The pandemic-era operating budget proposal introduced by Governor Jay Inslee Thursday calls for the implementation of a furlough, but also funds core WSU priorities. It’s just the first of three budget proposals to be introduced before a compromise is reached next spring. The Legislature convenes in January, when the House and Senate will begin crafting […]
Governor Jay Inslee on Thursday introduced a 2021-23 capital budget that significantly funds WSU’s request, funding for construction and renovation at campuses in Pullman, Vancouver and Spokane while making an important dent in the university’s deferred maintenance backlog. The proposal is just the first of three to be put on the table for consideration. The […]
The Economic and Revenue Forecast Council adopted an updated state economic and revenue forecast this morning, which the governor will use to write his 2021-23 operating budget proposal in mid-December. The revenue report improved the bottom line by $634 million in the current biennium and $328 million in the next biennium. A press release from […]
“I’ve been waiting for this moment my entire 25 year career in higher education” remarked Jaime Nolan in response to the inequities the COVID pandemic has brought to light among students in higher education. Nolan, WSU Associate Vice President of Human Relations and Diversity, presented yesterday in a virtual work session for the Senate Higher […]
Washington State University this month submitted operating and capital budget proposals to the state’s Office of Financial Management that reflect the onset of a recession. The submission is highlighted by an operating budget decision package modeling the impact of a 15 percent reduction in overall appropriation required of all agencies. With the onset of the […]
The state’s operating budget deficit was cut in half Wednesday when a new report improved the outlook for the rest of the current fiscal year and the two-year budget cycle set to begin July 1. The Economic and Revenue Forecast Council improved the bottom line in the current biennium by $2.2 billion and by $2.4 […]
WSU faculty specializing in cannabis research this week told a legislative panel their wide-ranging portfolio is dependent upon collaboration with outside stakeholders. In a virtual work session before the state House of Representative’s Commerce & Gaming Committee, researchers Michael McDonnell, Ryan McLaughlin, Dr. Celestina Barbosa-Leiker provided legislators just a sample of the university’s cannabis research […]
The state’s Economic and Revenue Forecast Council today produced its first official projection of state revenues since the onset of the COVID recession. An earlier unofficial projection of a decline in tax collections of $7 billion through June 30, 2023 has been revised to $8.8 billion in the quarterly revenue review. Of that, $4.5 billion […]
Gov. Jay Inslee today signed a supplemental capital budget that advanced a key project for WSU Vancouver but approved a series of vetoes in the operating budget that signaled the demise of a requested soil health research initiative. The WSU Vancouver Life Sciences Building will be funded for design under the capital budget approved by […]
Governor Inslee signed Senate Bill 6139 on Thursday afternoon, reauthorizing the Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation and extending the center’s sunset date to June 30, 2030. Established in 2012 by the Legislature, JCATI has a $3 million biennial appropriation which funds seed grants for research in the aerospace industry at state institutions of higher […]