Christine Gregoire News

One by one, America's governors are beginning to prepare their constituents for a dark year ahead, even as the economic recovery gets underway.

You guys. What we can do is to search for Denmark and Copenhagen newspapers and post on their forums there to let them know what we really feel about our beloved governor.

Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire is in Copenhagen for the last few days of the climate conference.

In our state, the governor must submit a balanced budget to the Legislature. That means government spending must equal tax collections.

Top of the News: I was out of town when Gov. Gregoire rolled out and disowned her budget, balancing it as required by law but saying new revenue must be found to avoid further brutal cuts.

I'm going to make a bumper sticker for 2010 that reads: It's the Taxes, Stupid. In the coming months no issue will monopolize debate among the state's lawmakers and residents more than taxes.

Dramatic cuts to the Issaquah School District are in the offing as Governor Christine Gregoire released an initial draft Dec.

Gov. Christine Gregoire struggled mightily to develop her budget, and I commend her on that.

In order to balance the state budget, Governor Christine Gregoire has announced a 6% funding cut for the community college system statewide.

Gov. Christine Gregoire released the first draft of the 2010 supplemental budget yesterday, reducing higher education's state funding by $89 million.

Majority Democrats in Olympia appear likely to raise taxes to help fill a budget hole.

Or nearly so. The draft budget Gov. Christine Gregoire put out today falls about a billion dollars short of balancing next year's $2.6 billion shortfall, cutting a bunch of vital services .

With the legislative session just around the corner, President Emmert told members of the Faculty Senate last week what to expect in terms of budget cuts to higher education, noting that Gov.

Drastic cuts to education, basic health care and the prison system. That's the bottom line in the new budget announced by Gov.

Gov. Chris Gregoire plans to propose heavy spending cuts in her latest plan for patching the state's budget deficit, with everything from college grants to health care for the poor in line for major reductions.

Four police officers fatally shot in a Washington coffee shop last month were "the best of who we can be," Washington Gov.

State law has painted Gregoire into a 'no new taxes' corner. Tim Eyman's getting an early Christmas present this year.

After serving several terms as a 15th District Representative, Sunnyside's Dan Newhouse was tapped by Washington state Governor Christine Gregoire to serve as the Director of the Department of Agriculture.

An athiest group has declared war on Christmas, Christian faith and religion once again at the state capitol -- by asking for permission to put up another sign with an anti-religious message.

Gov. Chris Gregoire's chief of staff Jay Manning defends her decision to attend the climate change conference in Copenhagen.