Funding for Texas Tech veterinary school included in signed state budget

Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law a 2018-2019 state budget worth around $217 billion, vetoing about $120 million in planned expenditures but keeping $4.2 million in funding for a Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine in Amarillo, according to the Amarillo Globe-News. State Rep. John Smithee, R-Amarillo, confirmed Monday that the funding was not among the $120 million of line item vetoes whittled by Abbott from the budget. Read more…