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San Antonio :: TX :: USA | 2 months ago
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Payday Lenders Too Powerful Senate Business and Commerce Chair John Carona , R-Dallas, has conceded there is little appetite amongst his fellow lawmakers to regulate the state's payday lenders. What made this shocking was that he admitted this while
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Med School Campaign Goes High-Speed
Justice :: IL :: USA | 8 months ago
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Photo by Mike Kanin Whatever the health care consequences and benefits implicit in the proposed UT-Austin med school and teaching hospital championed by state Sen. Kirk Watson, the campaign will boil down to two things on Nov. 6: whether voters
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Will Medicaid Buy a Medical School?
Austin :: TX :: USA | 10 months ago
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There, amid hopes for urban rail, rumors of various area tax increases, and potential bond actions, council members were reminded of what has become a clear priority for a handful of the region's power brokers: a four-year medical school for the
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Goodbye, Bettie
Austin :: TX :: USA | 1 year ago
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Naylor "was a political force of nature," Israel continued. "The best way to pay tribute to her is to keep up the fight for equality and continue to give a damn about our fellow men and women. Bettie lives on in each of us if we will pay heed to her
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Push for medical school in Austin gains momentum
Texas City :: TX :: USA | over 1 year ago
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45 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011 State Sen. Kirk Watson knew before uttering a word how his call to forge ahead on a medical school for Austin would be received by his audience of 350 community leaders. After all, the Austin Democrat had spent months
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Perry’s budgeting cut Forest Service
Houston :: AK :: USA | over 1 year ago
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John Davenport/San Antonio Express-News Austin Bureau Chief Cash-strapped state lawmakers led by Gov. Rick Perry's stand against raising taxes or dipping too deeply into the state rainy day fund cut appropriations for the Texas Forest Service even as
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Naked City: Lege's Environmental Report Card
Austin :: TX :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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Executive Director David Weinberg . "Still, to be certain, the state budget was highly damaging for the environment, and the Lone Star State has a long way to go before becoming truly green." Watson received a perfect score on his enviro votes, and
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Watson Versus Major Events
Arlington :: TX :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, side-by-side with Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, in voting to de-fund the Major Events Trust Fund Photo by Richard Whittaker Are your lions lying down with your lambs yet? Last night Sen. Kirk Watson , the Austin Democrat
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Senate OKs giving minors a pass for drunkenness in emergencies
Austin :: TX :: USA | 2 years ago
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Underage drinkers seeking medical help in an emergency would receive immunity from minor-in-possession and consumption of alcohol charges under a bill passed Wednesday by the Texas Senate. The measure by Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, seeks to encourage
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Bill reduces a juvenile's penalty for sexting
Austin :: TX :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Teenagers who send text messages with explicit photos of themselves or their peers could be punished under a proposed law that is less severe than the felony offense they now face. Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, has filed a bill that makes "sexting" a
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