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With just one day before the end of session, Washington lawmakers appear to be making little progress toward the ultimate goal of a final budget…
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Washington Governor Chris Gregoire’s deadline for a bipartisan budget deal has come and gone. Lawmakers Tuesday failed to agree on a plan to rebalance the state budget and implement so-called government reforms. Now, House Democrats say they will pass their own budget in hopes of breaking the logjam.
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Washington’s special session got off to a slow start. But now there are signs that stalled budget negotiations are inching forward. Senate Republicans Thursday rolled out a fresh budget proposal -– one that would not cut education.
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Nearly a week into Washington’s special session and there’s no sign of a budget deal. Now, an angry Governor Chris Gregoire is refusing to sign dozens of bills in protest over the pace of negotiations.
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http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-964205.mp3The Washington legislature is headed for an overtime session. The Senate…
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Lawmakers hope they’ve taken a sizeable bite out of the state’s one-point-one billion dollar budget shortfall. The legislature met Saturday in what’s been…
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Washington lawmakers return to Olympia this week, but not for a special session. They're getting organized for the regular session in January. That will…