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Saturday Night Budget Deal Explained
You may have been watching the Saturday Night Live season finale, but I was watching the real show – the Texas Senate and House budget
Drew Stanley
May 22, 2017
You may have been watching the Saturday Night Live season finale, but I was watching the real show – the Texas Senate and House budget
A committee substitute introduced on 5/11 added special ed vouchers to HB 21. Therefore we do not support this committee substitute. Here’s why vouchers are the
This post was updated on 5/17/17. Texas local governments – cities, counties, community colleges and hospital districts – provide vital services to their constituents. Locally
Putting House and Senate Budget Cuts in Perspective Eva DeLuna Castro’s Comparison of the Texas Senate and House Budgets includes some of the high-level concerns
Why talk about the 2020-21 Texas state budget when lawmakers are still deciding the 2018-19 budget? It’s because the decisions our state leaders make now
The Texas Senate and House of Representatives have each approved their state budget proposals for 2018-2019. As a conference committee prepares to iron out the
You would think that, having just written proposed state budgets that would underfund or cut health care, financial aid, and more, the Texas Legislature would
This post was updated on August 8th, 2017. The first major pieces of Texas school finance legislation this special session have passed the House and
Corrected April 12, 2017 After 15 hours of amendments and debate, the Texas House of Representatives passed its $218 billion state budget proposal for 2018-2019.