Eastern plays waiting game with 2015-17 budget

When you deal in the kind of money Eastern Washington University does with its biennial budget, and with a state legislature that has a hard time agreeing, it’s good to be flexible

At one time that would have meant an old fashion pencil with a big eraser and a thick legal pad. Now, a well-built spreadsheet can try to do the new calculations necessary when the budget numbers change, as they are likely to.

The Eastern Washington University board of trustees got to peer info the still foggy future at their May 14 meeting when Mary Voves, vice president for business and finance at EWU, delivered a...