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The Governor and Legislative leadership must be longing for the heady days of December and January, back when they basked in their election blowout and could still fantasize the budget gap was a mere $5 billion. Even the comptroller’s revised deficit estimate of $10 billion didn’t seem to dampen the festive mood. The party line […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402