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State Passes Innovative Water Stewardship Legislation
Monday, May 23, 2011
The Texas State Legislature today passed one of the most innovative pieces of legislation in the nation to protect what is undoubtedly one of our most precious natural resources: water.…This is a TV program Perry should love
Monday, May 23, 2011
People of a certain age come to realize that marketing boasts of "new and improved" sometimes come attached to products that really are not all that new and perhaps not…Travis County would be split four ways under state Senate redistricting map
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Austin, now split into two state Senate districts, would be divided into four districts under a controversial new plan made public Wednesday. One of those districts would stretch to Laredo,…Map needlessly divides Travis County
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Texas Senator Kirk Watson released the following statement Wednesday on the proposed redistricting map for the Texas Senate: It’s unfortunate that we are just now – so few hours…Leadership as a mere fraction
Thursday, May 05, 2011
Here was the question of the day on Wednesday at the Capitol: Are Texas Senate rules more important than passing a budget? For generations, the Texas Senate has reverently followed…Tradition is one of the budget’s first victims
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Texas Senator Kirk Watson released the following statement Wednesday on the Senate's adoption of the proposed 2012-13 biennial budget: Today, one of the Texas Senate's most important traditions…Watson fights “a fiscal time bomb”
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Texas Senator Kirk Watson released the following statement Tuesday on the Senate's failure to bring up the proposed 2012-13 budget: I voted today to block what I believe is…Watson advances budget transparency, ‘truth in taxation’ measures
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, tacked several parts of his "honesty agenda" onto…The Honesty Agenda Moves Forward
Friday, April 29, 2011
Senator Kirk Watson's Honesty Agenda today took another significant step toward increasing openness and honesty in state government and state finances, as the Texas Senate approved significant reforms in how…Senators tend budget gap with rainy day reserves
Friday, April 22, 2011
A $176.5 billion budget that patches some deep cuts to state services easily cleared a Texas Senate panel Thursday after lawmakers agreed to dip into the state's reserve fund. Senate…