Lawmakers hit on a new way Wednesday to squeeze more money from the state's "rainy-day fund." The Senate Committee on Finance approved a bill to change the ceiling on the "rainy-day fund" through an accounting tactic. SB105 now goes to the full Senate. The change would give legislators an additional $194 million to spend. The question is how lawmakers would use that cash. The bill's author, Senate President Don Hines, would not rule out the possibility that the money could be used to put back in the state budget some of the legislators' pet projects. The Blanco administration cut those...