Texas comptroller projects $72.2 billion available for 2012-13 budget years

Combs said in her official revenue estimate that Texas will have $72.2 billion of state funds to spend in the next two years – down about $5 billion from the forecast she issued just before the last legislative session.
Combs doggedly declined to guess how big a revenue shortfall the 82nd Texas Legislature, which convenes tomorrow, will face.

"We don't do estimates of spending," she said. "We do estimates of revenue."
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