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State lawmakers remain stuck in a partisan fight that appears certain to drive the Legislature into a second special session.

While legislators technically have until midnight Tuesday to pass a state operating budget, no one expects that to happen, given the lack…

With just days left in an overtime legislative session, the state Senate on Saturday approved a budget plan that made some concessions on revenue, provided House Democrats agree to other demands.

Big disagreements with the state House remain, with an important…

Once again, Congress is facing a time-sensitive “cliff” deadline: July 1, when rates on federally subsidized Stafford student loans will double should Congress fail to act.

If this cliff sounds familiar, it’s because we were at the same brink last year during the election. A last-minute…

The state House approved a revised budget plan Thursday night, advancing the new spending plan even though it still lacks support in the Senate.

With lawmakers entering the final days of a special session, the House voted 53-35 to approve the budget. Republicans in…

When the future of the state’s prepaid college-tuition program was being debated this year, lawmakers often asked whether concerns about solvency and value might cause investors to stop buying into the program.

The answer, it seems, is a qualified “no.”

Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday that he is concerned about the "lack of substantive progress" in budget negotiations as lawmakers near the end of an overtime session, and he specifically called out a measure put forth by Senate Republicans that he says will take money away from education…

The mainspring for landing the Boeing 777X in Washington is higher ed and addressing the skills gap in engineering and technology. The best social program for self-sufficiency, the best business strategy for curtailing unemployment and goosing the economy, is higher ed.

Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee told a Seattle audience Monday that he wants to reduce public university tuitions after several years of diminishing state support for higher education.

“We’re really at risk of having our colleges erode,” Inslee told the audience at a sold-out luncheon of…

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has narrowed his list of top priorities for lawmakers to address in a special session, saying Monday that the Legislature must focus on the operating budget, a transportation-funding package and new legislation to crack down on drunken drivers.