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Texas Senate approves a $250 billion state budget but questions remain about how federal aid will be used
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The Texas Senate unanimously signed off on a two-year, $250 billion state budget Tuesday, though there are still questions about how tens of billions of dollars in expected federal aid will be used and whether it will arrive in time for lawmakers to use this legislative session.
“This budget … meets our essential needs in this growing state [and] it holds true to the principles of fiscal responsibility that make Texas strong and successful,” state Sen. Jane Nelson, the Flower Mound Republican who chairs the budget-writing Senate Finance Committee, told senators as the chamber took up Senate Bill 1.
Texas Senate approves a $250 billion state budget – but questions remain about how federal aid will be used
The budget does not factor in over $35 billion in federal aid. Senators said they don t yet know when that money will come in and what strings could be attached. Author: Cassandra Pollock (Texas Tribune) Published: 5:22 PM CDT April 6, 2021 Updated: 6:31 PM CDT April 6, 2021
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Texas Tribune) The Texas Senate unanimously signed off on a two-year, $250 billion state budget Tuesday, though there are still questions about how tens of billions of dollars in expected federal aid will be used and whether it will arrive in time for lawmakers to use this legislative session.