State Highway Fund at center of budget talks in Texas Senate

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Senate is looking to the State Highway Fund to fill in a gap of about $2 billion in its version of the 2018-2019 budget.
The Senate’s proposed $106.3 billion state budget is expected to go to a floor vote next week after the Senate Finance Committee adopted the proposal on Wednesday, but not without public disapproval by the head of the state House of Representatives.
The Associated Press reported Speaker of the House Joe Straus immediately likened the move