny financial aid to a small but promising group of future citizens who want to further their education. State lawmakers should resurrect House Bill 1817 and write it into the 2013-2015 biennium budget.	2013-04-12
House Democratic budget emphasizes education	The Democratic-controlled Washington House wants to raise an extra $1.34 billion by extending expiring taxes and closing tax exemptions. That would pay for $1.3 billon in court-mandated extra education spending in 2013-2015. "We're proposing to put…	2013-04-11
Shepard weighs in on state House budget proposal		2013-04-11
The next question: Special session?	The Legislature's constitutionally mandated final day of this year's 105-day session is April 28. But with a $1.2 billion budget disagreement between the GOP coalition in the Senate and the Democrats in the House, many legislators are wondering if a special session will be needed.…	2013-04-09
Gov. Jay Inslee to replace half of the Washington Student Achievement Council	Gov. Jay Inslee startled many in education circles when he quietly moved to replace half of the Washington Student Achievement Council. What went wrong so quickly? Former U.S. Rep. Brian Baird of Vancouver seemed a capable chairman of the board filled with boldfaced names. Inslee is…	2013-04-09
Capitol Week Ahead: Is there a budget in the House?	Gov. Jay inslee showed us his. Thirty state senators showed us theirs. This week, House Democrats will unveil their own version of the state's 2013-15 operating budget — somewhere in the neighborhood of $33 billion. That unveiling will be followed by one or…	2013-04-08
Innovation is too hard to find	“Relentlessly innovative,” at the very least, is something we should try to be, says the gregarious president of Western Washington University Bruce Shepard. Innovative is what Washington’s public universities must be and what Western strives for. Try something new, fail if you must, then try…	2013-04-05
Shepard offers insight on state Senate budget proposal		2013-04-04
Plan would restore state worker pay	The Washington Senate laid out a two-year state spending plan Wednesday that follows Gov. Jay Inslee’s lead on several public-employee pay issues, and it drew similar reactions from labor groups.	2013-04-04

Survival of the fittest: Both sides prep for state budget battle

Today, the Democratic-controlled Washington House will likely pass the $34.5 billion 2013-2015 budget it unveiled two days ago.

The House's Republican minority will gripe and make symbolic gestures against the size of that budget, complaining that it is too…

2013-04-12

Dream Act deserves a vote

The state Senate’s Higher Education Committee used curious reasoning to deny financial aid to a small but promising group of future citizens who want to further their education. State lawmakers should resurrect House Bill 1817 and write it into the 2013-2015 biennium budget.

2013-04-12

House Democratic budget emphasizes education

The Democratic-controlled Washington House wants to raise an extra $1.34 billion by extending expiring taxes and closing tax exemptions. That would pay for $1.3 billon in court-mandated extra education spending in 2013-2015.

"We're proposing to put…

2013-04-11

Shepard weighs in on state House budget proposal

2013-04-11

The next question: Special session?

The Legislature's constitutionally mandated final day of this year's 105-day session is April 28. But with a $1.2 billion budget disagreement between the GOP coalition in the Senate and the Democrats in the House, many legislators are wondering if a special session will be needed.…

2013-04-09

Gov. Jay Inslee to replace half of the Washington Student Achievement Council

Gov. Jay Inslee startled many in education circles when he quietly moved to replace half of the Washington Student Achievement Council.

What went wrong so quickly? Former U.S. Rep. Brian Baird of Vancouver seemed a capable chairman of the board filled with boldfaced names. Inslee is…

2013-04-09

Capitol Week Ahead: Is there a budget in the House?

Gov. Jay inslee showed us his. Thirty state senators showed us theirs.

This week, House Democrats will unveil their own version of the state's 2013-15 operating budget — somewhere in the neighborhood of $33 billion. That unveiling will be followed by one or…

2013-04-08

Innovation is too hard to find

“Relentlessly innovative,” at the very least, is something we should try to be, says the gregarious president of Western Washington University Bruce Shepard. Innovative is what Washington’s public universities must be and what Western strives for. Try something new, fail if you must, then try…

2013-04-05

Shepard offers insight on state Senate budget proposal

2013-04-04

Plan would restore state worker pay

The Washington Senate laid out a two-year state spending plan Wednesday that follows Gov. Jay Inslee’s lead on several public-employee pay issues, and it drew similar reactions from labor groups.

2013-04-04