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12.20.10 - State services unlikely to escape budget ax (Houston Chronicle)
12.11.10 - Texas public pensions under scrutiny in spite of protections (Austin American-Statesman)
12.07.10 - State leaders order additional budget cuts (AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF)
12.06.10 - Texas universities grow staff by 28 percent in 10 years, bust legislative limits for staffing (Texas Watchdog)
11.16.10 - State leaders call for Texas agencies to make more trims (The Dallas Morning News)
11.14.10 - Texas colleges, universities bracing for deep budget cuts (Austin American-Statesman)
11.09.10 - No pension increase for retired teachers (Austin American-Statesman)
10.24.10 - Legislature likely to cut deep to meet possible $25 billion budget gap (The Dallas Morning News)
09.14.10 - Projected state budget shortfall reaches $21 billion (San Antonio Express-News)
09.07.10 - Lawmakers seek answers on Texas' budget outlook (AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN)
09.07.10 - State makes progress on food stamp backlog (AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN)
08.21.10 - Texas considers cutting thousands of jobs to meet budget (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
08.17.10 - Texas to rebid IBM's data center contract (AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN)
08.16.10 - Conflicting outlooks on state budget (AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF)
07.16.10 - Texas' Department of Information Resources may end IBM technology contract (The Dallas Morning News)
07.11.10 - Budget cuts will be more daunting (San Antonio Express-News)
07.10.10 - Teachers' pension fund faces judgment on its strategy (AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN)
06.19.10 - In Budget Crisis, States Take Aim at Pension Costs (New York Times)
05.28.10 - Deeper cuts loom for state budget as Perry seeks 10 percent more in savings (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
05.28.10 - Straus: Facing $18 billion shortfall, Texas can't afford business as usual (AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN)
05.25.10 - State retirees to pay more for health care (AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF)
05.19.10 - Texas' $1.2 billion in budget cuts is only the beginning of the pain (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
05.18.10 - Texas leaders order spending cuts of $1.2 billion (The Dallas Morning News)
05.12.10 - Prisons, mental hospitals escape Texas leaders' budget axe (The Dallas Morning News)
05.11.10 - Texas House budget chief: Gambling could help close state's $18B gap (The Dallas Morning News)
05.11.10 - Straus vows no new taxes to close budget gap (AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF)
04.28.10 - Study: Wage disparity between goverment, private workers in Texas higher than national gap (The Dallas Morning News)
04.28.10 - State employees, retirees brace for higher health care costs (AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF)
04.24.10 - State budget cuts causing anxiety as agencies prepare to trim services (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
04.20.10 - Texas' major investment funds rebound but haven't fully recovered (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
04.12.10 - No agreement yet between state, IBM on data center contract (AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF)
03.31.10 - ERS faces $400-$700M in increased costs next biennium (www.quorumreport.com)
03.25.10 - State tax swap isn't even, with $5 billion shortfall (The Dallas Morning News )
03.09.10 - Health care costs open $1.7 billion hole in Texas budget (The Dallas Morning News)
03.08.10 - Officials: State cannot escape budget shortfall (AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN)
02.23.10 - Health plan crisis for state workers? (AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF)
02.11.10 - State officials consider closing some prisons (AMERICAN-STATESMAN)
01.08.10 - Texas comptroller says lagging sales tax receipts no cause for panic (The Dallas Morning News)
01.02.10 - Landing in the hot seat (AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF)

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