Budget writers in Texas Senate beef up spending Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 1:27 pm, Wednesday, March 13, 2013 AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Public schools and mental health services in Texas would recover more of the funding gutted two years ago with the help of $5.2 billion in general purpose spending added Wednesday to a state budget plan that now heads to the Senate. Proposals to take $3.7 billion from the Rainy Day Fund to build ... Read More