Special Session In Full Swing Print E-mail
news_for_webLegislature takes on education cuts, workers' compensation and more.

The 30-day special session in Olympia is almost a week old, and state legislators are addressing issues important to balancing the budget.

The House and Senate Ways and Means committees continue to have budget hearings, while school administrators, teachers, and students of all ages asked the Senate to refrain from education cuts.

Governor Gregoire's proposed budget had deep cuts to education - among other areas - which is turning out to be an emotional debate across the state.

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