Texas Legislature, Budget, and Paul Krugman's Very Sore Cat

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Howdy:

Seems to be a lot of talking about a few states that have contrasting theories and methods of governance.  One of them happens to be Texas.

Here is a link to the Dallas Morning News page with their coverage of the Texas Ledge & such:
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/texas-legislature/

Here is the DMN blog where their half-baked opinons, not quite ready for the editorial pages, are slapped:
http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/

FTR, DMN is, corporeally, almost a perfectly Rockefeller Republican/RINO paper.  The journos and editors lean left, but the ownership leans a bit right, so you'll see endorsements like, "We endorse John McCain, despite his being a sorry example of lack of diversity, blah blah blah..."

Here are a few older ones on the budget:

TX House Proposed Budget
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/texas-legislature/headlines/20110118-texas-house-to-unveil-deep-cuts-balance-budget-without-tax-increases.ece

The Usual Suspects Squealing Like Stuck Pigs at the Cuts
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/texas-legislature/headlines/20110119-house-budget-plan-puts-texas-in-reverse-stalls-progress-critics-say.ece?action=reregister

Medicaid & Gov't Schools to Take it in the Face:
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/texas-legislature/headlines/20110126-senate-budget-chief-puts-medicaid-schools-on-chopping-block.ece