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House budget writers move prison guard raises to "wish list," Senate cuts 40% from TYC budget

Corrections budgets hit the fan today in both chambers of the Texas Legislature. Reports Mike Ward on the Statesman's legislative blog:A House budget subcommittee this morning tentatively agreed to drastically downsize a proposed pay-raise package for Texas? prison guards, and move it from the sure-thing budget to the wish list. State Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Tomball, the chairman of the subcommittee, said the panel had little choice but to reduce the requested 20-percent raise package to just 5 percent. That cut dropped the price tag from around $450 million to $124.8 million. And because the state?s regular budget is so tight, Riddle?s subcommittee agreed to move the 5-percent raise to the state?s fast-growing ?wish list? of items that should be funded, if extra money can be found...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 05, 2009 (boomark / email).