A bill that would provide clarity necessary for certain university employees to advise and support student athletes pursuing activities that include their name, image and likeness advanced out of committee today with a unanimous vote. SB 5913 was heard earlier this week in the Senate State Government & Tribal Relations committee, where WSU testified in […]
Legislation that would empower certain university employees to provide greater guidance to student athletes seeking to benefit from the use of their name, image and likenesses has been scheduled for a committee vote Friday after being heard in the Senate yesterday. The NCAA adopted guidelines in 2021 that allow individuals to engage in NIL activities […]
WSU was on the hill Monday and Tuesday to testify on the governor’s proposed operating budget as it was heard in the House Appropriations and the Senate Ways and Means committees. Chris Mulick, WSU Director of State Relations, briefed both committees on WSU’s negotiations of its first contract with a newly organized academic student employee union. Mulick […]
Lawmakers returned to Olympia yesterday, taking their seats in the state Legislature to convene the 2024 session. Among the top challenges facing legislators in the 60-day session are housing affordability, the environment, behavioral health and public safety. Adopting supplemental budgets for the 2023-25 biennium are also among the tasks facing legislators. The state’s revenues available […]
Gov. Jay Inslee’s proposed operating budget proposal released this afternoon would provide $6 million to help WSU compete in carbon allowance auctions but does not fund the university’s request to add supply chain management major at WSU Vancouver and WSU Everett. WSU requested $19 million to meet obligations under the state’s new cap and invest decarbonization law, known as […]
Governor Jay Inslee traveled to WSU Tri-Cities last week to learn more about WSU’s cutting-edge work on sustainable aviation fuels, commonly abbreviated as SAF. WSU Tri-Cities Chancellor Dr. Sandra Haynes kicked things off during a roundtable discussion featuring WSU’s Dr. Joshua Heyne, Director of the Bioproducts Science and Engineering Laboratory and Chad Kruger, Director of the Center […]
Modest increases to the state’s budget are expected in the current and upcoming bienniums, announced the state’s Economic and Revenue Forecast Council during a presentation of their November revenue forecast Monday morning. The current 2023-25 budget is projected to grow by $191 million, a 0.3 percent increase compared to the September forecast while the upcoming […]
Members from the state’s higher education committees saw up close the innovative ways WSU is preparing the next generation of health professionals and the health services available to students during visits made to WSU’s Pullman and Spokane campuses earlier this month. Over the course of two visits in four days, the two committees met with […]
Economic and Revenue Forecast Council (ERFC) released its monthly collections report which showed that state tax revenue came in slightly lower than expected in the September revenue forecast, with revenue between October 11th through November 10th down $55.6 million or 2.2 percent. Combined with the October collections report, collections are cumulatively down $41.7 million or […]
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this post contained a broken link to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Dear Colleague letter. The link has been fixed. We apologize for any inconvenience. This week, the House of Representatives elected Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) as the next Speaker of the House, following weeks of uncertainty after a federal shutdown […]