NEWSTALK 860 » texas state budget http://ksfa860.com Fri, 24 May 2013 19:59:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Texas House Committee Passes Budget Bill That Cuts Spending to the Bone http://ksfa860.com/texas-house-committee-passes-budget-bill-that-cuts-spending-to-the-bone/ http://ksfa860.com/texas-house-committee-passes-budget-bill-that-cuts-spending-to-the-bone/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:29:04 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=3009 The Texas House Appropriations Committee has approved a state budget bill that cuts state spending by more than $23 billion dollars. The bill now goes to the full House, where the debate is expected to be heated, emotional, and loud.

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