| `98 Legislature Passes Supplemental Budget and Adjourns | March 13, 1998 No. 17 |
| The final day of the 1998 Legislative Session
WSU REACTION: ’98 LEGISLATURE PASSES SUPPLEMENTAL OPERATING BUDGET (ESSB 6108) AND ADJOURNS
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| Passage of Distinguished Professorship legislation | March 11, 1998 No. 16 |
| Conference Committee Reports Are Being Completed
REP. TOM HUFF CREDITED WITH HOUSE PASSAGE OF DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP LEGISLATION
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| Legislature approves Spokane higher education legislation | March 10, 1998 No. 15 |
| The Legislature Works Toward Adjournment Thursday
THE LEGISLATURE APPROVES SPOKANE HIGHER EDUCATION LEGISLATION; NEXT STOP, GOV. GARY LOCKE
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| House approves bill leading to more WSU programs in Spokane | March 9, 1998 No. 14 |
| The House and Senate Now Attempt To Resolve Their Differences before adjournment March 12.
HOUSE APPROVES BILL LEADING TO MORE WSU PROGRAMS IN SPOKANE. ANOTHER SENATE VOTE TODAY?
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| Governor expected to sign bill guaranteeing student on the WSU Board of Regents | March 5, 1998 No. 13 |
| Governor Expected To Sign Bill Guaranteeing Student On The WSU Board Of Regents – SSB 5517
Staff members for Gov. Gary Locke are predicting that he will sign Senate Bill 5517, adding one seat to the WSU Board of Regents that is exclusively for a student. The legislation passed the state House of Representatives Tuesday with an overwhelming 87-11 vote. The state Senate approved the bill 31-18 on Feb. 17. The governor is expected to sign the bill into law by Monday.
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| House Chairman Huff matches senate funding levels | March 2, 1998 No. 12 |
| The House now takes up the supplemental operating budget
HOUSE CHAIRMAN HUFF MATCHES SENATE FUNDING LEVELS IN SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET – ESSB 6108
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| Bill for more WSU Spokane programs clears house appropriations | March 2, 1998 No. 11 |
| Today marks the final day for Senate-passed bills to clear the House Appropriations Committee.
GOMBOSKY AMENDMENT FAILS; BILL FOR MORE WSU SPOKANE PROGRAMS CLEARS HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS
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| New Spokane Bill Emerges From House Higher Ed Committee | February 27, 1998 No. 10 |
| The Higher Education Committee combined legislation affecting Spokane
higher education programs into a single bill and then narrowly passed it out on a partisan vote this week. | |
| Proposed Senate budgets make essential adjustments | February 23, 1998 No. 9 |
| PROPOSED SENATE BUDGETS MAKE ESSENTIAL ADJUSTMENTS. Senate Ways and Means Chairman Jim West, R-Spokane, and Sen.Gary Strannigan, R-Everett, announced this morning proposals for lean supplemental operating and capital budgets. | |
| Legislature prepares to take up budget issues | February 20, 1998 No. 8 |
| The Legislature prepares to take up supplemental operating and capital budget issues Monday.
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| Senate and House approve bills to put students on board of regents | February 18, 1998 No. 7 |
| Committees now begin considering legislation that was passed by the opposite house.
SENATE AND HOUSE APPROVE BILLS TO PUT STUDENTS ON THE BOARD OF REGENTS (SB 5517, SHB 2374
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| Senate Adopts HEC Board Plan To Put More WSU Programs In Downtown Spokane | February 17, 1998 No. 6 |
| In a move that will lead to many more WSU research and instruction
programs for downtown Spokane, the Washington State Senate voted today
28-21 for legislation implementing many of the recommendations that were unanimously adopted by the state Higher Education Coordinating Board Friday.
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| Sen. West Proposes Permanent Funding for Distinguished Professorships | February 12, 1998 No. 5 |
| Legislation that would provide a permanent source of state funding
for matching "distinguished professorships" and "graduate fellowships"
has passed the Senate Ways and Means Committee and is now in the Senate Rules Committee awaiting assignment to the Senate floor. | |
| Support Grows for Legislation to Abolish The Spokane Joint Center | February 12, 1998 No. 4 |
| Substitute Senate Bill 6717, compromise legislation abolishing the Spokane Joint Center for Higher Education and designating WSU as the fiscal agent for all but one higher education building at Spokane’s "Riverpoint" campus, was approved by the Senate Higher Education Committee Feb. 6. | |
| Locke Considers EWU/WSU Merger; Orders Evaluation of Spokane Programs | December 23, 1997 No. 3 |
| A proposed merger of Eastern Washington University and Washington State University is among options that Gov. Gary Locke has directed the Higher Education Coordinating Board to evaluate in considering ways to deliver programs more effectively to the Spokane area, the governor confirmed this week. | |
| Two new members appointed to the WSU Board of Regents | December 19, 1997 No. 2 |
| William Marler, a Seattle attorney, and Robert Fukai, vice president of the Washington Water Power Company in Spokane, were appointed this week by Gov. Gary Locke to the Washington State University Board of Regents. | |
| Governor proposes that WSU be a center for student learning | December 15, 1997 No. 1 |
| A 1998 "supplemental operating budget" for Washington State University announced this afternoon by Gov. Gary Locke proposes some critical enhancements for student learning throughout the WSU system with virtually no additional cost to taxpayers. | |
