Lawmakers said to have agreed on budget

MySA.com: Metro | State: "House Speaker Tom Craddick said lawmakers had reached agreement on a state budget for 2006-2007 hours away from a Friday night deadline.

Members of the finance conference committee met informally behind closed doors in the afternoon, trying to resolve differences by a midnight deadline to approve the proposal and have it printed for members.

Craddick said he thought they had finalized the state budget and an emergency, supplemental spending bill."