Texas Cost-cutting: 31 Days, 31 Ways
As might be expected, it will be tougher in future to be poor, old or sick in Texas.
Throughout the month of August, The Texas Tribune featured 31 ways Texans’ lives changed as of Sept. 1, the date when most bills passed by the Legislature — including the dramatically reduced state budget — became law. We explained the changes and introduced you to some of the people who will have to enforce or live with these new statutes. We know this is just a sampling. In all, lawmakers passed more than 5,000 pieces of legislation. The governor signed 1,458 bills. By the numbers, 607 bills took effect immediately, 673 become law on Sept. 1, and 21 are scheduled to be enforced on the first day of the new year. Gov. Rick Perry vetoed 24 bills.http://www.texastribune.org/82nd-lege-31days/