http://www.kirkwatson.com/newsroom Kirk Watson Newsroom en scheibal@gmail.com Copyright 2012 2012-01-19T19:48:05+00:00 http://www.kirkwatson.com/newsroom/with-campaign-over-its-time-to-focus-on-texas/ http://www.kirkwatson.com/newsroom/with-campaign-over-its-time-to-focus-on-texas/#When:19:48:05Z Texas Senator Kirk Watson, Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus, released the following statement Thursday regarding Governor Rick Perry’s announcement that he will suspend his Presidential campaign:   The unfortunate… 2012-01-19T19:48:05+00:00 http://www.kirkwatson.com/newsroom/comments-on-texas-looming-energy-and-water-shortage/ http://www.kirkwatson.com/newsroom/comments-on-texas-looming-energy-and-water-shortage/#When:07:11:52Z Senator Kirk Watson's opening statement at the January 10, 2012 meeting of the Senate Committee on Business and Commerce: We're here to discuss whether the current drought is likely to… 2012-01-10T07:11:52+00:00 http://www.kirkwatson.com/newsroom/collaborations-will-help-build-a-medical-school-in-austin/ http://www.kirkwatson.com/newsroom/collaborations-will-help-build-a-medical-school-in-austin/#When:18:05:20Z Senator Kirk Watson, who is leading an effort to create a medical school, teaching hospital and health science center in Austin, released the following statement about the Seton Healthcare Family's… 2011-12-19T18:05:20+00:00 http://www.kirkwatson.com/newsroom/...-higher-water-rates-little-recourse-for-consumers/ http://www.kirkwatson.com/newsroom/...-higher-water-rates-little-recourse-for-consumers/#When:06:32:58Z PFLUGERVILLE — When Robert White opened his water bill last month, his jaw dropped: $250 for a month's worth of water and sewer service. The 63-year-old construction contractor, who shares… 2011-12-18T06:32:58+00:00 http://www.kirkwatson.com/newsroom/texas-senator-kirk-watson-to-receive-texas-access-to-justice-legislative-he/ http://www.kirkwatson.com/newsroom/texas-senator-kirk-watson-to-receive-texas-access-to-justice-legislative-he/#When:21:21:59Z Senator Kirk Watson Named “Legislative Hero” for Improving Access to Justice to the More Than Six Million Texans Who Qualify for Legal Aid AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas… 2011-12-16T21:21:59+00:00 http://www.kirkwatson.com/newsroom/elgin-holds-indoor-groundbreaking-for-new-acc-campus/ http://www.kirkwatson.com/newsroom/elgin-holds-indoor-groundbreaking-for-new-acc-campus/#When:17:22:32Z In a change of plans that few people minded, the Austin Community College groundbreaking ceremony was held at the SPJST Hall on SH 95 on Tuesday, rather than at the… 2011-11-26T17:22:32+00:00 http://www.kirkwatson.com/newsroom/tceq-e.d.-makes-the-right-tough-call-on-water-texas-needs-to-do-the-same/ http://www.kirkwatson.com/newsroom/tceq-e.d.-makes-the-right-tough-call-on-water-texas-needs-to-do-the-same/#When:21:38:30Z Texas Senator Kirk Watson released the following statement Thursday on the decision by the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to recommend that the Lower Colorado River… 2011-11-17T21:38:30+00:00 http://www.kirkwatson.com/newsroom/website-fulfills-piece-of-the-honesty-agenda/ http://www.kirkwatson.com/newsroom/website-fulfills-piece-of-the-honesty-agenda/#When:22:59:55Z The State of Texas has fulfilled a major component of State Senator Kirk Watson’s Honesty Agenda, unveiling on Thursday a website that will provide monthly updates on the state’s fiscal… 2011-11-10T22:59:55+00:00 http://www.kirkwatson.com/newsroom/statement-on-redistricting-decision/ http://www.kirkwatson.com/newsroom/statement-on-redistricting-decision/#When:22:47:31Z Senator Kirk Watson, Chair of the Texas Senate Democratic Caucus, released the following statement regarding Tuesday’s federal court decision on redistricting maps approved this year by the Texas Legislature: Today,… 2011-11-08T22:47:31+00:00 http://www.kirkwatson.com/newsroom/proposition-can-help-texas-meet-its-water-needs/ http://www.kirkwatson.com/newsroom/proposition-can-help-texas-meet-its-water-needs/#When:07:58:31Z If there's a lesson from this terrible drought, it's that nothing is more important to Texas than a clean, reliable water supply. And on Nov. 8, you'll have the chance… 2011-10-11T07:58:31+00:00