Gov. Abbott signs $217B budget, cuts $120M with vetoes

AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law a 2018-2019 state budget worth around $217 billion, but vetoed about $120 million in planned expenditures.
Squeezed by the oil price slump, the budget includes funding increases for the state’s beleaguered child welfare system and $800 million for border security.
Abbott signed the budget Monday.
Read the governor’s full budget proclamation here
His vetoes included cutting nearly $900,000 in Secretary of State funding to help T