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Indigent Defense Facing Texas Budget Cuts

By Steve Hall

Texas legislative leaders rolled out the draft budget for the two year period beginning September 1, 2011.  Legislators are facing a projected $27 billion shortfall, and the governor has pledged not to increase revenue through taxes.  The Texas Legislature's 140-day session will end on May 30.  The House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Finance Committee will be working on the budget throughout the session.  A final budget will be approved before the legislative session ends. Indigent defense is facing cuts. "Preliminary state budget leaves less funding," is Kathleen Thurber's report for the Midland Reporter-Telegram. The plan released in Austin Tuesday and posted online by the House Legislative Budget board on Wednesday is preliminary, local lawmakers said...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 20, 2011 (boomark / email).