Rainy Day Divisions

Party lines prove permeable over purse strings

"...fights internally over how and when to tap the Rainy Day Fund, it is lecturing the federal government on..."

March 25, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Prop. 6: Rainy Day Flows Downhill

State Water Implementation Fund wins in landslide

"...Who says Texans won't spend money on infrastructure? On Tuesday night, they voted 3-1 to spend $2 billion from..."

Nov. 8, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Last Day at the Lege

Sine die arrives as threat of a special session looms

"...Sunset legislation extending the lives of state agencies. With today marking the final day of the 85th Legislature, Lt...."

May 29, 2017 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Lege Opening Day: Users and Abusers

Scenes from the floor of the Texas House and Senate

"...and no one throws a punch? You get opening day, Tuesday, Jan. 8, at the Texas Legislature. They came,..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Don't Lose Your Day Job

Texas unemployment insurance paints a dismal picture.

"...to bolster Texas' currently insolvent unemployment insurance (UI) trust fund. Failing that infusion of federal money, Texas would have..."

March 22, 2002 News Column by Michael King

House to Bridge the Road Funding Gap

Lower chamber meeting at 2pm today for third special session

"...Day seven of the third special session of the 83rd..."

Aug. 5, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bill of the Week: Laying Pipe Across the State

Texas spending money on infrastructure? Not impossible.

"...investment, but he's suggesting that the state use the Rainy Day Fund to pay for it. The option if..."

Jan. 19, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

No More For Schools

House rips out Howard amendment adding excess Rainy Day Funds

"...GOP's seemingly eternal and blind adherence to preserving the Rainy Day Fund, yesterday they turned their back on that..."

June 17, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

What to Expect When You're Expecting a Special Session

New bill numbers and potential arguments imminent

"...At 2pm today, Monday, July 1, the Texas House and Senate are..."

July 1, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Gov. Perry: Special Session Begins July 1

Lege to consider sunset, TxDOT bonds, and TxDOT authority

"...AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry today announced that a special session of the Texas Legislature..."

June 25, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

House Passes Budget

Reps unanimously approve $178 billion proposal for 2010-11 a bit before dawn

"...House could pass the state budget all in one day on Friday...."

April 18, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Buying Time

The federal stimulus money rides to the state's rescue – until the next session

"...chair and conferee Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, explained, "Every day we'll be reporting, then we'll have some pending items,..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: Tough Balance

The Lege's budget standoff stumbles forward

"...to spending money previously allocated to the state highway fund to balance the budget. In doing so, Paxton provided..."

April 28, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines – The Texas Legislature: Not Enron

Passing a state budget when one side’s “cooking the books”

"...next $2.5 billion would go into the State Highway Fund. What the Senate proposes today is holding that payment..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines

The Lege takes a break as controversy remains about transportation funding and the Public Integrity Unit

"...SIX DAY WEEKEND Even though the Legislature is constitutionally obligated to..."

July 26, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines

Texas Lottery, Rainy Day Fund, water, education, payday lenders, and more

"...on April 23, would draw $2 billion from the Rainy Day Fund to create a water infrastructure bank. In..."

April 26, 2013 News Column by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines

Get ready for special number three

"...Getting Less Special By The Day..."

Aug. 2, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Transport on a Road to Nowhere

House and Senate in conference committee as clock ticks down

"...plans to put a little extra cash into transportation funding, before the special session ends on July 30. If..."

July 25, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

State Budget Estimate Up, But Much Already Spent

Texas prepares for second half of grand bait and switch

"...billion of that goes straight into the Economic Stabilization Fund, aka the Rainy Day Fund, bringing that reserve to..."

Jan. 7, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Upcoming Legislative Session

Lawmakers set to tackle immigration, education, legalization, transportation, and more

"...on key issues in the lead-up to the first day of the session, Tuesday, January 8. The State Budget..."

Dec. 14, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Republicans Search for New Normal

GOP rift appears in approach to education cuts

"...moderate Republicans, and pro-education conservatives who see the current funding crisis as regrettable and fixable...."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Budgets Are Moral Documents

When the rulers call for sacrifice, who do they mean?

"...there was plenty of triumphalism in the air at Tuesday's inauguration festivities, though one could be forgiven for thinking..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Balancing the Books After Years of Neglecting Schools

The Texas Legislature wants to fix school finance, but how?

"...put off until tomorrow what you could have done today? Of course you have. You've put the milk back..."

April 7, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Other Prop. 1

State prop. gets overshadowed by electoral hot topics

"...and oil tax revenue goes into the Economic Stabilization Fund (better known as the "Rainy Day Fund"). If Prop...."

Sept. 19, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Turn Out the Lights ...

The Lege Has Barely Begun, and the Official Accountants Say We're Broke

"...was heard musing longingly about the state's normally untouchable "Rainy Day Fund," and Sen. Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville -- not..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Lege Lines

Committees, school finance, and more

"...pointing to Dietz's ruling that the system is critically underfunded. Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Lare­do, whose district now covers Southeast..."

Feb. 8, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines

Sine die at last, transportation, water, and more

"...components required for a constitutional amendment referendum on transportation funding. If the calculations are correct, they should produce around..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Column by Richard Whittaker

Road Funding Screeches to a Halt

Tensions clear between Perry and Straus, Dewhurst and Patrick

"...short one is simple. The two components of the funding measure – House Joint Resolution 2 and House Bill..."

July 30, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines

With only transportation left on the special session agenda, the 2014 race begins

"...are headed to a showdown over the third: road funds. The Republican leadership's original plan was to pass Senate..."

July 19, 2013 News Column by Richard Whittaker

Central Texas Lawmakers Speak Out About the 86th Legislative Session

Interviews with the team representing 2.1 million Austin metro residents

"...What we have now is not adequate to totally fund our current budget. Typically, the Texas economy does well..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

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