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Senators express doubts about candidate for health, human services job
Thursday, May 28, 2009
The man thought to be the frontrunner for Texas’ top health and human services job is already being criticized as lacking experience and failing to fully grasp key issues.
Gov.…
Ogden passes stem cell study bill
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Sen. Steve Ogden won Senate passage of a bill requiring all state agencies to file a public report detailing any research involving human embryonic stem cell research. There was little…
Ogden works with Watson to pass stem cell research reporting bill out of Senate
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Sen. Steve Ogden (R-Bryan), with the help of colleague Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin), managed to move his stem cell study bill through the Senate this afternoon with barely a ripple…
Senate proposal could limit embryonic stem cell research
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
While the Obama administration has loosened federal restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, key members of the Legislature want to tighten controls at the state level.
The Senate Finance Committee…
To safeguard the health of women in Texas, let prevention work
Monday, March 16, 2009
Texas needs a new approach to women’s health issues. Whether it’s trying to keep women healthy or keep teenagers from getting pregnant, the state needs to ask a couple of…
Truth in labeling
Friday, February 27, 2009
Read your insurance policy lately? We thought not. State Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, is an attorney and couldn’t make it through his own. But the murky soup that is the…
Better health insurance disclosure
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Suppose comparing health polices were as easy as reading a soup label that breaks down nutritional and caloric percentages and numbers. We’d call that progress. That’s the goal of…
An in-depth look to ecofriendly school buses
Thursday, September 25, 2008
The Texas Clean School Bus program can issue $8 million to reimburse Texas School districts that retrofit school buses, and one of the unique buses was being showcased Thursday morning.
State asks schools to cut back on bus emissions
Thursday, September 25, 2008
State officials encouraged Texas school districts to clean up their school bus fleets Thursday.
Officials from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Senator Kirk Watson and the Executive…
Leaders question no needle exchange
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
The Allison Elementary school students were on recess at the nearby Civitan Park.
KXAN photojournalist Manuel Montana spotted another dirty needle at the park on Wednesday.
Texas is…
Meals on Wheels and More can do much more with $1.4 million
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Luis Bella leaned against a 60-gallon soup kettle in the Meals on Wheels and More kitchen, watching the power brokers meet the media.
Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, Rep. Warren Chisum,…
Watson Says Truth In Taxes Lacking
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
State Senator Kirk Watson of Austin says those seeking elected office talk about taxes to get elected. But he says elected officials should take those conversations one step further and…
It’s a bird. It’s a plane.
Friday, September 14, 2007
It's Kirk Watson.The Democratic state senator from Austin has posted a new video on his Web site in which he races from one site around town to the next,…
Cyclists wrap up ride for research
Sunday, August 26, 2007
A tribute was held Saturday night for the Texas 4000 cyclists who traveled 4,500 grueling miles over 70 days for cancer research. Most of the riders were UT students.Sponsors purchased…
Want reform? Think local
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Tired of waiting for national health care reform, some states are vaulting past the federal government and seeking universal health insurance on their own. California, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont and Illinois…
