Fiscal outlook better than expected as senate opens budget process

The state will be in much better financial shape than it appeared last summer, and could even end the current biennium with money in the bank, according to Senate Finance Chair and Flower Mound Senator Jane Nelson. "Who could have imagined that," she said. Last July, there were indications that lawmakers could be facing a shortfall approaching five billion dollars, but better-than-expected sales…

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