WSU President Elson Floyd was named today to co-chair Gov.-Elect Jay Inslee’s transition team. You can read more in the Seattle Times here, the Everett Herald here and the Spokesman-Review here. Inslee was elected last week to replace outgoing Gov. Chris Gregoire, who opted not to seek election to a third term.
Despite increasing tax collections beyond expectations set in September, the state’s revenue forecast through the end of the 2013-15 budget cycle fell by $80 million according to a report released this afternoon. That’s due to a slightly weaker forecast of economic activity. The quarterly report, issued by the state’s Economic and Revenue Forecast Council, increased […]
Congress returns for the first week of the Lame Duck session, following an exciting week with the elections and the surprise resignation of CIA Director General David Petraeus. This week House and Senate leaders are organizing not only their strategies moving forward with the Administration regarding the “fiscal cliff” but are electing leadership for their […]
State revenue collections for the month ending November 10 indicate that September’s quarterly forecasted collections remain on target, with a new forecast due out tomorrow. A new report released yesterday indicates that since September, General Fund-State revenue collections are now cumulatively $31.0 million or 1.4 percent higher than expected. Chief economist and executive director of […]
Update on the Results of the Election from Glynda Becker, Director of Federal Relations The election is finally behind us and it brought little change to Washington DC. Congratulations to President Obama and his team on re-election and to Senator Maria Cantwell and our Congressional Delegation up for re-election! Democrats maintained and grew their majority […]
Washington State University’s College of Arts and Sciences will establish an endowment to fund The Sam Reed Distinguished Professorship in Civic Education and Public Civility in honor of Reed’s distinguished record of public service. You can find the press release from the WSU News Center here. Reed, a WSU alum and perhaps the best known […]
Hurricane Sandy is rolling into the mid-Atlantic as we type. In preparation for the storm, the DC and Federal Governments and just about all local schools and Universities were closed today and likely will be closed tomorrow. Despite the storm and closures, Washington State University Federal Relations staff are still available. Due to the storm […]
WSU is seeking to expand its presence at the University Center of North Puget Sound, located in Everett, by adding enrollments in electrical engineering, hospitality business management and communications through a $2 million operating budget request to the state. The Everett Herald published an article this morning outlining the vision of this expansion for WSU […]
A new report this week indicates tax collections climbed $36.6 million, or 3.4 percent, more than expected during the past month but it’s likely a mirage. The report from the state’s Economic and Revenue Forecast Council, found here, indicates most of the growth is due simply to the timing of tax collections and will be […]
John Fraire, WSU’s vice president of Student Affairs and Enrollment, told the House Higher Education Committee this morning that university enrollment will continue to climb with a focus on reaching underserved populations. This fall’s incoming freshman class of 4,079 fell just short of last year’s record of 4,176 with both easily eclipsing the previous record […]