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Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin (Louis DeLuca/Staff photographer) Leading Democratic senators on Friday said Gov. Rick Perry has vetoed a bill that would make it easier for Texas women to sue employers in state court over pay discrimination. On Friday
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Despite the best efforts of a handful of Highland Lakes-region legislators, the Lower Colorado River Authority emerged from the 2013 regular session of the Legislature relatively unscathed no small feat. The organization charged primarily with the
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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