The compromise budget proposal reached by leaders of the House and Senate spends $38.2 billion over the next two years, reduces K-3 class sizes, gives teachers a total 4.8 percent pay raise through 2017, slashes tuition by 20 percent at four-year regional universities and 15 percent at the University of Washington and Washington State University. Continue reading Gov. Jay Inslee signs compromise budget into law
Gov. Jay Inslee signs compromise budget into law
The compromise budget proposal reached by leaders of the House and Senate spends $38.2 billion over the next two years, reduces K-3 class sizes, gives teachers a total 4.8 percent pay raise through 2017, slashes tuition by 20 percent at four-year regional universities and 15 percent at the University of Washington and Washington State University. Continue reading Gov. Jay Inslee signs compromise budget into law
Legislators in both chambers honored late Washington State University president Elson Floyd with a resolution on Thursday, highlighting how the charismatic leader lobbied the Legislature for a new public medical school even as his own health was in decline. 
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Gov. Jay Inslee and legislative budget leaders on Friday said they are getting closer to a budget deal that will avert a government shutdown, and they plan to continue negotiations through the weekend. 
As the June 30 deadline approaches for legislators to strike a budget deal, more than 25,000 state workers are slated to receive temporary layoff notices and dozens of state agencies are bracing for a potential government shutdown. 
Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy says she believes the "hullabaloo" over legislators accepting free tickets to the U.S. Open has dissuaded some lawmakers from attending the golf championship, but she hopes the dozen lawmakers who did accept the offer will use the opportunity to educate their caucuses. 