Perry, Dewhurst & Straus are setting the stage for permanent austerity in Texas

Published on: Tuesday, June 05, 2012

If there were any lingering doubts that state government in Texas is in a permanent state of austerity, they should’ve been erased today. The Big Three — House Speaker Joe Straus, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Gov. Rick Perry — directed state agencies to draft budgets for 2014-2015 that freeze spending or even cut another 10 percent. [View Article]