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Renewables Could Add Tens of Thousands of Jobs in Texas
Monday, August 16, 2010
If lawmakers next year expand the renewable portfolio standards for electric generation to 13,000 with about one-fourth of that set aside for solar power, Texas could expect to add nearly…
Fact Sheet: Formula 1 and Senate Bill 1515
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
In response to questions and comments regarding the announcement yesterday that Formula 1 Racing is coming to Central Texas, Senator Kirk Watson is releasing the following fact sheet about Senate…
Watson picks up new slots in shakeup
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Austin state Sen. Kirk Watson appears to have fared well in today’s shakeup on Texas Senate committee assignments.
Watson remained as vice chairman of the Senate Transportation and Homeland Security…
Kirk Watson Holds Online Town Hall With Bill White
Monday, July 12, 2010
This evening, state Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, sat in a room with Democratic gubernatorial nominee Bill White and talked into a camera. Around the state, Texans were welcomed…
Address to the National Latino Peace Officers Association
Friday, July 02, 2010
Thank you all for allowing me to speak with you today. It’s a real honor to stand up here before you, and I deeply appreciate the opportunity.
I’d also like…
Audit: TxDOT in need of an overhaul
Saturday, May 29, 2010
The Texas Department of Transportation should significantly alter its leadership structure, reshuffle its executive ranks and reduce the role engineers play in leading the sprawling agency.
Those are among the…
New Audit Faults TXDOT Culture Despite Finding Some Areas of Improvement
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
TxDOT also presented “misleading information regarding the magnitude of cost savings or cost avoidance that can be attributed to regionalization,”
Sen. Kirk Watson said a new management audit released during…
Is Formula One coming to Austin?
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Monte Carlo. Istanbul. Barcelona. Montreal.
Austin?
Maybe.
In two years, Austin might join the glamorous international circuit of Formula One racing, where the low-slung cars can hit 220 mph and…
Democrat says this may be right time for budget reform
Monday, May 24, 2010
AUSTIN — It's pretty much assumed the state will have to dip into its rainy-day savings account to help bridge a huge budget shortfall, but Sen. Kirk Watson just made the challenge…
Watson rips state budgeting process
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, gave a pretty thorough critique Wednesday of how the Legislature writes the state budget, saying he wouldn’t vote for tax increases or taking money out of…
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