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Governor's budget continues trend of
students paying more for less. |
December 17, 2002
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Facing more
than a $2 billion shortfall in state revenues, Gov. Gary Locke today proposed a
biennial operating budget package that continues the state trend of adding
enrollments while cutting budgets and raising tuition for students and their
families. The proposal cuts Washington State University funding $31.4 million or
about 8 percent. |
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Governor vetoes recruitment and retention
funding in the legislature's supplemental operating budget. |
April 5, 2002 No.
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More than $1.7 million in funding that was provided to WSU to recruit and retain
faculty and staff was vetoed today by Gov. Gary Locke. That puts the net cut to
WSU for the upcoming academic year at 7.7 percent. The governor also vetoed a
financial aid bill but signed faculty collective bargaining legislation. |
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Bill adding student to the Higher Education
Coordinating Board signed |
April 2, 2002 No.
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The governor's bill veto and signing process continues through this week. By
Saturday, the results of the 2002 Legislature's actions on higher education will
be known. Four studies are contained in the budget bill awaiting his action,
including an evaluation of branch campuses. The university sabotage bill has
been signed into law. |
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WSU recruitment and retention efforts are an
unwitting pawn in veto politics |
March 22, 2002 No. 13
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Gov. Gary Locke, reportedly peeved that House members refused to pass a liquor
tax increase at the end of the legislative session, is considering a veto of WSU
recruitment and retention funds passed by the Legislature. |
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2002 Legislature adjourns
after approving WSU operating and capital construction budgets. However, the
governor is threatening to veto faculty recruitment and retention funds.
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March 15, 2002 No. 12
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This Olympia Update was written after the adjournment of the Legislature, right
on time, on the 60th Legislative Day. |
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The "Final Four"
of State Budgeting? If the Legislature adjourns before the statutory buzzer,
the next four days have serious consequences for the state's research
universities.
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March 10, 2002 No. 11
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This Sunday Olympia Update recaps the latest weekend action on the budgets,
discusses collective bargaining, tuition, timber regulations, branch campus
border county plans, sabotage legislation, and retirement bills. |
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House supplemental capital budget proposal
includes $4.5 million for WSU jobs-creation projects statewide, including
agricultural experiment stations.
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March 8, 2002 No. 10
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A $4.5 million supplemental capital construction proposal to create up to 200 new private sector jobs on small but critical Washington State University infrastructure projects in Pullman and across the state was announced this morning by House Capital Budget Chair Ed Murray,
D-Seattle. |
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House supplemental operating
budget proposal endorsed by WSU.
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March 7, 2002 No. 9
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The House cuts WSU by $11.8 million compared to a $19.5 million reduction in the
Senate's latest version of the budget and a $13 million reduction proposed by
the governor. |
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Senate budget cuts WSU 8.4
percent, a 17.6 million reduction that hits research universities, graduate
students hard.
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March 5, 2002 No. 8
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This Olympia Update deals with the 2002 Senate Supplemental Operating budget, SB
6387, as proposed by Senate Ways & Means Chair Lisa Brown, D-Spokane. Senate
support for research universities appeared to collapse under the weight of a
$1.6 billion budget deficit Tuesday. |
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With 14 days left to go in the
regular legislative session, no legislative operating budget has yet surfaced
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March 1, 2002 No. 7
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This Olympia Update also includes news on the Senate capital construction budget,
branch campus legislation, collective bargaining bills, sabotage legislation,
trust lands updates, and Pullman transit issues. |
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Worsening state budget outlook
prompts university presidents to call for an enrollment freeze.
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Feb. 22, 2002 No. 6
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This Olympia Update also includes news on the Senate capital construction budget
which did not include any of the governor's university construction jobs
stimulus proposal. The 2001-2003 construction budget remained unchanged for WSU
despite some proposed swapping of fund sources. |
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Long-term higher education
funding solutions won't likely come out of this legislative session.
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Feb. 12, 2002 No. 5
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At the scheduled halfway point last week , the 2002 Washington Legislature appeared to give up efforts to achieve a long-term tuition and budget policy for higher education. Most of the bills introduced to deal with tuition in future years are considered
stopped.. |
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