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Yakima County Has Extra Money To Share

Lance Tormey — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:22:08 +0000

After years of being in a financial slump, the Yakima County now has some extra money for departments. The county has an extra $1.5 million that they didn't expect to have at the end of 2012. Commissioners said the extra money came from huge increases in sales tax revenue and income from election services

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Wapato Youth Athletic League to be Closed

Lance Tormey — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:41:40 +0000

The Wapato Youth Athletic League will be closing its doors. The league has operating out of the Wapato Community Center for the last year and a half. It says it can no longer afford to use the city-owned building.

Parents like Carrie Osorio were shocked to learn that this will be

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Slow Economic Recovery Pushes State's Revenue Down…Slightly

Lance Tormey — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:55:59 +0000

The lackluster economic recovery is pushing Washington State's revenue forecast down, but only slightly. The economic and revenue forecast council said Wednesday that state government can expect to bring in $16.1 million less than projected

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CWU Escapes Operating Budget Cuts

KIT — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:45:31 +0000

For the first time since 2009, the state legislative session concluded without cutting Central Washington University’s operating budget. Early Wednesday, April 11, state lawmakers approved a supplemental operating budget (HB 2127) for the 2011-13 biennium

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Yakima County Commissioners Searching For Savings In Budget

KIT — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:09:44 +0000

The Yakima County Commissioners today begin searching for savings in criminal justice as the commissioners announce the recently formed law and justice panel review committee...the committee is going to be looking ways the county can save money in all areas of criminal justice

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State Starts Money Talk in Olympia Tonight

tamarabartley — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:29:32 +0000

The Washington State Legislature opens it's 60 day session at noon today in Olympia...and obviously money will be the top issue. Mainly how to balance a budget that is 2 billion dollars in the red. Rep

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Tea Party Breaks it Down Like a Family Plan

Dave Ettl — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:39:55 +0000

America's ever-growing debt crisis is in the trillions -- more than $14 trillion, give or take a few billion.

That's a lot of zeros, numbers so large they're sure to make Americans numb when trying to get their arms around what it means to them.

But what would the federal debt crisis look like if you set it up as a household budget?

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Republicans Not Impressed with Obama Budget Plan

Dave Ettl — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:49:54 +0000

President Obama proposed a plan to reduce the deficit by $4 trillion over 12 years, made up of a combination of spending cuts and tax increases on the richest Americans, while also slamming a Republican plan recently unveiled by GOP Rep. Paul Ryan.

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Abortion Back in the Middle — Debate to Avoid Government Shutdown

Dave Ettl — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:53:19 +0000

Republicans and Democrats remained locked in a budget impasse Friday morning, with both sides identifying different sticking points that are preventing a deal to fund the federal government.

With just over 12 hours until the deadline to pass a funding measure or shut the government down, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pointed to a quarrel over funding women’s health centers as the reason for the continuing standoff, while House Speaker John Boehner said flatly that only differences over spending levels remain between the two warring sides.

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Republicans Plan to Balance the Budget

Dave Ettl — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:42:29 +0000

The Republican budget proposal will eliminate the national debt while still preserving costly entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security, Rep. Paul Ryan told CNBC.

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Missing Wisconsin Democrats Who Skipped Anti-Union Vote Left the State, Senator Says

Brian Teegarden — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:12:36 +0000

The 14 Senate Democrats who are boycotting a vote on a controversial "union-busting" bill have left the state, a Wisconsin state senator said.

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Obama Defends Budget Proposal, Says Administration Making 'Tough Choices'

Brian Teegarden — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:10:44 +0000

President Obama called his first solo press conference of the new year Tuesday to defend his $3.7 trillion budget proposal, vowing that the federal government would stop "running up the credit card" while saying he does not want to take a "machete" to federal spending.

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Obama Sends $3.7 Trillion Budget to Congress [VIDEO]

Brian Teegarden — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:09:29 +0000

President Obama sent Congress a $3.73 trillion budget Monday, a spending plan for 2012 that projects $1.1 trillion in deficit savings over the next decade but also continues adding to the national debt for years to come.

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