Texas budget shrinks, making spending cuts likely

AUSTIN (KXAN) — State lawmakers will have less money to spend as the new legislative session gets underway on Tuesday.
The state Comptroller’s office released their estimate of how much money they can budget for. On Monday morning, Comptroller Glenn Hager said state lawmakers will have $104.9 billion over the next two years.
While that seems like a lot of money, it is nearly a $10 billion drop from 2015’s $113 billion for the last legislative session. One reason for the drop in