Special session wraps as finger-pointing continues

AUSTIN (AP/NEXSTAR)– The Texas Legislature has adjourned for good, ending its month-long special session a day early.
The Senate gaveled out around 10 p.m. Tuesday. That came hours after the state House surprised everyone by adjourning and declaring that it wasn’t coming back, even though the session didn’t end until midnight Wednesday.
House members quit to force the Senate to accept their version of a contentious property tax bill. But the Senate rejected that ultimatum, and