budget cuts

Congress continues its review of the implementation of the 2018 Farm Bill as it prepares to debate and reauthorize next year’s farm bill.

Mayor Kathy Coffey says there will be cuts and they'll be felt across the board.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Dozens of Native American tribes in six Western states are bashing President Donald Trump's proposed budget cuts to American Indian programs. Tribal leaders in Oregon, Washington state and Idaho speaking on behalf of the group said Thursday the proposed budget guts spending on Native American education, health care and environmental initiatives...

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — The Obama administration wants to spend less money on the ongoing cleanup at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation next year. The Tri-City Herald reports that the White House called for an overall decrease in money spent for cleanup of defense sites like Hanford in its federal budget request for fiscal year 2017. A Dep...

The Budget proposal released by the White House Tuesday includes a cut to crop insurance. The budget request to Congress calls for a ten-year, $18 billion cut to the federal crop insurance program. The request comes after Congress rejected a $3 billion cut to crop insurance late last year after initially approving the cuts as part of a budget deal at the time...

Nearly 400 farm, nutrition and conservation groups have written congressional budget letters urging Senate and House leaders to reject calls for additional cuts to the 2014 Farm Bill. The groups say Congress passed sweeping changes to the nation’s food and farm policy that included significant deficit reduction just over one year ago...

The Yakima County Commissioners approved an agreement Tuesday, establishing new court protocols with the county's judges. . For months now, Court Consultants and County Commissioners have been discussing ways to improve their working relationship so they can avoid the problems that are currently plaguing another Washington county...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - This may be the worst year for Washington parents looking to buy prepaid tuition credits for their children. If a Republican-led coalition and a liberal Democrat have their way, lawmakers would spend the next couple months developing a plan to scrap the Guaranteed Education Tuition program altogether...

The Union Gap Police Department is cutting it's K9 narcotic unit because of it's expense. The Chief Greg Cobb says officer Daisy would likely cost upwards of 50 thousand dollars in 2013 because of the need to replace a police vehicle with a special air conditioning system for the dog...

Yakima County is looking for ways to fill a big deficit caused by a loss of bed rentals at the county jail. In 2010, the county was pulling in $23 million when cities from around the state were renting space for their inmates in Yakima County...