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
IVF conundrum reflects the absolutism of the right	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	03/11/24	1 doc(s)
Texas grandmother: Save the Affordable Connectivity Program	Dallas Morning News	Sullivan, K.	03/11/24	3 doc(s)
Solar power is now bigger in Texas, not California	Dallas Morning News	Curran, R.	03/11/24	1 doc(s)
UTA gives full-tuition scholarships to future special education teachers	Dallas Morning News	Rodrigues, M.	03/11/24	1 doc(s)
Targeting El Paso charity that helps migrants, Ken Paxton opens new front in border fight	Dallas Morning News	Torres, A.	03/11/24	1 doc(s)
With school voucher critics ousted, all eyes turn to Abbott on Texas education priorities	Houston Chronicle	McKinley, E.	03/11/24	1 TX bill
Energy weapons, blue roofs and food supply attacks: Texas wildfires revive baseless claims	Austin American Statesman	Cercone, J.	03/11/24	3 doc(s)
Business school leaders converge on TCU to strategize on keeping up DEI	Dallas Morning News	Martin, A.	03/11/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Texas requires utilities to plan for emergencies. That didn’t stop the Panhandle wildfires.	San Antonio Express News	Foxhall, E.	03/11/24	1 doc(s)
High-speed rail: Dallas to Houston should go full steam ahead	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	03/10/24	11 doc(s)
Memo to Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson: Dallas needs a civic leader, not a political partisan	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	03/10/24
Ken Paxton’s on a political, legal rampage. Who will the AG sue next?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	03/10/24
Abbott’s Super Tuesday triumph in voucher battle is no win for Texas	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	03/10/24
Super Tuesday was less than super for anti-voucher Texas Republicans.	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	03/10/24
Renewable energy will transform Texas if lawmakers stay out of the way	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	03/09/24	1 doc(s)
Thumbs up, thumbs down	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	03/09/24
No, bail reform didn't lead to a 'let-them-all-out' system in this Texas city	Austin American Statesman		03/10/24	2 doc(s)
There's a smart way to address immigration in Texas. It just needs partisan support.	Austin American Statesman	Goodwin, V.	03/10/24	1 doc(s)
Texas GOP is changing. Super Tuesday showed us just how much	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Davis, M.	03/10/24
Jasmine needed an abortion. She called us.	Houston Chronicle	McGarry, G.	03/10/24	1 TX bill
The new Uvalde CISD superintendent shouldn't have to lobby Congress for cash	San Antonio Express News	Preyor-Johnson, N.	03/10/24
Hold San Antonio representatives accountable with your vote	San Antonio Express News		03/09/24
Despite outspending Jose Garza, Jeremy Sylestine lost big in DA race. What happened?	Austin American Statesman	Lin, S.	03/10/24
A veteran was denied a restroom. His case calls Dallas police oversight into question	Dallas Morning News	Berard, Y.	03/10/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Houston police dropped a rape case due to staffing. Now the suspect is accused of a second attack.	Houston Chronicle	Hensley, N.	03/10/24
Texas wants the Supreme Court to uphold its deportation law. But it keeps losing immigration cases.	Houston Chronicle	Wermund, B.	03/10/24	1 TX bill 9 doc(s)
U.S., Mexico fight over Rio Grande water adding to Texas drought woes	San Antonio Express News	Teitz, L.	03/10/24	4 doc(s)
Biden denounces Texas abortion ban in State of the Union, with Kate Cox, Amanda Zurawski as guests	Austin American Statesman	Wagner, B.	03/09/24	3 doc(s)
Biden turns to Texans to help make his State of the Union points on abortion, guns	Dallas Morning News	Morton, J.	03/09/24	4 doc(s)
A border Democrat wants to seize back the debate on immigration	Dallas Morning News	Hernandez, A.	03/09/24
Texas employers create 18,900 new jobs in the state in January	Dallas Morning News	O'Donnell, P.	03/09/24
Key Takeaways From Biden’s State of the Union Address	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Sink, J.	03/09/24	1 doc(s)
Mike Miles puts nearly half of HISD principals on notice for low performance	Houston Chronicle	Kelly, S.	03/09/24	2 doc(s)
Texas’ primary election previews what to expect in 2024’s presidential rematch	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	03/09/24
‘Disastrous’: A shaken Texas House prepares for rightward shift after record GOP primary upsets	San Antonio Express News	Scherer, J.	03/09/24
Will Ted Cruz 'crawl over broken glass' to win support of Democrats in reelection effort?	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	03/10/24
