Texas lawmakers pledge to increase school funding

News and updates from Austin's news in your inbox Email not displaying correctly? [View Online]( [Statesman]( MORNING HEADLINES Start your day with a fresh roundup of news, features and commentary. Wednesday's Top Story [Texas lawmakers pledge to increase school funding]( [Texas lawmakers pledge to increase school funding]( Republican leaders of the Texas House and Senate have unveiled competing budget proposals for the 2019-20 biennium, setting the stage for a debate over how much the state should spend on public education even as they eye ways to cap the property tax revenues school districts can collect. [Read More »]( Local News [Missing pair from Temple found dead in Oklahoma, officials say]( [Missing pair from Temple found dead in Oklahoma, officials say]( The bodies of two people — believed to be Jenna Scott and Michael Swearingin, two missing people from Temple — were found in Oklahoma, and detectives are investigating their deaths as homicides, officials said Tuesday. 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