This year we faced a daunting problem: balancing a budget with a precipitous decline in revenue due to the ongoing recession. We made cuts to everything, including healthcare for children,…
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House passes state construction budget on unanimous vote
First phase of Spokane medical school gets green light OLYMPIA – On the final day of the special legislative session, the state House passed a bipartisan two-year construction budget on…
Moscoso secures funding for Bothell Crossroads Project
OLYMPIA –On the last day of the special session, the House of Representatives passed HB 1497, the 2011-13 capital budget, which provides funding for infrastructure projects such as parks, wastewater…
Moeller says mega-bank tax breaks siphon funds away from youngest students
‘Supermajority’ fail: Wall Street loopholes prevail over movement toward smaller class sizes OLYMPIA – One right thing was there for the doing. And yet, axiomatic though it might be that…
Moeller hails workers’ comp pact, regional projects in construction budget
Vancouver lawmaker points out ‘thousands of jobs and millions of dollars’ OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire’s John Hancock soon will grace a legislative plan ending months of wrangling over how…