More than 250 producers and other visitors descended upon WSU’s 1,300-acre dryland wheat ranch in Adams County for the 108thAnnual Lind Field Day last week. Among attendees were representatives of U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner, and Gov. Bob Ferguson. The research station, which opened in 1915, receives an average of just 9.6 inches of rain per year, […]
The latest Economic & Revenue Update released by the state Economic and Revenue Forecast Council today reported that state tax collections over the last month returned $103.6 million, or 2.4 percent, lower than forecasted last February. Including the other monthly updates since February, collections are down $135.4 million or 1.2 percent cumulatively. Since the February forecast, the […]
Chairs of the state House and Senate agriculture committees along with other legislators and staff last week got an inside look at research efforts at WSU’s Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Prosser. Leadership from WSU’s College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences co-hosted the day-long event with leaders from the state’s agricultural industry, […]
WSU operating and capital budget requests to the Legislature were approved by the university Board of Regents last month, just ahead of budget instructions issued by the state’s Office of Financial Management that warn of a souring budget picture. The state’s budget office issues budget instructions annually to set the table in advance of agency […]
Tax collections ticked up over the last month, according to a report published by the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council. Collections returned $85.2 million or 3.2 percent higher than forecasted in February. Accounting for the other two months of collections since that forecast, collections are $31.8 million or 0.5 percent lower than forecasted. The report, issued today, […]
The latest state tax collections report published last week for the March 11th to April 10th period was $71.2 million or 3.3 percent lower than forecasted in February. The last period report saw collections down $42.6 million or 2.0 percent compared to the forecast. Revenue act collections, which consist of the state’s sales, use, business and occupation, utility, […]
Governor Bob Ferguson has signed a slew of bills in the three weeks since the Legislature adjourned, this morning signing the state’s supplemental and operating budget bills. The governor made a number of vetoes to the operating budget the Legislature passed, none of which directly affect Washington State University. The final budget yielded a small, […]
State revenue from tax collections returned $42.6 million or 2 percent lower than forecasted in the state’s latest economic revenue forecast released in February, according to the last revenue update produced by the state Economic and Revenue Forecast Council. The decrease was driven by a $52.7 million or 2.7 percent lower than expected return for revenue act collections […]
Legislative leaders adjourned their 2026 legislative session Thursday night after approving supplemental operating and capital budget agreements that yield a $3.3 million operating reduction for WSU while making investments in a handful of capital improvements for the university. The operating budget compromise agreed to by Senate and House budget writers makes a $1.4 million general […]
Governor Bob Ferguson’s first proposed capital budget was heard this week before respective legislative committees in the House and Senate, with WSU testifying with mixed opinion on the budget that would provide $8 million for deferred maintenance projects but leaves other institutional priorities unfunded. The budget, released late last month, provides WSU with $8 million […]