Employees face massive cuts following slashed state budget
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Lawmakers cut billions from the state budget this year, and now state employees are feeling the cuts first hand.
The Texas Education Agency let go 178 employees this week, with thousands more expected to be laid off in the coming months.
In Washington, party leaders are grappling with a budget of their own. Debt negotiations continue with no compromise in sight. On “Capital Tonight” this week we broke the default down, by the numbers.
Watch the video above for analysis from our experts and insight from The Dallas Morning News chief political reporter Wayne Slater and Harvey Kronberg with the Quorum Report.