budget

Summary of 2004 Supplementary Budget

The 2004 session of the state Legislature recently concluded. The following is a summary from Karl Boehmke, Washington State University’s Director of Planning and Budgeting, on how the proposed 2004-05 supplemental budget will affect WSU. Operating Supplemental Budget On the night of March 11, the last scheduled day of the 2004 legislative session, the Senate […]

State operating, capital budgets reviewed

Washington State University 2004 Operating Supplemental Budget Final Budget March 12, 2004 On the night of March 11, the last scheduled day of the 2004 legislative session, the Senate and the House of Representatives passed a compromise capital budget. The 2004 supplemental budget represents changes to the 2003 – 2005 biennial budget passed by the […]

State budgets address WSU benefits, building projects

The average health insurance co-premium for WSU employees may decrease $15/month — or increase $26/month. It just depends on whose supplemental operating budget you look at — the House Appropriations Committee’s or the Senate Ways and Means Committee’s. State legislative committees released their supplemental operating budgets Feb. 23, and the full chambers approved them on […]

Demos propose trust fund

(Taken from a press release from Gov. Gary Locke’s office that appeared at press time.)> Gov. Gary Locke, state House Speaker Frank Chopp and Senate Minority Leader Lisa Brown have proposed a dedicated trust fund that will provide new funding to stabilize and strengthen Washington public schools, colleges and universities now and in the years […]

Olympia and WSU

Fiscally speaking, these are the darkest days in more than two decades, as the Legislature faces a $2.5 billion budget deficit that may expand. Yet, there are those who talk of renovation and restoration of state government and building for the next generation. Washington State University and the University of Washington have tried to point […]

Regents meeting today, followed by UW meeting

SPOKANE, Wash., — On the eve of the 2002 Apple Cup game to decide this year’s PAC 10 Rose Bowl representative and other post-season bowl berths, the presidents of Washington State University and University of Washington will appear at a joint news conference on Thursday, Nov. 21, at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Wash. Although […]

Health insurance hikes hit paychecks Jan. 1

Brace yourself and your personal budget. Major increases in your medical and dental insurance premiums will take effect in exactly 60 days, which means your net take-home pay will shrink beginning Jan. 10. Why? There are two reasons. First, due to a downturn in the economy, the state is facing a $2 billion economic deficit […]