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Goodwill Excel Graduation

June 8, 2017

I found out recently that I’m going to be a grandfather. My son and his wife will have a little girl at the end of November. She’ll be named Francis Ellen. They like the way her initials sound. Fr...

Sen. Watson statement on adoption of 2018-19 state budget

May 28, 2017

The broad outlines of the 2018-19 state budget were drawn two years ago when the Legislature made short-sighted tax cuts and other decisions that severely reduced by $9 billion the revenue needed to p...

SB 8 undermines a woman’s liberty about her body and family

May 28, 2017

Senate Bill 8 once again places the State in the position of deciding how a woman should exercise her constitutional right to an abortion. Instead of recognizing a woman's freedom to make personal cho...

HB 3859 allows foster care providers to discriminate against children, families

May 22, 2017

So much effort has gone into this session to address a very real crisis in our system of child protection. We started the session with recognition that our state wasn’t acting in the best interest ...

Survivors deserve help in ending sexual assault

May 12, 2017

Daily Texas OpEd by Sen. Kirk Watson Sexual assault is shockingly common on college campuses. According to a recent survey from the University of Texas System, 15 percent of female undergrad...

Watson gives new life to bills that close loopholes in open records law