In the weeks before she leaves office, Gov. Chris Gregoire will propose a new source of tax revenue for public schools, she told reporters today, while dismissing alternatives pitched by the candidates to succeed her as unrealistic in the short term.
In the weeks before she leaves office, Gov. Chris Gregoire will propose a new source of tax revenue for public schools, she told reporters today, while dismissing alternatives pitched by the candidates to succeed her as unrealistic in the short term.
She made the comments after announcing a new initiative to help elderly and poor patients.
Gov. Chris Gregoire said Tuesday she is preparing a new transportation package that would rival the multi-billion-dollar deal she helped approve in 2005.
Gov. Chris Gregoire’s time in office may be best remembered for the major deals she helped broker, often in late-night bargaining sessions in which negotiators were ordered to find a resolution. ow the Democrat, two months away from leaving Washington state government, is looking to finalize one more big agreement.
The swan song of a lame duck rarely enchants. So, few expected Gov. Chris Gregoire’s final budget to receive rave reviews. It didn’t.
Gov. Chris Gregoire outlined a package of budget cuts and tax increases Tuesday that will shape discussions next month when a sharply divided Legislature convenes and a new Democrat, Jay Inslee, takes over as state government’s chief executive.
Gov. Chris Gregoire leaves office in two weeks, and most report cards on her eight-year leadership of the Evergreen State grade her on the deep curve of the economic collapse that dominated her second term and, in many ways, undid some of her earlier work.
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