The Legislative Reference Library produces a Daily Newspaper Clipping Service for members of the Legislative community. Each morning, Library staff members select and compile articles of interest to the legislature from over 30 national and regional newspapers.

Headline	Newspaper	Columnist	Date	Related Links
Lawmakers must get Texas Energy Fund loans under control	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	09/260/24	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
John Cornyn is raising millions for fellow Republicans as he seeks to become next Senate GOP leader	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	09/260/24
Houston civil rights organizations denounce Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s raids on Latino leaders	Houston Chronicle	Romero, J.	09/260/24
San Antonio-area high schools — some of them, at least — are ramping up voter registration for Nov. 5	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	09/260/24	1 doc(s)
Janis Stanwood Meinscher	Austin American Statesman		09/260/24
What is the SCOPE Act? New Texas law requires parental approval over kids' social media	Austin American Statesman	Malenfant, M.	09/260/24	2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Is THC legal in Texas? What you need to know about the controversy	Dallas Morning News	Grigsby, S.	09/260/24	1 TX bill 8 doc(s)
DART budget dispute signals an existential problem	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	09/259/24
Immigrants voting in droves? Yes, naturalized citizens	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	09/259/24	1 doc(s)
Tarrant judge’s hardball on voting sites backfired. Now, can we fix the real problems?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	09/259/24	1 doc(s)
Paxton has edge in lawsuit to stop Bexar County voter registration mailers	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	09/259/24	1 doc(s)
What lessons should Texas draw from the school shooting in Georgia?	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	09/258/24
Thumbs up, thumbs down	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	09/258/24
UTSA shouldn't pass on opportunity to join Pac-12 Conference expansion	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	09/258/24
Texas AG Ken Paxton is harassing counties he perceives as Democrat to suppress votes	Austin American Statesman	Jaworski, J.	09/259/24	3 doc(s)
Public Editor: Why does The News still have an opinion section?	Dallas Morning News	Buckley, S.	09/259/24
Climate change means cities have to grow differently. Houston shows why.	Houston Chronicle	Shao, W.	09/258/24
More Texas public schools are hiring uncertified educators amid teacher shortage	Houston Chronicle	McKinley, E.	09/259/24	2 TX bill(s) 5 doc(s)
‘Great impact’: S.A.-area schools find hard-to-hire educators by looking outside U.S.	San Antonio Express News	Manno, M.	09/259/24
‘I’m a Democrat’: Mayor Ron Nirenberg campaigns for Kamala Harris, embraces party label	San Antonio Express News	Smith, M.	09/259/24
Defendant in 'Trump Train' trial says Democrats are trying to 'destroy our country'	Austin American Statesman	Wagner, B.	09/258/24	4 doc(s)
Border Patrol releases internal report on department's response to Uvalde school shooting	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	09/258/24	1 doc(s)
DART funding battle expands as potential legislative fight looms	Dallas Morning News	Gaudet, A.	09/258/24	1 doc(s)
Prison guard shortfall makes it harder for inmates to get reprieve from extreme heat, critics say	Dallas Morning News	A.P. Wire	09/258/24	6 doc(s)
HISD board denies Houston Federation of Teachers request to reverse classroom door policy	Houston Chronicle	Mizan, N.	09/258/24	1 doc(s)
John Whitmire announces $10,000 raise for Houston police cadets, calls for recruitment push	Houston Chronicle	Lomax, J.	09/258/24
San Antonio leads U.S. cities in population growth, adding 22,000 residents	San Antonio Express News	Winger, A.	09/258/24	1 doc(s)
This Houston-area SBOE member is dividing fellow Republicans ahead of a key curriculum battle	San Antonio Express News	McKinley, E.	09/258/24	1 TX bill
Elon Musk spent over $650K to fund PAC's attempts to unseat DA Jose Garza, WSJ reports	Austin American Statesman	Simmerman, A.	09/259/24
Though Texas is not in play, here's how the state's issues are influencing 2024 election	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	09/259/24
A young North Texas woman bought legal delta-8 vape oil and wound up jailed on a felony	Dallas Morning News	Grigsby, S.	09/259/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Wylie student arrested for threatening to ‘shoot up the school’	Dallas Morning News	Bahari, S.	09/259/24
Another Texan and George W. Bush Republican backs Harris over Trump. Will it matter?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Kennedy, B.	09/259/24
Pandemic-era school grants are about to expire. Are Tarrant County districts ready?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Allen, S.	09/259/24	2 doc(s)
Houston police launches dashboard to show progress in 268K suspended cases backlog	Houston Chronicle	Church, A.	09/259/24	1 doc(s)
Tampering concerns cause Montgomery County leaders to reject voting machine upgrade	Houston Chronicle	Dominguez, C.	09/259/24
DA: Pete Arredondo owed Uvalde schoolkids 'urgent intervention' to stop massacre	Houston Chronicle	Duvoisin, M.	09/259/24	6 doc(s)
What to know about TEA's bible-forward lesson plans	Houston Chronicle	Sander, E.	09/259/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Sharpstown International, Neff Elementary School placed on lockdown	Houston Chronicle	Ferguson, J.	09/259/24
Fracking ban would hurt the climate — but lower gasoline prices would destroy the oil industry	Houston Chronicle	Tomlinson, C.	09/259/24
OK, I may have been wrong about giving away cash as a better way to combat poverty	Houston Chronicle	Taylor, M.	09/259/24	7 doc(s)
Two more Hays middle schoolers arrested, accused of spreading school threats	San Antonio Express News	Teitz, L.	09/259/24
In arid New Mexico, rural towns eye treated oil wastewater as a solution to drought	Austin American Statesman	Volcovici, V.	09/258/24
29-year-old man arrested for threat to Hill Elementary School in Northwest Austin	Austin American Statesman	Heath, K.	09/258/24
TxDOT lowering speed limits on parts of U.S. 75, other Dallas roads	Dallas Morning News	Gaudet, A.	09/258/24
These 15 Dallas roads see more deadly crashes than any other	Dallas Morning News	Gaudet, A.	09/258/24	1 doc(s)
Texas bans transgender people from changing sex on birth certificates	Dallas Morning News	Bahari, S.	09/258/24
Jasmine Crockett’s ‘clapback’ gathering issues call to action for Nov. 5 election	Dallas Morning News	Morton, J.	09/258/24
Sugar Land mayor calls angry residents 'special interest groups' as power plant study continues	Houston Chronicle	Varma, J.	09/258/24
Family, civil rights organization demand transparency from HISD weeks after Landon Payton's death	Houston Chronicle	Mizan, N.	09/258/24
Plant that would put treated sewage into Comal River moves closer to approval	San Antonio Express News	Teitz, L.	09/258/24	1 doc(s)
Russian captive’s father blasts Ted Cruz in ad endorsing Colin Allred	San Antonio Express News	Choi, M.	09/258/24
Railroads Love ‘Monster’ Trains. Texans Don’t.	Wall Street Journal	Fung, E.	09/260/24
How the False Story of a Gang ‘Takeover’ in Colorado Reached Trump	New York Times	Weisman, J.	09/259/24
Border Agents Made Decision to Confront Gunman in Uvalde, Report Finds	New York Times	Sandoval, E.	09/259/24

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