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	<title>The Capitol Record &#187; Budget</title>
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		<title>House Republicans: &#8220;Break the cycle&#8221; of education under-funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state just got a report card from the Supreme Court, Rep. Bruce Dammeier said, and it&#8217;s not good: &#8220;We got an F&#8221; on fulfilling the state&#8217;s paramount duty, funding basic education. He said House Republicans intend to break the cycle of under-funding education. &#8220;Today, we&#8217;re going to offer to the legislature House Bill 2770. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Week 1 of Session: Let&#8217;s Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina Salerno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 Legislative session kicked off on Monday, and we covered lots of ground here on the blog and on Legislative Review, our 10-minute wrap-up of the day&#8217;s events that airs nightly at 6:30 p.m. on TVW. Here&#8217;s a quick look back at what happened this week. Monday: Opening ceremonies got underway with speeches from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This week&#8217;s Inside Olympia &#8212; right here</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week: Senate Democrat Leader Lisa Brown and House Republican Leader Richard DeBolt share their views on the state budget, possible tax hikes, and other key issues facing the 2012 State Legislature. Enjoy.]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s 6:30 &#8212; time to watch tonight&#8217;s Legislative Review, right here</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you miss Arun Raha already, don&#8217;t worry: He gives an economic outlook in today&#8217;s show. Also: We&#8217;ve got details on the education reform package and one of the programs that replaced Disability Lifeline.]]></description>
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		<title>On tonight&#8217;s edition of The Impact: Education reform, jobs and Supreme Court news</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On this week&#8217;s edition of The Impact, host Jessica Gao outline the major themes of the opening days of the 2012 session, including the various job creation proposals. Plus, why the state&#8217;s Supreme Court Chief Justice is doing temp work in county court.]]></description>
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		<title>Chief economist Arun Raha will leave by Jan. 31</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina Salerno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington&#8217;s chief economist Arun Raha announced today in a press conference that he is resigning Jan. 31 to take a new job in the private sector. Since taking office three years ago amid the Great Recession, Raha&#8217;s quarterly economic forecast reports haven&#8217;t exactly been rosy. &#8220;It was a challenge and any job I have after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Joe Zarelli: Gov. is right that budget is first priority, but short-term solutions not the answer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Joe Zarelli delivered the Republican response to Gov. Chris Gregoire&#8217;s State of the State address. You can watch it all here: He started off by saying that he agrees with the governor on one point: The budget is the most important issue this session. But he disagrees on how to solve the $1.5 billion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor calls for education reform, half cent sales tax, new oil fee for transportation</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2012/01/gov-chris-gregoire-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Chris Gregoire is delivering her final state of the state speech now to a joint session of the House and Senate. They&#8217;re also joined by the Supreme Court and other elected officials. Watch live on TVW, and refresh this post for updates throughout the speech. (After this, we&#8217;ll be covering the Republican response.) &#8220;While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scenes from the opening ceremony</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate and House just wrapped up opening session. Here&#8217;s a scene from the House. Rep. Frank Chopp outlined his priorities, including education taking early learning &#8220;to the next level.&#8221; He also said one goal this session is to save the state&#8217;s safety net. &#8220;One thing we&#8217;ve learned is that an overtaxed industry stifles innovation,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Gregoire discusses sales tax hike, gay marriage and medical marijuana</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2012/01/gov-chris-gregoire-discusses-sale-tax-hike-gay-marriage-and-medical-marijuana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina Salerno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just wrapped up an interview with Gov. Chris Gregoire as part of our special opening day edition of &#8220;The Impact.&#8221; You can catch the rebroadcast at 7 p.m. tonight, and we&#8217;ll post web clips as they become available. Gregoire spoke about her proposal for a half-cent state sales tax hike, gay marriage, education reform [...]]]></description>
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