State Budget

District officials, parents and educators in the Austin area are ramping up demands for more state funding with less than a month left in the 88th Texas legislative session. The increases that lawmakers have proposed do not come close to keeping up with inflation.

Thirty-two groups sent a letter to Texas lawmakers on Monday urging them to increase state funding for child care. The state has lost more than a fourth of its child care programs since 2020.

In Dennis Bonnen’s first major test as speaker of the Texas House, the chamber he oversees resoundingly passed a $251 billion budget Wednesday after a…

The Texas House is scheduled to debate its $250 billion budget Wednesday — and possibly into Thursday morning. It marks the full chamber’s last chance to…

From Texas Standard:The Texas Legislature’s two houses have about nine weeks to approve a balanced two-year budget. But disagreement over accounting…

House to Consider Key Budget Bills The Texas Legislative session ends in less than two weeks and state lawmakers still haven’t reached complete agreement…