McCain sex scandal or improper journalism? You decide. Here is some raw video of the satellite shoot-down from yesterday. Hillary mentions Kirk Watson's gaffe in this campaign video. Man gets 8 years in jail for not 1, not 9, but 19 DUI's. Another hacker has made iTunes more accessible. Michael Moore wants to bring Castro to the Oscars. The center of the universe tonight will be the UT Rec Sports Center.......

Lloyd Doggett endorses Obama. Kirk Watson has posted a response to his appearance on MSNBC last night. More news on tomorrow's debate: Texas Dems were able to get 100 more seats, Clinton and Obama will appear at the TDP watch party afterward. Tomorrow's debate will affect bus routes. Voting early? You aren't the only one....

Former Austin mayor and current Texas State Senator Kirk Watson made an appearance on MSNBC last night after officially endorsing Senator Barack Obama. When asked by Chris Matthews to list just a few of Obama's legislative accomplishments, Watson looks stumped, and then only manages to respond with a weak, 'Well, I am not going to be able to name you specific items." From the Huffington Post: But he was unable to answer Chris Matthews......

The "ponytail bandit" has been identified as Morgan Michelle Hoke and is married to another bank robber; both have fled to Asia after a string of local bank robberies. Local robber targeting the homes of Austin Hispanics, police say. Dell to buy locally-based MessageOne Inc. for $155 million. Rep. Lloyd Doggett has yet to endorse Obama or Clinton. But former mayor (and current State Senator) Kirk Watson endorses Obama....

Photo from LiveStrong.orgIs Austin hero and seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong mulling over a possible gubernatorial bid? Some folks seem to think so. After championing last month's pro-cancer research bill, Prop 15 (which passed almost unanimously, despite the fevered efforts of some vocal neocons), and hobnobbing with the likes of President George H. W. Bush, Armstrong seems well-positioned to run for political office in the next few years. Both State Sen. Kirk Watson......

The Austonian threw itself a ground breaking party this morning in the parking lot on the corner of 2nd and Congress, where the shiny building designed by Houston-based Zeigler Cooper Architects will one day stand. The festivities, complete with mimosas and mini-quiches, celebrated the future ‘landmark’, and featured a whole lot of loving between the City and Benchmark Development. Senator Kirk Watson and Mayor Will Wynn showed up, and praised Benchmark’s contributions to Austin’s......

U.S. Senator John Edwards - candidate for President of the United States - spoke at Scholtz's Bier Garden here in Austin yesterday during lunch. Austinist was in attendance. Edwards was introduced by Texas Senator and former Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, as well as by former Texas Agricultural Commissioner Jim Hightower, Texas' favorite anti-everything-corporate rabble-rouser. Marcia Ball - a staple performer at most Texas Democratic events - opened the event with a few swingin' tunes. The......

On Wednesday, Sen. Kirk Watson (Austin) – former Mayor of Austin – helped the Texas Senate pass Senate Bill 1688, which seeks to increase the powers given to the City of Austin with regard to development along the State Highway 130 toll road, east of Austin. Here’s part of the official Bill Analysis for this piece of legislation: “This bill addresses a new challenge facing the City of Austin – the creation of a......

In the 80th Texas Legislature – going on right now in case you haven’t been near the Capitol lately and seen all the people with megaphones and message-slathered posterboards on the lawn – a bill has just been filed that would regulate commercial party boats on Austin’s local lakes. Senate Bill 997 – filed by freshman State Senator Kirk Watson (D-Austin), former Mayor of Austin and former candidate for Texas Attorney General – would essentially......

Austin City Council Member Brewster McCracken, former Mayor Kirk Watson and the Texas Film Commission jointly announced today that production of NBC's "Friday Night Lights," which was greenlighted back in February, will be headquartered in Austin. "NBC Universal Television Studio's decision to come here is a big step for us as we capitalize on Austin's reputation as an emerging center for television and film production," says Mayor Will Wynn in today's Austin Business Journal. "This......

Technology and policy bigwigs from around the world descend on Austin this week for the World Congress on Information Technology. Expect much news about the-world-is-flat-this, Richard-Florida-Creative-Class-that, and maybe even a Colin Powell sighting at Emo's or Home Slice. While the marquee names like Powell and some dude named Dell will likely attract most of the attention this week, local wigs-not-quite-so-big kicked things off today in a peripheral event called Digital Regions. Mayor Will Wynn,......

Austin Energy, already provider of the nation's top Green Power Program as ranked by the U.S. Department of Energy, is now boldly taking the initiative and thinking, as it were, outside the house. They're applying their model of low-impact energy consumption to the one sector that desperately needs it - namely, transportation. Compact hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) such as the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight can achieve gas mileages anywhere from 50-70 MPG, which......