AUSTIN — Forget those feel-good vibes at the Capitol. Unless a deal on a new Texas budget is struck in the next two weeks, a summer bummer is coming.
Gov. Rick Perry wants $1.8 billion in tax cuts and $2 billion for a new water fund to quench the state’s historic drought. So does the majority of the Legislature, which is also close to making peace with furious teachers by restoring most of the $5.4 billion stripped from classrooms in 2011.