March 19, 1999

Washington Lawmakers Reject Governor's Tuition-Setting Plan

By PETER SCHMIDT

Gov. Gary Locke of Washington was stymied last week in his efforts to get the state Legislature to relinquish much of its control over public-college tuition.

At his request, lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives had been considering separate proposals to end the Legislature's practice of setting tuition rates, at its own discretion, as part of the state budget. The measures aimed to make rate

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