Daily Legislative Clipping Service for October 1, 2025Select another date

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
Hundreds of families face evictions every day in Houston. Can schools help? Houston Chronicle  Partain, C. 10/274/25 4 doc(s)
UT System audits gender in courses as GOP targets 'LGBTQ ideology' Houston Chronicle  Kepner, L. 10/274/25 2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
John Cornyn goes all in on MAGA as Ken Paxton tests his grip with Texas GOP Houston Chronicle  Osborne, J. 10/274/25  
Texas stops issuing CDLs to refugees, asylum seekers and DACA recipients Austin American Statesman  Wermund, B. 10/274/25 2 doc(s)
Texas students can apply to any college they want for free. Here's when. Austin American Statesman  Ybarra, G. 10/274/25 1 TX bill
Department of Public Safety suspends commercial driver’s licenses for Texas migrants Dallas Morning News  Chakraborty, S. 10/274/25 2 doc(s)
Texas Stock Exchange wins SEC approval Dallas Morning News  David, J. 10/274/25  
Vistra building natural gas power units to triple capacity at its West Texas power plant Dallas Morning News  Ferguson, L. 10/274/25  
Texas schools could face challenges due to government shutdown. Here’s why Fort Worth Star-Telegram  Allen, S. 10/274/25 1 doc(s)
Who represents millions of Houstonians in Congress hangs in the balance Houston Chronicle  Wallace, J. 10/274/25 2 TX bill(s) 9 doc(s)
The Texas redistricting court case could scramble the 2026 midterm election. Here's what to know San Antonio Express News  Moritz, J. 10/274/25 1 TX bill 13 doc(s)
YouTube TV’s dropping of Univision appears to be ‘retaliation,’ Paxton says San Antonio Express News  Danner, P. 10/274/25 1 doc(s)
Can Texas use its new congressional map for 2026? A trio of judges will decide. Bryan Eagle  Klibanoff, E. 09/273/25 1 TX bill 14 doc(s)

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