/tags/state-budget State Budget en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 02 May 2023 14:16:37 GMT /education/2023-05-02/austin-school-districts-call-on-state-lawmakers-to-increase-funding-for-public-education 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. Tue, 02 May 2023 14:16:37 GMT /education/2023-05-02/austin-school-districts-call-on-state-lawmakers-to-increase-funding-for-public-education Becky Fogel /education/2023-04-25/texas-is-facing-a-child-care-crisis-more-than-30-groups-are-asking-lawmakers-to-do-more 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. Tue, 25 Apr 2023 16:33:16 GMT /education/2023-04-25/texas-is-facing-a-child-care-crisis-more-than-30-groups-are-asking-lawmakers-to-do-more Becky Fogel /texas/2019-03-28/texas-house-approves-2020-21-budget-plan-keeps-extra-9-billion-for-school-finance 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� Thu, 28 Mar 2019 12:57:18 GMT /texas/2019-03-28/texas-house-approves-2020-21-budget-plan-keeps-extra-9-billion-for-school-finance Edgar Walters | Texas Tribune, Cassandra Pollock | The Texas Tribune, Alex Samuels/Texas Tribune /politics/2019-03-27/the-texas-budget-is-up-for-debate-in-the-house-here-are-four-things-to-know 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� Wed, 27 Mar 2019 19:01:27 GMT /politics/2019-03-27/the-texas-budget-is-up-for-debate-in-the-house-here-are-four-things-to-know Edgar Walters | Texas Tribune /texas/2017-03-23/why-house-speaker-joe-straus-just-compared-the-senate-finance-committee-to-enron From Texas Standard:The Texas Legislature’s two houses have about nine weeks to approve a balanced two-year budget. But disagreement over accounting� Thu, 23 Mar 2017 19:20:06 GMT /texas/2017-03-23/why-house-speaker-joe-straus-just-compared-the-senate-finance-committee-to-enron Rhonda Fanning /austin/2011-05-18/top-morning-stories-may-18-2011 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� Wed, 18 May 2011 10:59:39 GMT /austin/2011-05-18/top-morning-stories-may-18-2011 Crystal Chavez, KUT News