Nearly $500,000 in scholarships have been awarded to WSU students through funds generated from the 17,200 Cougs who own WSU crimson license plates. The plates significantly increased scholarship awards for the 2012-13 academic year, the WSU News Center reports. In 2011 WSU government relations, with major assists from Rep. Sam Hunt and Sen. Michael Baumgartner […]
Governor Jay Inslee visited the Washington State University Pullman campus Monday with members of his executive cabinet and staff. Brian Bonlender, director of the state Department of Commerce, and Donald “Bud” Hover, director of the state Department of Agriculture, joined the governor and his wife Trudi Inslee for the visit. The focus of the campus […]
Despite a week of rainy weather, the streets of Washington DC are becoming a little more crowded as tourists descend on the nation’s capitol for the Fourth of July weekend. With many locals leaving town for the beach, visitors are being greeted with patriotic displays in shopping windows and streets adjourned with stars and stripes […]
Congress left town for the Fourth of July recess with no resolution on extending the current rates for new subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford student loans. The House passed their version of legislation in June, but the Senate still working on consensus and waiting for a CBO score on one proposal, had not scheduled floor time for […]
The Legislature adjourned sine die Saturday evening after final passage of the state’s next two-year capital budget. The capital budget, Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5035, passed the Senate with a vote of 47-0 and the House with a vote of 79-4. Gov. Jay Inslee signed the capital budget into law Monday afternoon. Legislators made a […]
The Seattle Times Friday published an article outlining the positive feedback from Washington’s leaders in higher education regarding the state’s compromise operating budget. For the 2013-2015 biennium, the Legislature has committed to holding tuition at its current rate while significantly increasing funding for colleges and universities to maintain the high quality of a Washington state […]
Both chambers of the Legislature approved a compromise operating budget proposal unveiled late last night, sending it to Gov. Jay Inslee’s desk for signature. The Senate approved Third Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5034 on a 44-4 vote. The House approved it this evening 81-11. The compromise budget makes significant investments in higher education while also […]
A special meeting of the WSU Board of Regents has been called for Monday to rescind the previously approved 2 percent tuition increase on resident undergraduate students for the coming academic year. This comes on the heels of the unveiling of a new two-year state operating budget that replaces revenue that would have been generated […]
The compromise operating budget posted online late Thursday night and expected to be approved by both the state House and Senate today makes larger reinvestments in higher education than any proposed before. The budget fully funds WSU’s maintenance level budget and freezes resident undergraduate tuition by providing $15 million in new state funding. It further […]
Thursday evening the Senate passed legislation to extend the life of the Joint Center for Aerospace Technology and Innovation with a vote of 48-0. Substitute House Bill 1866 now awaits the governor’s pen to be signed into law. You can view our previous coverage of the bill here and here.