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.

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 ...

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson has more than 50% of the unofficial vote and is projected to win outright. We spoke with him Friday. More than a week after Election Day, all Travis, Hays and Williamson ...

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.

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said the city is prepared for this festival season SXSW 2025 starts on Friday, March 7, with half a million people expected to flood the streets in downtown With Austin ...

But different parts of the nation are moving at different speeds in addressing the housing shortage. The report found that ...

Lloyd Doggett and Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, who boasted that the program would help meet dire health care worker shortages in the city and beyond. Watson, whose son went to St. Edward's University ...

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 ...

Austin has reported its first case of measles this year, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson announced during a news conference with Congressman Lloyd Doggett and Austin/Travis County health officials on ...

Andy Burnham has called for closer ties between Greater Manchester and Texas following a "successful mission" to Austin to ...

AEG Presents, a global leader in live entertainment, is bringing something new to the "Live Music Capital of the World." ...