In a luncheon speech Wednesday, Watson delivered some of his most frank comments to date on the city's dire financial situation.

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson has said that the key to living up to the city’s famous motto to stay "weird" will be to ensure that ...

Ann Arbor's Austin Watson scored a power-play goal with 2:03 remaining to lead the Grand Rapids Griffins past the Hartford Wolf Pack, 2-1, on Wednesday at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids.

The Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday signed forward Austin Watson to a one-year, two-way contract extension. The 33-year-old Ann Arbor native has spent nearly the entire season with the Grand Rapids and ...

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At last week’s annual address to the Real Estate Council of Austin, Mayor Kirk Watson stressed a number of “budget asteroids” the city could face as a result of upcoming state and federal policy ...

and there’s some that are talking about federal tax cuts,” Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said. “But in order to do those federal tax cuts they have to find the money to reconcile that.” ...

There, Mayor Kirk Watson said Austin is on the vanguard of addressing the nation’s housing shortage thanks to some of the reforms he helped usher through City Hall over the past two years ...

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson was joined by leaders from Austin Center for Events, the Austin Police Department, the Transportation and Public Works Department and CapMetro to speak during a briefing at ...

In some of his most frank comments to date on the city’s budget woes, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson on Wednesday said municipal leaders would soon have to make some tough financial decisions.

"There's a big discussion in Congress right now over budget reconciliation, and there's some that are talking about federal tax cuts," Watson said. "But in order to do those federal tax cuts they have ...