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by Ross Ramsey, Aman Batheja and Todd Wiseman, The Texas Tribune
April 6, 2015
In this episode of Budgetline, an occasional TribCast series on the Texas Budget, Aman and Ross explore the state’s fuzzy limits on how fast the state budget can grow, what counts and what doesn’t, and how the politics work.
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Ross Ramsey co-founded The Texas Tribune in 2009 and served as its executive editor until his retirement in 2022. He wrote regular columns on politics, government and public policy. Before joining the... More by Ross Ramsey
Aman Batheja was a political reporter and editor for the Tribune from 2012 to 2019. Previously he worked for eight years at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, most of that time covering state and local politics.... More by Aman Batheja
Todd Wiseman was the senior editor for video and multimedia at The Texas Tribune, where he worked from 2010 to 2023. Todd previously worked at the Austin School of Film and Synthetic Pictures and interned... More by Todd Wiseman
