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Renewables Could Add Tens of Thousands of Jobs in Texas
Monday, August 16, 2010
by John Moritz
Texas Energy Report
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…
Watson picks up new slots in shakeup
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
by Mike Ward and Ben Wear
Austin American-Statesman
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…
Audit: TxDOT in need of an overhaul
Saturday, May 29, 2010
by Michael A. Lindenberger
Dallas Morning News
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
by Kimberly Reeves
Quorum Report
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
by John Maher
Austin American-Statesman
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
by Peggy Fikac
San Antonio Express-News
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
by Jason Embry
Austin American-Statesman
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…
State leaders spare some from budget cuts
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
by Kate Alexander
Austin American-Statesman
Laying off prison guards and slicing college financial aid proved to be politically unpalatable to state leaders as they directed agencies on Tuesday to trim $1.2 billion from their current…
Business tax not expected to hit goal
Monday, May 17, 2010
by Peggy Fikac
San Antonio Express-News
It was a tax born in a barbecue joint, the story has it, and now it's giving state budget writers heartburn.
The Texas business tax comes due again today, and…
TxDOT chief says: No money for new construction by 2012
Monday, May 03, 2010
by Michael Lindenberger
Dallas Morning News
It's been said before, and Texas transportation department executive director Amadeo Saenz said it again today in Houston: The department will have no money to spend on new construction projects…
Comptroller officials grilled about appliance rebate fiasco
Friday, April 30, 2010
by Brian Gaar
Austin American-Statesman
State senators had sharp questions for the Texas comptroller's office Thursday about the much-derided launch of an appliance rebate program earlier this month.
At an economic development committee hearing, Sen.…
Report slaps Capital Metro
Friday, April 23, 2010
by Ben Wear
Austin American-Statesman
Capital Metro mismanaged a $200 million reserve fund, opened MetroRail with potentially unsafe bridges and has high operating costs for its bus service that are not sustainable, according to a…
Relief on the Way: Groundbreaking for I35, Ben White Ramps
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
by Andrew Horansky
KVUE News
For years, four ramps near the intersection of Interstate 35 and Ben White Boulevard ended mid-air. Soon, that will change.
On Tuesday, representatives from various transportation agencies broke ground on…
Sun on the Horizon
Friday, April 02, 2010
by Matt Stiles
Texas Tribune
A small but growing number of state officials are warming to the idea of greater transparency and open access to raw government data, following a budding trend across the country.
…Texas Should Have No Regrets About Cutting Carbon
Thursday, April 01, 2010
by Editorial
Dallas Morning News
Scientists who study climate change have warned that continuing to spew greenhouse gases at will could be hazardous to our health – or at least the health of…
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