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Senate proposal could limit embryonic stem cell research
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
by Jason Embry, Corrie MacLaggan
Austin American-Statesman
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…
Will stem-cell debate derail the Senate budget?
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
by Jason Embry
Austin American-Statesman
Controversy is brewing over language that the Senate Finance Committee put into its proposed budget Monday that would bar state funds from being used for embryonic stem-cell research. Corrie MacLaggan…
Keith Self doesn't speak for all of Collin County
Friday, March 20, 2009
by The Editorial Board
Dallas Morning News
Collin County Judge Keith Self has opposed bond elections to build roads, accused regional leaders of socialism and made fighting a bill that would give people the right…
Texas Senators Go for Controversial Voter ID
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
by B.J. Austin
KERA News
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To safeguard the health of women in Texas, let prevention work
Monday, March 16, 2009
by Senator Kirk Watson and Representative Mark Strama
Austin American-Statesman
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…
Video: Legislature weighs bills on pregnancy, university tuition, and Capital Metro
Sunday, March 01, 2009
KVUE News
This week's Sundays with the Senator spot on KVUE News looks at:
- A bill that would force pregnant women to get one particular medical procedure (an ultrasound examination);
- The…
Truth in labeling
Friday, February 27, 2009
by Editorial Board
Houston Chronicle
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
by Editorial Board
Dallas Morning News
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…
Texas and the Economic Stimulus: What Happened, What's Next
Sunday, February 22, 2009
KVUE News
This week, on KVUE News' weekly Sundays with the Senator, reporter Elise Hu interviewed Senator Watson about Governor Perry's decision last week to accept funding provided in the federal economic…
It's time for an open and honest Texas budget
Thursday, February 19, 2009
by Kirk Watson
Dallas Morning News
Texans deserve to know how the state spends their money.
They have the right to trust that the park fees, utility charges and other bills they pay to the…
Texas and the Economic Stimulus
Sunday, February 15, 2009
KVUE News
On KVUE News' weekly Sundays with the Senator spot, reporter Elise Hu interviewed Senator Watson about the federal economic stimulus package and the question of whether Texas should receive its…
Texas should build on a bright idea
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
by Carrie Cullen Hitt
Austin American-Statesman
Optimism about Texas' solar energy potential is aglow in the Capitol.
State Sens. Troy Fraser, Kirk Watson, Leticia Van de Putte and Rodney Ellis and state Reps. Mark Strama and…
Sen. Kirk Watson Proposes Return of Texas Performance Review to Comptroller's Office
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Quorum Report
Watson's ambitious new legislative package would also end fund diversions, provide franchise tax relief to small businesses and write minimum funding floors on CHIP into the Constitution.
One…
Watson to call for budget reforms
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
by Jason Embry
Austin American-Statesman
Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, plans to file today six bills that he says are “designed to make the Texas budget more sensible, open and honest.”
Watson wants to return…
Lawmakers look for ways to build solar industry
Monday, February 02, 2009
by Asher Price
Austin American-Statesman
Positioning Texas to jockey with other states for green energy jobs, lawmakers are unveiling plans to spur the research and manufacture of solar power in the state.
The series of…
