Mayor-elect David Condon likely will have to win a second term if he wants to tinker with the pay and benefits of nearly half of the City Hall work force. The Spokane City Council on Monday approved three-year contract extensions for Local 270 of the…
OLYMPIA -- Legislative budget negotiators have twin proposals to reduce the state's fiscally challenged General Fund budget by about $480 million. The "Early Action Supplemental Budget" -- which consists of matching bills in the House and the Senate -- involve a series of administrative cuts,…
OLYMPIA -- The Senate Ways and Means Committee posted a substitute budget on its web site that has their proposal for making a first stab at addressing an estimated $1.4 billion budget gap. We haven't reached the bottom line yet, but it's only a partial…
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