Dear Friends and Neighbors, It’s almost Independence Day and the final lap of the 2015 marathon in Olympia is around the corner. Governor Inslee signed the operating budget on June…
Washington’s 2015 Legislative Marathon
Tag: budget
Statement from Rep. Carol Gregory on the operating budget
“I want to congratulate my colleagues in the Legislature, and Gov. Inslee, for producing a bipartisan, compromise budget that fulfills the state’s responsibilities in so many important areas without requiring…
Rep. Sells’ e-Newsletter – Middle ground for state budget
Meet us in the Middle Last week, Senate Republicans released a budget that continued to underfund teacher compensation and held other public employee contracts hostage in exchange for a wish…
Legislative Update: Special Session, Transportation and the Budget
Special Session and the Budget We are half way through the 30-day special session. I had great hopes of finishing our work during the regular session without having to go…
School Levy and Compensation Reform
Two recent articles in the Seattle Times point out one of the remaining key elements of resolving the McCleary “problem”, and it’s a BIG element. Most estimates have the size of…