Higher education in Washington state may or may not have a funding problem that’s fixable, but it has a problem with its priorities that can — and should — be fixed immediately. That was the message business and community leaders told the state’s Higher Education Coordinating Board at a hearing in Olympia on Thursday...
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Washington state tax revenues totaled $16 billion during Fiscal Year 2011, a 5.9 percent increase over Fiscal Year 2010 but nearly $1 billion below Fiscal Year 2008 collections, according to an annual report published online by the Department of Revenue on Sept. 23. State taxes peaked at nearly $17 billion in FY2008 below dropping...
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