[Carry_Okie]

This is giving credit where it is only marginally due.

The legislature controls state spending. That legislature is increasingly conservative and Perry benefits from that.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

That is true. And in addition, Rick Perry has appointed a lot of people in the last decade who have strengthened the state and given him more influence over state government.

This is a good article about how the schools don't like the "cuts" (not the INCREASE they expected, so it's called a cut) and will sue, again. Ah, yes the courts. The Left's way to over rule the voters and their representatives in order to grow government.

When you know how the msm writes, and you know how to read between the lines, how to pop in those needed words the msm omits, this article says a lot. Schools poised to sue over funding 'mess' -- Courts are the only option after massive cuts by Legislature, educators say"