Mayor
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson seeking another term in November vote
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Google-News-Wire
- April 10, 2024
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Austin Mayor Kirk Watson is seeking reelection. Watson served as Austin’s mayor from 1997-2001 and later as a Democratic state senator for over a decade before being elected mayor again in 2022. He narrowly defeated Celia Israel in a runoff election despite outraising her 3-1. Austin voters in 2021 opted to move the city’s mayoral […]
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Arkansas
Arkansas Attorney General Griffin joins 21 states in supporting Texas
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Google-News-Wire
- March 25, 2024
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Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin signed on to an amicus brief Wednesday in support of a Texas law which would make it a state crime, enforceable by state authorities, to cross the US-Mexico border without authorization. He is joined by officials from 21 other states who are not directly involved in the court case but […]
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