A week has passed since the end of the second (and final) special session this year and I’ve finally put socks and shoes on and shaved. This was an exhausting…
Tag: budget
Pollet praises new budget reflecting work done to avert tuition hikes for first time in years
“Call it a decent first step both toward meeting our children’s constitutional right to lower class sizes — and toward improving funding for schools, in general,” observed state Rep. Gerry…
We have a budget!
The state budget agreed to by the Legislature today delivers for 1 million kids in public schools, middle-class college students struggling to pay tuition bills, 300,000 Washingtonians now without health…
Deal reached on operating budget
Statements from House budget leaders on the 2013-15 operating budget agreement House Majority Leader Pat Sullivan: “I am very pleased we have a budget agreement that takes a good first…
Reps. Roberts and Liias’ Legislative Update for June 24, 2013
Dear neighbors, The Legislature reconvened in Olympia yesterday, Sunday June 23rd. The plan is that we will keep working through the week until our tasks are complete. State budget writers…