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Western Washington University students visited Olympia en masse Monday for Viking Lobby Day, students' annual trip to the state capitol to stump for issues of importance to Western.
A total of 79 students held 120 meetings with Washington state legislators or their staff…
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The 2016 legislative session is underway in Olympia…
Whatcom County won some and lost some during the longest-ever year for the Washington state Legislature.
With Democrats in charge of the House and governor’s office, and Republicans controlling the Senate, the three Democrats and three Republicans who represent the county agreed the…
Triple overtime session where lawmakers raised the gas tax to pay for transportation projects across the state, cut college tuition and put more money toward the state's education system.
Lawmakers went home Friday afternoon after the House passed its last remaining bills.…
Surrounded by children, Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday signed bills to help kids on both ends of the education spectrum: a comprehensive new early learning bill and a measure that will cut college and university tuition.
The Early Start Act makes the state's quality-rating system…
Linda Teater, director of Western Washington University's Budget Office, and Rich Van Den Hul, WWU vice president for Business and Financial Affairs, sent the following message to WWU faculty and staff Wednesday evening regarding the Washington State Legislature's approved…
A major renovation of Western Washington University’s Carver Academic Facility is beginning and will revitalize the aging campus building.
The Washington State Legislature, as part of the 2015-2017 state capital budget, approved $70 million in funding for the project.
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State agencies stayed open Wednesday and government officials took steps to make amends with the state Supreme Court – those were two of the main accomplishments of the new two-year operating budget that Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law late Tuesday evening.
The Washington State Legislature is in its second 30-day special session and has yet to finalize a budget for the 2015-17 biennium. As you may have heard from media reports, failure of the Legislature to pass a budget by the end of the fiscal year on June 30 could result in a shutdown of…
Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard today sent a message to the campus community outlining the current state of the budget process:
Colleagues:
It has been some time since I have provided an update…