claim: says that "data from the center on budget and policy priorities suggest that the texas budget gap is worse than new york’s, about as bad as california’s, but not quite up to new jersey levels."
author: paul krugman
evidence_1: new jersey reference is off. paul krugman · says that "data from the center on  budget and policy priorities suggest that the texas budget gap is worse than  new york's, about as bad as california's, but not quite up to new jersey levels."  — politifact texas on friday, january 21st, 2011. mostly true. same recipe, with  a few ...
evidence_2: jan 8, 2011 ... still, data from the center on budget and policy priorities suggest that the texas  budget gap is worse than new york's, about as bad as california's, but not quite  up to new jersey levels. the point, however, is that just the ...
evidence_3: jan 7, 2011 ... still, data from the center on budget and policy priorities suggest that the texas  budget gap is worse than new york's, about as bad as california's, but not quite  up to new jersey levels. ... where williamson totally falls flat on his face is where  he claims that texas' budget shortfall is far less than $25 billion.
evidence_4: jun 27, 2012 ... as a new fiscal year begins, the latest state budget estimates continue to show ...  that amount is smaller than in past years, but still very large by. ... with spending  cuts that will very likely make states' fiscal situation even worse. .... "dk" indicates  that a shortfall is projected but magnitude is not yet reported.
evidence_5: apr 18, 2016 ... and many states aren't doing much to level the field for poor kids. ... each spent  more than $17,000 per student in 2013, while california, ... new neighbors were  arriving, and many could not read. .... map of school funding in texas ... study  from the center on budget and policy priorities, at least 31 states ...