What would veteran lawmakers do about Texas’ budget deficit?

AUSTIN — State GOP leaders say drastic cuts are the only way out of Texas’ unprecedented budget hole. And, they say, cries of Armageddon from dissenters are overly dramatic. But veterans who have been through the state budget trenches say that each decrease is a hill sure to be fought over and that the end of the session provides no assured victory. Four former high-ranking state officials, two Republicans and two Democrats, say this year’s fiscal mess is so severe that many treasured services and institutions will suffer.

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