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State senate releases capital budget draft 2015-04-08
Legislative update: Busy, busy 2015-04-06
Freeze or cut college tuition, but make up for lost revenue

Parents of kindergartners might already be panicking when they consider how much sending that child to college will cost, with good reason: Tuition at Washington’s four-year state schools shot up 37 percent in the last five years, from an average of $6,400 in 2010-11 to $8,778 in the current…

2015-04-03
Governor signs measure paving way for WSU medical school

A bill signed by Gov. Jay Inslee Wednesday ends the 98-year prohibition against opening a medical school at Washington State University.

House Bill 1559, passed in March in the House and Senate by wide margins, eliminates a restriction dating from 1917 that gives the University of…

2015-04-03
GOP plan to cut college tuition by 25% wins praise; others cautious

With Republicans in the state Senate proposing to cut tuition by about 25 percent at state universities and permanently tie tuition to the state’s average wage, the reaction ranged from enthusiastic to cautious.

Republicans, who released their budget Tuesday, said it would be the first…

2015-04-02
From President Shepard: update on state senate budget 2015-04-01
After governor bans Indiana travel, WWU administration amends policy 2015-04-01
From President Shepard: Update on the state budgets 2015-03-30
U.S. Rep. Larsen to hold town hall meeting at WWU in Bellingham

U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Everett, will hold a town-hall style meeting for constituents on Thursday, April 2.

Larsen will speak with residents of the 2nd Congressional District from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Western Washington University, Lecture Hall 210 of the Academic…

2015-03-30
Legislative update: Halfway there 2015-03-18
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