Texas state budget - Sunshine Review

Texas state budget - Sunshine Review: "'The state is likely to face severe budget constraints, not just today, but for a long time into tomorrow,' said Dale Craymer, chief economist for the business-backed Texas Taxpayers and Research Association. Stimulus money 'allowed us to buy time and to push the problem a little farther out,' said Craymer, who served as budget chief for the late Gov. Ann Richards. 'Next session (2011), we're going to have severe challenges.' Indeed, lawmakers are spending slightly less in state money than they did in the budget they wrote two years ago, but the federal money staved off drastic cuts"