December 21, 2016
Sen. Kirk Watson this week filed a package of education-related legislation, including several bills aimed at ensuring the school finance system is both equitable for all districts and fair to distric...
Read MoreDecember 13, 2016
The Texas Legislature has long relied upon rising property values — and the resulting property tax generated at the local level — to reduce the state's own constitutional responsibility to pay for pub...
Read MoreNovember 25, 2016
Thank you all for coming this morning. It truly is a great day to be in Austin, Texas -- because where else would today even be possible? At the end of September, five years ago this week, when ...
Read MoreJune 24, 2016
The future of our state and our country depends upon creating opportunity for everyone. Today's U.S. Supreme Court decision helps us do that in higher education in Texas. We'll continue t...
Read MoreMay 13, 2016
The following is a statement from Sen. Watson regarding the Texas Supreme Court ruling on school finance: Everybody knows our school finance system is broken, including the Texas Supreme Court. An...
Read MoreMarch 11, 2016
AUSTIN — Capitalizing on the healthcare transformation already underway in Austin, community leaders have created a new non-profit entity to foster the development of an Innovation Zone on the eastern...
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