The state’s looming budget shortfall got bigger Friday after the release of a new report by the state’s Economic and Revenue Forecast Council showed declines fueled by slowing economic activity of $427 million for the two-year budget cycle that ends next June and $450 million for the one that begins next July. That’s out of […]
As many as 300 producers and other observers descended upon WSU’s research farm in Othello for the country’s largest annual potato field day. Raj Khosla, dean of the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences, gave a welcome before potato growers were turned loose on the fields at the 427-acre site. More than 100 […]
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 […]
Washington State University helped sweeten the conversation in Washington, D.C. this week, serving up a taste of the Palouse at a well-attended policy and networking event hosted by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). APLU’s “Scoops for Science” event featured university creameries from across the country. From the moment doors opened, the WSU […]
Last week, WSU’s Office of Federal Relations Director Jake Dowd and Assistant Director Mike Bauduy joined CAHNRS leadership for a statewide tour that underscored WSU’s land-grant mission in action, supporting agriculture, strengthening rural communities, and advancing research that serves the state and nation. CAHNRS on the Road Over three days, the CAHNRS leadership tour brought together faculty and administrators to better understand regional […]
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, […]