Texas Senate Passes Budget Focusing on Tax Cuts, Mental Health and Employee Wage Increases

Texas Senate Passes Budget Focusing on Tax Cuts, Mental Health and Employee Wage Increases

AUSTIN — The Senate unanimously passed a two-year, $308 billion state budget on Monday that focuses on property tax cuts, mental health, the power grid and wage increases for state employees and teachers. While senators would spend several billion more state discretionary dollars than the House, they would still leave more than $17 billion on