Alabama clinic resumes IVF treatments under new law shielding providers from liability	Austin American Statesman	A.P. Wire	03/10/24	1 doc(s)
Program that allows 30,000 migrants from 4 countries into the US each month upheld by judge	Austin American Statesman	A.P. Wire	03/10/24	6 doc(s)
Bracing for chaos, Texas counties issue emergency declarations ahead of solar eclipse	Dallas Morning News	Bahari, S.	03/10/24	2 doc(s)
How the Watchdog would spend the $20 billion budget surplus Texas Gov. Abbott mentioned	Dallas Morning News	Lieber, D.	03/10/24
Texas AG sues State Fair, Meow Wolf alleging off-duty officers barred from carrying guns	Dallas Morning News	Shaikh, Z.	03/10/24	5 doc(s)
Female representation remains low in US statehouses, particularly Democrats in the South	Dallas Morning News	Kruesi, K.	03/10/24
Helicopter carrying National Guardsmen and Border Patrol agent crashes in Texas, killing 3	Dallas Morning News	A.P. Wire	03/10/24
Have Republicans here turned their back on women? Few gains, big losses in Texas primary	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Kennedy, B.	03/10/24
Rufino Mendoza’s fight for equality for Fort Worth Hispanic children: His legacy endures	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Gonzales, R.	03/10/24
My child has an uncertified teacher in Houston ISD. Should I worry?	Houston Chronicle	Sewing, J.	03/10/24	2 doc(s)
U.S. Court of Appeals clears way for whistleblower suit accusing Houston Housing Authority of fraud	Houston Chronicle	Schuetz, R.	03/10/24	2 doc(s)
Vivian King, top DA Ogg aide, led Democratic primary for new court but race will go to runoff	Houston Chronicle	Hensley, N.	03/10/24
Houston ISD plans to add 500 pre-K seats by fall 2025 as demand grows for early childhood education	Houston Chronicle	Menchaca, M.	03/10/24	1 doc(s)
Texas Republicans voted for orthodoxy and oligarchy — and, no, that's not what most Texans want	Houston Chronicle	Tomlinson, C.	03/10/24
The carbon storage race is underway in East Texas as big oil looks to cash in on climate incentives	Houston Chronicle	Drane, A.	03/10/24	1 doc(s)
In Supreme Court case over Texas social media law, who's trying to protect free speech?	Houston Chronicle	Taylor, M.	03/10/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
The largest Texas wildfire ever was 87% contained as of Friday. What does that mean exactly?	San Antonio Express News	Nickerson, R.	03/10/24
Will clouds ruin the total solar eclipse across Texas? Here’s what we know.	San Antonio Express News	Franze, A.	03/10/24
Republicans in a Texas county ditched technology and counted votes by hand. Here’s what happened.	San Antonio Express News	Contreras, N.	03/10/24
Pentagon study finds no sign of alien life in reported UFO sightings going back decades	San Antonio Express News	Tucker, E.	03/10/24	2 doc(s)
Satellite launched on SpaceX rocket Monday will pinpoint climate-warming methane emissions	San Antonio Express News	Ward, R.	03/10/24	3 doc(s)
Snake encounter at A&M-San Antonio rattles some students’ nerves	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	03/10/24
Morris Overstreet, jurist and first Black Texan elected to statewide office, dies at 73	Dallas Morning News	Prosser, M.	03/09/24
Texas can enforce new age-verification law for porn sites, court rules	Dallas Morning News	Jankowski, P.	03/09/24	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Law firm accuses Texas districts of violating voting rights with school board elections	Dallas Morning News	Richman, T.	03/09/24
Biden calls out Kate Cox’s denied abortion in Texas as example of post-Roe ‘chaos’ in speech	Houston Chronicle	Wermund, B.	03/09/24	2 doc(s)
Gov. Greg Abbott calls for 'consequences' for 264,000 suspended Houston police cases	Houston Chronicle	McKinley, E.	03/09/24
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues EPA over federal rule limiting methane pollution	Houston Chronicle	Ward, R.	03/09/24	2 doc(s)
Texas will 'spring forward' by losing an hour on Sunday. What to know about daylight saving time	Houston Chronicle	Johnson, O.	03/09/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Biden leans in on climate change in State of the Union	Houston Chronicle	Osborne, J.	03/09/24	1 doc(s)
Wage gap persists as Texans celebrate Women's History Month	San Antonio Express News	Grieder, E.	03/09/24	2 doc(s)
Solar farm to power EV parts maker opens in Seguin, continuing Texas' record-breaking pace	San Antonio Express News	DiNatale, S.	03/09/24
Ken Paxton vowed revenge on Republicans who defied him. But what did voters say?	San Antonio Express News	Goldenstein, T.	03/09/24
Two National Guard Soldiers, Border Patrol Agent Killed in Helicopter Crash	Wall Street Journal	Otis, G.	03/11/24
The Spirit of Democracy Rises From the Texas Wildfires	Wall Street Journal	Bottoms, G.	03/09/24

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