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
Is Dallas County juvenile lockup moving past abuse allegations?	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	09/247/24	1 doc(s)
'For us, it's always been Texas, Texas, Texas': Tonkawa leaders return to thankful Austin	Austin American Statesman	Barnes, M.	09/247/24	1 doc(s)
Residents of fast-growing Katy want more safety measures at intersections during road construction	Houston Chronicle	Goodman, C.	09/247/24
Trash and silt have turned a Lake Conroe cove into a 'shallow mud pit.' Residents want state help.	Houston Chronicle	Dominguez, C.	09/247/24
Houston ISD begins offering 'Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence' class for high school students	Houston Chronicle	Menchaca, M.	09/247/24	2 doc(s)
Bexar County crime lab running more than year behind	San Antonio Express News	Park, B.	09/247/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Bexar County might switch property appraisals to every other year	San Antonio Express News	Park, B.	09/247/24	1 doc(s)
Texas AG Ken Paxton files brief supporting legal challenge of Dallas charter amendments	Dallas Morning News	Bailey Jr., E.	09/247/24	1 doc(s)
Baby Moses Law: How high-profile abandoned baby cases in Houston led lawmakers to take action	Houston Chronicle	Lomax, J.	09/247/24	2 doc(s)
Texas oil billionaires are pumping millions into Trump's campaign. Here's what they want to do	Houston Chronicle	Osborne, J.	09/247/24
'There is no choice': Houston ISD teacher absences dropped in first year of HISD takeover	Houston Chronicle	Mizan, N.	09/247/24
Catalytic car converter theft rates are close to zero so far this year, Houston police report	Houston Chronicle	Babbar, T.	09/247/24	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Sam Houston State University is reviving its vocational college to meet changing workforce needs	Houston Chronicle	Ketterer, S.	09/247/24
National Republicans support Mayra Flores with group’s first Texas-focused ad buy	San Antonio Express News	Choi, M.	09/247/24
UT Dallas isn’t a secret any-more, and we can thank Rich-ard Benson	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	09/246/24
Registering people to vote is good. Don’t let baloney about immigrants derail it	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	09/245/24	2 doc(s)
Texas wastes time fighting foster care lawsuit. Now a 15-year-old is fighting for his life.	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	09/245/24	63 doc(s)
Purge of voter rolls in Texas not the story Abbott hypes	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	09/245/24	1 doc(s)
Killing of Dallas police officer is terrible wound to our city	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	08/244/24
Thumbs up, thumbs down	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	08/244/24
Train hometown talent to close rural health care gaps	Dallas Morning News	Singh, P.	09/246/24	1 doc(s)
Dallas police and fire pension chair: Why we had to sue City Hall	Dallas Morning News	Merrick, N.	09/245/24	1 TX bill
Confidence in courts is flagging and Texas isn’t helping	Dallas Morning News	Schenck, D.	09/245/24
Former Texas Congressman: I’m a Republican for Harris	Dallas Morning News	Steelman, A.	09/245/24
Could Texas turn blue and boot Sen. Ted Cruz? Breaking down a new state poll	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Rusak, R.	09/245/24
I'm a Sikh. My religion also belongs in Texas classrooms	Houston Chronicle	Kaur, U.	09/245/24	2 doc(s)
How Col. Steve McCraw took over a troubled DPS and recast the image of Texas' top cop	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	09/246/24	1 TX bill
‘We are devastated’: Community, fraternity grieve Dallas police officer	Dallas Morning News	Kersh, L.	09/246/24
‘Why not Dallas?’ How ‘Y’all Street’ aims to become America’s next financial titan	Dallas Morning News	Mejia-Hilario, I.	09/246/24
‘We need all hands on deck.’ How could lawmakers help the Fort Worth school district?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	09/246/24	2 doc(s)
What is the government doing to ease congestion on Tarrant County’s most clogged roads?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Moore-Carrillo, J.	09/246/24	1 doc(s)
