Anticipated state tax collections for the rest of the current two-year budget cycle fell by $122 million this morning, a relatively small variance from previous expectations. The state’s anticipated budget shortfall is still in the neighborhood of $2 billion. You can find the new forecast here, produced by the state’s Economic and Revenue Forecast Council. […]
Washington State University and the University of Washington would increase engineering enrollments by 775 students to bolster the state’s aerospace industry under a plan announced today by Gov. Chris Gregoire. You can read the press release here and the Seattle Times story here. The two universities would split $7.6 million a year to support a […]
Washington State University’s 2012 legislative agenda promotes four key priorities to maintain the land grant research university’s commitment to advance the state. You can find it here and also on our website. Priorities include protecting public higher education in the budget, helping WSU meet the needs of the aerospace industry, complete the Biomedical and Health […]
State tax collections for the past month fell $22 million shy of expectations, according to this report issued this morning by the state’s Economic and Revenue Forecast Council. The Olympian’s Brad Shannon filed this report on it here. This comes just days before the council releases its quarterly forecast of tax revenues which is set […]
The state’s Economic and Revenue Forecast this afternoon approved a new economic forecast that is largely unchanged from the September forecast. It is noteworthy because the economic forecast generally informs the next state revenue forecast, due out Nov. 17. It’s that forecast that will tell state budget writers how much money they have, or in […]
Earlier this week, King 5 News aired a story regarding closing branch campuses at WSU and UW, one of the options being discussed by the legislature as means to save money for the state. See the full story and video here.
Gov. Chris Gregoire this morning outlined a series of budget cut proposals that, if enacted, would reduce WSU’s state appropriation by another 15 percent. That’s on top of a 52 percent reduction over the past several years. In a statement issued shortly after the release, WSU President Elson S. Floyd warned of deep impacts. “The […]
Just one last reminder to please file your lobbying reports for both state and federal today. Happy Friday and Go Cougs this Homecoming weekend!
MOUNT VERNON — The House Higher Education Committee got an earful today from employers and others who stressed the need for a strong state commitment to produce the educated workforce Washington needs. That included Bill McSherry from The Boeing Company, who urged lawmakers to promote quality, not just quantity, in the degrees Washington institutions produce. […]
As much as $1 billion in education funding could be wiped out in the coming months as the Legislature strains to rebalance the state budget to correct what is commonly referred to as a $2 billion problem. That’s the message Rep. Larry Seaquist, chairman of the House Higher Education Committee, delivered to kick off today’s […]