Texas lawmakers have filed initial drafts for the state’s two-year budget and proposed spending billions of dollars over the next two years: - $1 billion to create education savings accounts, a school voucher-like program - around $5 billion to increase public school funding - at least $6 billion for property tax cuts - $6.5 billion to continue the state’s presence at the southern border While the Texas House and Senate unveiled similar spending priorities, they will have to iron out scattered differences in their nearly 1,100-page budget drafts before sending the final version to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. Much of the spending also depends on lawmakers passing separate bills to unlock the money, as is the case with education savings accounts and property tax cuts. Read more and follow updates here: https://trib.it/h3yNRe