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
Kate Cox, abortion in Texas and religious freedom	Dallas Morning News	Morse, S.	01/08/24	3 doc(s)
How Texas’ DEI ban is tripping up efforts to help undocumented students	Dallas Morning News	Rodrigues, M.	01/08/24	2 TX bill(s) 4 doc(s)
Lawsuit filed against Round Rock school district over Nov. 7 ballot language	Austin American Statesman	Figueroa, F.	01/08/24	1 doc(s)
Has your private info been compromised? These six Texas industries were hacked in 2023	Dallas Morning News	Mejia-Hilario, I.	01/08/24	5 doc(s)
Making sense of Texas’ power plans	Houston Chronicle	Hao, C.	01/08/24
Palo Pinto Mountains set to be newest state park	Lubbock Avalanche Journal	Addison, B.	01/08/24	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Murders are down nationwide. So why are they up in Dallas?	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	01/07/24	1 doc(s)
New year brings new laws, but Texas still falls short on health, education	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	01/07/24	3 TX bill(s)
If migrants bused from Texas can't make it in New York, can they make it anywhere?	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	01/07/24
Can a mouthless fly help solve Texas’ manure problem?	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	01/06/24
Thumbs up, thumbs down	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	01/06/24
An epiphany for reproductive freedom	Austin American Statesman	Barlow-Williams, K.	01/07/24
Texas is right to join states banning DEI. Just look at Harvard’s Claudine Gay	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Russell, N.	01/07/24
Haley had a good point about immigration — but no one wants to hear it right now	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Rusak, R.	01/07/24
Think government is lousy? Do something about it.	Houston Chronicle	Blain, C.	01/07/24
Texas, where women are less important than a fetus	San Antonio Express News	Marcus, R.	01/07/24	4 doc(s)
'Exhausted', 'confused,' 'unprecedented': Texas professors, students reflect on DEI ban	Austin American Statesman	Kepner, L.	01/07/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Texas’ teachers wonder if state’s extra cash will ever reach them. ‘It’s time.’	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	01/07/24	2 doc(s)
As HISD school upheavals return, a look back to when Latino students in East End demanded change	Houston Chronicle	Romero, J.	01/07/24	1 doc(s)
Will City Council ban horse-drawn carriages downtown?	San Antonio Express News	Smith, M.	01/07/24	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Pandemic’s lasting legacy: Still-rising violence at San Antonio-area schools	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	01/07/24	2 doc(s)
NYC Mayor Eric Adams sues over Texas migrant busing, seeks $700M to cover city's cost	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	01/06/24	1 doc(s)
Family of U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson to sue Dallas hospital for negligence	Austin American Statesman	Wagner, B.	01/06/24	1 doc(s)
Biden to attend Eddie Bernice Johnson wake Monday, his first trip to Dallas as presi-dent	Dallas Morning News	Gillman, T.	01/06/24
Influenza widespread in Tarrant County, ‘very high’ in Texas as virus spreads nationwide	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	McCarthy, C.	01/06/24
NYC files $708M lawsuit against bus companies for sending migrants from Texas at Abbott's direction	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	01/06/24	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
3 trends to watch in the 2024 Texas primary elections	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	01/06/24
A new immigration policy that avoids a dangerous journey is working. But border crossings continue	San Antonio Express News	Long, C.	01/06/24
In the US legal battle with Texas over SB 4, a court decision could have wide consequences	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	01/07/24	1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Plan to link Texas ERCOT electric grid to southeastern U.S. states is in the works	Dallas Morning News	Lieber, D.	01/07/24	1 doc(s)
EPA’s methane rule gets industry backing	Dallas Morning News	Campbell, B.	01/07/24	1 doc(s)
Appeals court rejects AG Ken Paxton’s bid to avoid testifying in whistleblower case	Dallas Morning News	Jankowski, P.	01/07/24	3 doc(s)
Which side is Greg Abbott on? To one GOP ally, he’s ‘not making much political sense’	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Kennedy, B.	01/07/24
Fort Worth schools are restraining fewer students. Here’s what they’re doing instead.	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Allen, S.	01/07/24	2 doc(s)
Fire ants might scare Houston, but these Texas A&M researchers are inspired by them	Houston Chronicle	Ikramuddin, H.	01/07/24
With anti-DEI law now in effect, UTSA won’t revamp its inclusion office after all	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	01/07/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
The ballad of the armadillo	San Antonio Express News	Smith, S.	01/07/24	2 TX bill(s)
FBI says anti-Asian hate crimes less reported in 2022, but what does that mean?	San Antonio Express News	Choi, H.	01/07/24	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Texan Bitcoin miners profit by using less electricity; advocates say all Texans should get the same chance	San Antonio Express News	Foxhall, E.	01/07/24	3 doc(s)
Florida can import prescription drugs from Canada, US regulators say	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Perrone, M.	01/06/24	4 doc(s)
Mayor Whitmire to appoint venture capitalist Jay Zeidman to chair Houston’s convention agency	Houston Chronicle	Cheng, Y.	01/06/24
Driverless Truck Companies Plan to Ditch Human Copilots in 2024	Houston Chronicle	Black, T.	01/06/24	1 TX bill
Texas' new $50M mental health treatment center in Conroe to add 100 beds to state capacity	Houston Chronicle	Dominguez, C.	01/06/24	1 TX bill
Ellie Breaux, Miss Texas, celebrates in Missouri City before leaving for Miss America pageant	Houston Chronicle	Varma, J.	01/06/24
International bridge projects get speedier approval process with push from Texas lawmakers	San Antonio Express News	Svitek, P.	01/06/24	1 doc(s)
Feral hogs migrate to Galveston Island State Park in search of food, officials say	San Antonio Express News	Briggs, S.	01/06/24
Marijuana Buyers From Texas Fuel a ‘Little Amsterdam’ in New Mexico	New York Times	Goodman, J.	01/08/24
F.D.A. Issues First Approval for Mass Drug Imports to States From Canada	New York Times	Stolberg, S.	01/06/24
Florida Is First State Allowed to Import Drugs From Canada in Bid to Reduce Costs	Wall Street Journal	Whyte, L.	01/06/24

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