Posts by Bill Lyne

Here, at the blog, if we had a nickel for every time a legislator said to us, “I love you guys, but no one ever writes or calls me about universities, so you’re never going to be on the top of my list,” we could cash out, head to the Caribbean, and buy that rental…

This Thursday, the House Higher Education Committee will hear HB 1822, a bill establishing Western Governor’s University as an official state university. HB 1822 is the companion to Senate Bill 5136, which the Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee has already heard. The house committee will no doubt see the same parade of HEC…

The one sure thing in Olympia this year is that nobody wants to take the rap for the way that the budget is going to turn out. Republicans picked up some seats in the last election and the welcome present they’re getting from Democrats is a commitment to “bipartisan” budget proposals. So when the State…