Step Forward, Step Back: $100 Million in Federal Money Arrives As Deficit Grows $200 Million
Right about the time that we were taking a look at Governor Gregoire’s revenue proposal last week, some scanty good news
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Social Services Roundup: More Cuts in 2010, But Lobbyists Say It Could Have Been Worse
With reporting assistance from Rosette Royale Bitttersweet may be the best description of the legislative session, say advocates who spent the winter’s
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Senate: no more clawback
The state Senate passed its capital budget yesterday with an amendment by Sen. Karen
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The Big “Clawback”: Senate Would Take Back Housing Money
The state Senate is working late tonight, and one of its major tasks is to amend, and possibly approve, the state’s capital
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Child Care: Deal Means Funding Not Dead
Despite appearances, funding for the Working Connections child care
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Elderly Health Centers in Jeopardy
One of the larger items in trouble as House and Senate budget writers reconcile their dfferences is medical care for hundreds of frail, elderly people. It’s
Child Care Bill Passes Senate
A new bill setting broad parameters for the state’s welfare-to-work
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Will Foster Care Cuts Drive More Runaways to the Streets?
Gregoire’s proposed budget hits at two programs aimed at getting troubled kids to gain independence Seventeen-year-old Mikhail Stewart has never ridden
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Welfare Reform’s Moment of Truth
A main plank in Gov. Chris Gregoire’s agenda is under threat — from Gregoire herself. Inside the governor’s proposed budget are cuts to the welfare program Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
