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Texas lawmakers line up behind wind power

Monday, July 14, 2008

Texas lawmakers say wind energy is the ticket to the state's economic future. But how much will wind power add to your electric bill?

"We could position ourselves in Texas…

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Watson wows Democratic faithful

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Second only to Nueces County delegates tossing out beach balls for activists to smack around the Austin Convention Center, the most surprising sideshow at the Texas Democratic Party's convention may…

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Democrats gather for state convention

Friday, June 06, 2008

Backers of Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton showed up en masse Friday for the start of the Texas Democratic Party's state convention and an attempt to unify after the…

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Watson: Every kid is our cause

Friday, June 06, 2008

State Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, and former Austin mayor also welcomed convention delegates while highlighting some of the Democrats' priorities - such as education, health care, the environment and investing…

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Speech to Texas Democratic Convention

Thursday, June 05, 2008

Thank you.

Isn't it a great day to be in Austin, Texas?

And isn't it a great time to be a Texas Democrat?

Welcome, all of you, to your state…

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Sunset review calls for more oversight of TxDOT

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission, in a rebuke to the Texas Department of Transportation, called Tuesday for putting the agency on what amounts to a four-year leash.

The commission's staff,…

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Statement on TxDOT Sunset Report

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

For years, politics have played far too big a role in transportation issues. Needless battles have overwhelmed efforts to address our state's ever-worsening congestion. And information has too often been…

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CAMPO Decision Tree Takes Root

Thursday, May 08, 2008

"It's a very significant point in the history of transportation planning in this community," heralded Sen. KirkWatson. After five months, the Transit Working Group this week unanimously endorsed a new,…

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Streetcar Blow-Up

Thursday, May 01, 2008

Contrary to what was reported in a front-page Statesman article and editorial this past week, the city of Austin has not in fact abandoned plans for a streetcar, nor has…

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TCEQ Letter on E-Waste Rules

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Chairman H.S. Buddy Garcia
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
MC 100
P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX 78711-3087

Dear Chairman Garcia:

I understand that the Commission…

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Federal study to look at coal plants’ impact on Austin air

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

State lawmakers are looking at smog solutions, now that federal clean air standards have been strengthened.If Austin has trouble meeting the new smog standards, the Environmental Protection Agency will require…

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MSNBC and Me

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

So . . . That really happened.

On Tuesday night, after an important and historic victory in the Wisconsin Presidential Primary by Senator Barack Obama, I appeared on the

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Speech to the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Thank you for inviting me to speak to you today.  You're doing so much to lay the groundwork for Texas' prosperity in the 21st Century.
 
The secret, which…

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$1 billion error caused cash crunch

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

The Texas Department of Transportation made a billion-dollar error, officials of the agency admitted Tuesday under stern questioning from legislators, a mistake they said contributed significantly to TxDOT's sudden cash…

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Lawmakers question transportation officials on cash flow issues

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Lawmakers on Tuesday accused state transportation officials of falsely blaming the Legislature for their own poor financial planning and creating an exaggerated public impression of budgetary woes to promote private…

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