Houston ISD improves score in all three subcategories of unofficial A-F TEA ratings	Houston Chronicle	Partain, C.	09/246/24
Knee-deep in budget woes, Houston-area districts plead for increased revenue from taxpayers and the state	Houston Chronicle	Sander, E.	09/246/24
Facing teacher shortage, San Antonio school districts get creative. Is it working?	San Antonio Express News	Manno, M.	09/246/24	1 doc(s)
Constables have been securing Travis County DA José Garza's home since February	Austin American Statesman	Plohetski, T.	09/245/24	1 doc(s)
College boom in D-FW: new campuses, technology, programs	Dallas Morning News	Rodrigues, M.	09/245/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Killing of Dallas police officer took place in a safe, almost sacred space, in Oak Cliff	Dallas Morning News	Grigsby, S.	09/245/24	1 doc(s)
‘A nightmare.’ North Texas farmers say chemicals in fertilizer are killing their livestock	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Campbell, E.	09/245/24	4 doc(s)
A record number of Harris County residents applied for FEMA aid after Hurricane Beryl. Here's where.	Houston Chronicle	Ward, R.	09/245/24	1 doc(s)
Houston districts scramble to adapt to new guidelines that bar nurses from giving meds like Advil	Houston Chronicle	Sander, E.	09/245/24	3 doc(s)
Texas A&M leaders think a 5-year pause in enrollment growth will buy time to correct crowding issues	Houston Chronicle	Ketterer, S.	09/245/24
Another storm, another grid failure, more government hearings: How big a surprise was Beryl, really?	Houston Chronicle	Dexheimer, E.	09/245/24	1 TX bill 8 doc(s)
Abbott poured money into ousting House Republicans. Here's how it could reshape future races	San Antonio Express News	Wermund, B.	09/245/24
City of Austin drops charter amendments from Nov. ballot after court rulings on lawsuit	Austin American Statesman	McCarthy, E.	08/244/24	2 doc(s)
Colin Allred prioritizes border issues, contrasts with Ted Cruz’s immigration stance	Austin American Statesman	Powell, A.	08/244/24
‘Dallas has lost a hero’: Police officer killed, 2 wounded in Oak Cliff shooting	Dallas Morning News	Jones, A.	08/244/24
As GOP legislator ups claims about illegal voters, Harris County delays plan to boost registration	Houston Chronicle	Rice, J.	08/244/24	1 TX bill
Top Harris County health official fired after Chronicle investigation into $6 million contract	Houston Chronicle	McGuinness, D.	08/244/24
Texas drivers can expect to see 23% cost spike in full coverage car insurance this year. Here's why	San Antonio Express News	Babbar, T.	08/244/24	1 doc(s)
State Rep. Shawn Thierry switches to GOP, says Dems have veered into 'progressive abyss'	Austin American Statesman	Wagner, B.	09/246/24
'Be bold and think big': UTSA to merge with UTHSA into ‘world class university’ in 2025	Austin American Statesman	Kepner, L.	09/246/24
Ellis County still searching for answers more than 50 days into boil water advisory	Dallas Morning News	Kersh, L.	09/246/24	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Texas is attracting young and rich movers ditching California and New York	Dallas Morning News	Mejia-Hilario, I.	09/246/24	1 doc(s)
Why we’ve had a lull in Atlantic hurricanes lately — and why Texas can’t let its guard down	San Antonio Express News	Ballard, J.	09/246/24
Nearly 30 HISD schools have COVID-19 in their wastewater, public health officials say	Austin American Statesman	Lomax, J.	09/245/24	1 doc(s)
Politifact: Sen. Rick Scott said 3 states removed thousands of noncitizens on voter rolls. Here’s what we know	Austin American Statesman	Putterman, S.	09/245/24	1 doc(s)
When should you get new COVID, flu shot in Austin? Here's what to know and where to go.	Austin American Statesman	Villalpando, N.	09/245/24	1 doc(s)
Texas Senate Democratic Caucus calls for DOJ probe into GOP-led voter roll purge, raids	Austin American Statesman	Wagner, B.	09/245/24	1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Richardson joins forces with UTD to become a 5G testing ground	Dallas Morning News	Wu, A.	09/245/24	3 doc(s)
Tarrant leaders to discuss growing transit needs as population swells	Dallas Morning News	Garcia, E.	09/245/24
