Eastern's budget is now official

Eastern you have a budget – finally.

Eastern Washington University board of trustees made it official by unanimously adopting its 2013-2015 budget at a special meeting Tuesday afternoon in Hargreaves Hall.

With several members attending via phone the board approved a $497.74 million two-year budget that contained no tuition increase for resident undergraduates in 2014 and a 6 percent across the board hike in 2015. Tuition for resident graduates and all non-resident students will increase 7 percent in 2014 and 6 percent in 2015, with all mandatory fees and rates, such as housing and dining, als...