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"...more than 100 full-time employees, reportedly in response to state budget cuts. Houston Sen. John Whitmire told the Houston..."

"...lawmakers succeeded in funneling millions of dollars from the state’s environmental agency into the anti-choice Alternatives to Abortion program..."

"...hours. In addition to an ongoing investigation by the state auditor's office, the Austin American-Statesman now reports that Travis..."

"...a few billion dollars missing from the Texas education budget, and every capitol and education reporter was a witness..."

"...Schools. The rally runs noon-1:30pm, but the march on state government begins at the Congress Ave. Bridge, 10:45am, led..."

"...Editor, At last Tuesday’s public education hearing at the state Capitol, Rep. Mark Strama was the sole committee member..."

"...Between budget cuts and the unrelenting anti-intellectualism of standardized testing, there..."

"...Texas' family planning budget has been gutted. Lawmakers have mandated invasive ultrasound for..."

"...the ruling will likely have far-reaching implications in the state, which has been suffering from the one-two punch of..."

"...Executive Director David Weinberg. "Still, to be certain, the state budget was highly damaging for the environment, and the..."

"...manage one piece of significant business: The $187 billion state budget, which represents massive and sweeping cuts in almost..."

"...testimony at House and Senate public hearings on the state budget, public school advocates including Save Texas Schools, Texas..."

"...her revenue estimate upward by $1.2 billion, leaving the state only $26 billion short of what it needs to..."

"...has been broadly circulated among school advocates around the state, and Kuhn's call to "Make education a priority!" has..."

"...• All heck broke loose when the Austin American-Statesman published about a year's worth of City Council e-mail..."

"...knows a thing or two about quorum busting, as ex-state rep (and the man behind 2003's flight to Ardmore)..."

"...Hearings on the Voter ID bill are about to..."

"...the capitol press corps were jetting (literally) around the state with Gov. Rick Perry on his campaign plane, the..."

"...it be the Hustle's finally free of the city budget? Believe it or not, it's our second nonfiduciary post..."

"...Before the session, the city called the state budget its No. 1 issue – specifically, ensuring that..."

"...The governor was pretty relaxed about the budget conferees saying they won't finance his Texas Enterprise Fund..."

"...Grindhouse met statehouse when lawmakers and filmmakers gathered at Robert Rodriguez's Troublemaker..."

"...• Two out of three ain't bad: State reps turned their attention to two of the session's..."

"...Joe Straus (which probably means there's a bunch of state reps waiting for Senate to get done so they..."

"...Faced with whopping debt and a frightening budget forecast, what kind of law enforcement priorities do California..."

"...my higher-emitting 10-year-old vehicle permanently off the road. (See www.tceq.state.tx.us/implementation/air/mobilesource/vim/driveclean.html for program details, which include household income restrictions.)..."

"...a doctor, when the Senate Health and Human Services Budget Division passed the bill out of committee on a..."

"...sitting governor. "That's why I firmly believe that our state budget is a moral document. Rick Perry does not..."

"...recent discovery of an $8.2 billion surplus in the state budget. Because studies bear out claims that a tax..."

"...speaking on the House floor against plans to privatize state mental hospitals...."