Budget conference: House offers $200M for local roads, moves toward Senate on jobs, space and housing

Budget conference: House offers $200M for local roads, moves toward Senate on jobs, space and housing

Ten days into the budget Special Session, the House made its latest move in the Transportation and Economic Development conference, doubling its offer for local road projects to $200 million and edging toward the Senate on jobs, space and housing. The latest House offer hits several of the biggest pieces still separating the two chambers. The $200 million for local transportation work is double the roughly $95.7 million the House carried into co…