Senate Committees Announced

Lt. Gov releases committee appointments with few changes for Travis delegation

"...for the Travis County delegation, there's no change. Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, keeps his vice-chairmanship of Transportation & Homeland..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bill That Would Likely Require Another Vote on Project Connect Moves Ahead

Acquiescing to a revote

"...Mayor Kirk Watson is looking to push forward what he calls..."

April 21, 2023 News Post by Benton Graham

The End of the Beginning?

Will the sun ever set on the TDP conference?

"...6:11pm: And the evacuation has been ended, and MC Kirk Watson is back on the mic. "It's been pointed..."

June 7, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Senate Redistricting Passes

Watson gets ABIA back

"...The Senate just passed the redrawing of its own..."

May 17, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

Count to Five Before Voting

Sen. Watson proposes a wait between final budget draft and vote

"...“greater transparency” is a constant among government-watchers. Austin Sen. Kirk Watson has an idea for how to make this..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

Three Days of What?

Sen. Watson breaks down the parts of Gov. Perry's special session call

"...the failure of the TxDoT Sunset bill: As Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, explained, "In some parts of the state,..."

June 27, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Carona Says Filibuster About Process, Not Vengeance

Watson blasts local-option opponents as "bumper-sticker arguments"

"...to remove it, showing one version (with local-option) to Watson and Carona while negotiating another version (without it) with..."

May 31, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Mayor Apologizes for Lack of Communication as 120,000 Austinites Are Still Without Power

Austin Energy "cautiously optimistic" about power restorations

"...At a Friday morning press conference, Mayor Kirk Watson formally apologized for the lack of clear communication..."

Feb. 3, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Bill of the Week: Post-Bust Syndrome

Watson would plug holes in Downtown bar biz

"...bunch, not much given to licensing exceptions. Austin Sen. Kirk Watson's SB 409 would allow them to make one,..."

Feb. 23, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Senate Redistricting Chops Up Travis County

Austin split four ways in proposed map

"...released this afternoon does exactly that, threatening Austin Sen. Kirk Watson and pairing some Austinites with cities as distant..."

May 11, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

City Council Approves $5.5 Billion Budget

Where’s the money going?

"...With Mayor Kirk Watson chairing his first budget meeting during his second..."

Aug. 17, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Rep. Eddie Rodriguez Kicks Off Run for State Senate

Lege veteran aims to claim Watson's seat in special election

"...Saturday, March 7: He's running to succeed retiring Sen. Kirk Watson in a likely May special election, and he's..."

March 7, 2020 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

A Lone Voice Against Cap Metro Reform Bill

Austin resident – get this – actually rides the bus!

"...I don’t really expect Austin Sen. Kirk Watson’s SB 2015 – which would re-shape Capital Metro’s..."

May 5, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Walker Steps Down as Cap Metro Board Chair

After 11 years, says time for "someone else" to take on "exciting challenges"

"...1997. Chairman Walker submitted the following letter to Sen. Kirk Watson, CAMPO Board Chairman:..."

March 31, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Post-Game Quotes

Supporters of both candidates provide some spin.

"...Well, our search for Austin state Sen. Kirk Watson proved futile, so we snagged some non-Austin legislators..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Fight of His Life

Are Ronney Reynolds' Mayoral Hopes on the Ropes?

"...Mayoral Candidate Kirk Watsonphotograph by John Anderson It was a blustery October..."

Dec. 6, 1996 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Postmarks

The Chronicle endorsements (or lack thereof) under fire.

"...When I read that you chose not to endorse Kirk Watson, I was appalled. He's the best environmental mayor..."

May 5, 2000 Column

Men Who Would be Mayor

Scrambling for Money, Consensus, & Power

"...weeknight in March and Ronney Reynolds, Max Nofziger, and Kirk Watson are sitting before a neighborly audience from the..."

April 25, 1997 News Feature by Alex de Marban

The Usual Suspects

The first year of the Will Wynn era closes to very mixed reviews, as Austinites wonder whether the city leadership is floundering.

"...beloved previous episodes of the Austin saga, like The Watson Wonder Years and The Salamander Strikes Back. On that..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Natural Born Leader

Mayor Hits the Ground Running His First 100 Days

"...by Kayte VanScoy A Kirkquirk: Watson often presides over the council meeting while standing..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Who Will Survive?

Seven council members. One coveted position. And, in the end, only one survivor.

"...But in the first 100 days of the second Watson regency, we've seen fractiousness every bit as piquant as..."

Sept. 29, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Round Two

"...Much has been made of Mayor Kirk Watson's public grilling of Kirk Mitchell over the language..."

Oct. 10, 1997 News Feature by Amy Smith

Inside Agitator

Fulani Follower Stokes Fires of Resentment and Reform

"...play money that Curtis printed up to smear the Kirk Watson campaign. "What you see in the Perot movement..."

Dec. 12, 1997 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Postmarks

Apathetic Is Pathetic

"...An article "Watson's Plastic Past" by Alex de Marban [Vol. 16, No...."

May 9, 1997 Column

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Was this election the end of an era?

"...all of its de facto slate -- council candidates Kirk Mitchell, Beverly Griffith, and maybe Linda Curtis, and Proposition..."

May 10, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Backstage Crew

Council Candidates' Consultants Direct the Show

"...putting their consultant heads together in hopes of making Kirk Watson their seventh councilmember in the Nineties. That's seventh,..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

You Do Not Tear Down Landmarks

"...Unfortunately, that's precisely what Mayor Kirk Watson and the Austin City Council have been trying..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Top Tens of 1997 Council Watch

Top Ten Quotes Heard Around City Hall

"...a DNA test to figure out that Cooper is Kirk's son. All you have to do is see how..."

Jan. 9, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

City Council Gets Its Head in the Game

With only one first-term Trump-era vet and several rookies, Council squares up

"...Siegel, Krista Laine, Marc Duchen). And, of course, Mayor Kirk Watson (something of a rookie in Council’s 10-1 era..."

Jan. 31, 2025 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Candidate Gus Garcia takes on the school district

"...We've often mentioned that Kirk Watson is the first mayor to do thus-and-so (like,..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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