One crusader’s lonely fight versus an electricity broker: He feels deceived and won’t rest	Dallas Morning News	Lieber, D.	09/245/24	1 doc(s)
Fentanyl vaccine created in Texas heads for clinical trials, with goal of saving lives	Dallas Morning News	Fauzia, M.	09/245/24	1 doc(s)
Colin Allred says he would oppose a national ban on fracking	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	09/245/24
Business group sues Texas to stop unconstitutional assault on free speech and due process	Houston Chronicle	Tomlinson, C.	09/245/24	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
The Woodlands Township is looking for funds to install Houston’s first Safe Haven Baby Box	Houston Chronicle	Garcia, M.	09/245/24	2 doc(s)
Texas judicial commission sanctions ex-Harris County misdemeanor judge after end of suspension bid	Houston Chronicle	Hensley, N.	09/245/24	1 doc(s)
About 50% of HISD voters say they'd oppose a tax increase for $4.4B school bond, union-led poll finds	Houston Chronicle	Menchaca, M.	09/245/24
Something’s Poisoning America’s Land. Farmers Fear ‘Forever’ Chemicals.	New York Times	Tabuchi, H.	09/245/24
Judge rejects Ken Paxton’s bid to question leader of Brownsville migrant aid organization	San Antonio Express News	Serrano, A.	09/245/24
Paxton takes Dallas to court over gun ban at State Fair	San Antonio Express News	Serrano, A.	09/245/24	2 doc(s)
Texas Rangers to investigate Guadalupe County deputy who shot, killed man during disturbance call	San Antonio Express News	Lopez, R.	09/245/24
UT student arrested during pro-Palestine demonstrations files lawsuit against university	San Antonio Express News	Lomax, J.	09/245/24	2 doc(s)
Progressive Democrat's ad decrying "chaos" on the border riles up her South Texas supporters	San Antonio Express News	Barragan, J.	09/245/24
Harris’ policy on housing suggests she’s learned something about the Texas approach	San Antonio Express News	Taylor, M.	09/245/24
Corsicana ISD assistant principal blind in one eye after student threw hangers and chairs	Austin American Statesman	Malenfant, M.	08/244/24
Austin City Council condemns Texas SB 4, makes enforcement of immigration law low priority	Austin American Statesman	McCarthy, E.	08/244/24	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Dallas over no-gun policy at State Fair of Texas	Austin American Statesman	Wagner, B.	08/244/24	4 doc(s)
Dallas police officer Darron Burks "executed" in targeted attack, chief says	Dallas Morning News	Simmerman, A.	08/244/24
State Rep. Shawn Thierry leaves Democratic Party for GOP	Dallas Morning News	McCaskill, N.	08/244/24
State Fair of Texas doubles down on new gun ban policy despite lawsuit from AG Ken Paxton	Dallas Morning News	Bailey Jr., E.	08/244/24	2 doc(s)
Texans encouraged to report suspected voting violations through AG Paxton’s new effort	Dallas Morning News	McCaskill, N.	08/244/24	1 doc(s)
US clears updated COVID shots from Novavax, adding a 3rd fall vaccine option	Dallas Morning News	A.P. Wire	08/244/24	1 doc(s)
Colin Allred doesn’t expect national party help against Ted Cruz, and he’s good with that	Dallas Morning News	McCaskill, N.	08/244/24
Suspect who fatally shot Dallas police officer and wounded two others identified by police	Dallas Morning News	James, J.	08/244/24	1 doc(s)
Greg Abbott, Jasmine Crockett, Ken Paxton among lawmakers reacting to Dallas PD shooting	Dallas Morning News	Cordova, J.	08/244/24
Here's why Texas is among the leaders in clean energy jobs	Houston Chronicle	Osborne, J.	08/244/24
Outgoing Houston state Rep. Shawn Thierry says she's joining the GOP	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	08/244/24
Business group sues over Texas law targeting companies for fossil fuel boycotts	San Antonio Express News	Goldenstein, T.	08/244/24	2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Dallas Police Officer ‘Executed’ in Premeditated Attack, Officials Say	New York Times	Selig, K.	09/245/24
Business Group Sues Texas Officials Over Law That Shields Oil Industry	New York Times	Zraick, K.	09/245/24
Major Publishers Sue Florida Over Banned School Library Books	New York Times	Closson, T.	08/244/24

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