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
Hand counting, a court fight and a QAnon follower: 3 counties to watch in 2024 election	Austin American Statesman	Mansfield, E.	11/309/24
Leaked memo details $100M emergency request to address Texas oil well blowouts, contamination	Houston Chronicle	Drane, A.	11/309/24	3 doc(s)
Don't be fooled on Election Day: 6 false voting claims to look out for	Austin American Statesman	McCreary, J.	11/309/24
A visual explainer of AISD's budget: Austin voters to decide on property tax rate increas	Austin American Statesman	Heath, K.	11/309/24	2 doc(s)
Texas agrees to delay $116 billion Medicaid contract proposal until after lawmakers meet	Dallas Morning News	Harper, K.	11/309/24	9 doc(s)
Colin Allred calls out Ted Cruz over pregnancy deaths in final messaging to voters	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	11/309/24
Prairie View A&M leaders want to become a 'top 10' public HBCU. Here's how.	Houston Chronicle	Ketterer, S.	11/309/24	1 doc(s)
Texas AG's office sues feds over new protections for Guadalupe River mussels	San Antonio Express News	Teitz, L.	11/309/24	6 doc(s)
Trust Texas elections, not the Big Lie bozos selling voter fraud fantasies	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	11/308/24
John Devine's unethical behavior never ends. Boot him off the Texas Supreme Court.	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	11/307/24
‘Cancun Cruz’ sends voters postcard from paradise - Thumbs	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	11/307/24
Bexar County Elections Department merits applause and appreciation	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	11/307/24
Here is what the pace of early voting in Texas says about the 2024 election cycle	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	11/308/24
What first-time North Texas voters care about entering the 2024 election	Dallas Morning News	Pacheco, M.	11/308/24
Harris County DA Kim Ogg searched for Democratic election-rigging for 21 months. She found none	Houston Chronicle	Satija, N.	11/308/24	1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Is rail dream real? Local leaders revive talk of S.A.-to-Austin train service.	San Antonio Express News	Webner, R.	11/308/24	7 doc(s)
Inside Texas Democrats’ strategy to do what Beto couldn’t in 2018: Beat Ted Cruz	San Antonio Express News	Osborne, J.	11/308/24
Fairgoers join Ken Paxton in suing Texas State Fair for allegedly violating their gun rights	San Antonio Express News	Salinas, J.	11/308/24	6 doc(s)
Under Gov. Greg Abbott order, Texas hospitals now ask patients about citizenship status	Dallas Morning News	Brindley, E.	11/307/24	4 doc(s)
Bond lowered for HISD staffer allegedly involved in teacher certification cheating ring	Houston Chronicle	Mizan, N.	11/307/24
Colin Allred’s fight to unseat Ted Cruz looks different than Beto O’Rourke’s. Here’s how the two campaigns differ.	Houston Chronicle	Zdun, M.	11/308/24
In South Texas, university students accuse Democratic county officials of suppressing their votes	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, B.	11/308/24
Ted Cruz is counting on border security to get him another term in the Senate	San Antonio Express News	Wallace, J.	11/308/24
Abbott’s order on antisemitism at colleges likely violates First Amendment, judge says	Dallas Morning News	Rodrigues, M.	11/307/24	2 doc(s)
Texas buys two ranches near border, including massive 350,000 acres near Big Bend	Dallas Morning News	Wooten, N.	11/307/24	1 doc(s)
Allred ties reproductive rights to the economy in meeting with Dallas business leaders	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Mantas, H.	11/307/24
Ted Cruz talks ‘jobs, freedom and security’ at Fort Worth Stockyards rally	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Mantas, H.	11/307/24
Houston City Council renews H-GAC membership, despite voters' call to withdraw	Houston Chronicle	Kelly, S.	11/307/24
A Texas Judge’s Fight to Keep a High-Profile Case Out of His Court	New York Times	Cowley, S.	11/309/24
A Tight Senate Battle Comes Down to a Few Key Races	New York Times	Hulse, C.	11/307/24

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