Texas House Votes to Cut 5,810 State Jobs
The Texas House, struggling to solve the state’s cash crisis without raising taxes, on Friday approved a bill to cut about $750 million from the 1987 budget.
The plan also would eliminate 5,810 state jobs.
The measure goes to the Senate, where the prevailing sentiment appeared to favor a tax increase.
Gov. Mark White said the House plan does not cut far enough, and he continued his push for a temporary increase in the state sales tax from the current 4 1/8% to 5%.
Cuts in higher education, including junior colleges, totaled about $305 million, nearly half of the overall spending reduction.
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