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
Make Texas tax incentives transparent	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	03/25/24	4 doc(s)
Donald Trump's fundraising in Texas plummets as he struggles to match 2020 numbers	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	03/25/24
Texas' decision to pull $8.5B from BlackRock driven by profits, not anti-ESG law	Houston Chronicle	McKinley, E.	03/25/24	1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
El Paso DA not anticipating large number of SB 4 immigration cases in Borderland	Austin American Statesman	Martinez, A.	03/25/24	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Hundreds march through downtown Dallas in protest of Texas’ Senate Bill 4	Dallas Morning News	Choi, H.	03/25/24	1 TX bill
Katy ISD superintendent slams Texas inaction on school funding as district could face budget cuts	Houston Chronicle	Goodman, C.	03/25/24
Alamo Colleges mulls lower tuition for students living outside Bexar County	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	03/25/24
An S.A.-to-Austin commuter rail? Local officials trying to revive the idea.	San Antonio Express News	Teitz, L.	03/25/24	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Former Southeast Texas political giant Carl Parker passes away	12 News	Staff	03/23/24
Remembering Carl A. Parker: Legendary retired state senator dies peacefully at home	KFDM	Lawrence, S.	03/22/24
Is bipartisanship dead in Austin? Not on artificial intelligence rules.	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	03/24/24
Voucher proponents like LaHood need to answer the accountability question	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	03/24/24
Texas' SB 4 shows why immigration is a federal issue	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	03/24/24	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Mike Miles the Music Man – the sequel! – coming soon to HISD (Thumbs)	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	03/23/24
Texas' SB 4 adds a new urgency to César E. Chávez March for Justice	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	03/23/24	1 TX bill
Kia Boys car theft fad comes to Texas	Dallas Morning News	Hanks, A.	03/24/24
State rep: SCOTUS decision on SB4, Texas deportations make me fear for my family	Houston Chronicle	Walle, A.	03/24/24	2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
The anti-vaccine movement puts our kids in danger	Houston Chronicle	Burke, T.	03/24/24	5 doc(s)
How property tax breaks for big businesses cost Texas schools $800 per pupil	Houston Chronicle	Welner, K.	03/24/24	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Trio accused of buying high-powered rifle for Mexican drug cartel at North Texas gun store	Dallas Morning News	Krause, K.	03/24/24	5 doc(s)
Texas' migrant deportation law SB4 was in place for 9 hours. It was chaotic.	Houston Chronicle	Wermund, B.	03/24/24	1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Harris County's constables keep growing in size and power, despite rarely tackling serious crimes	Houston Chronicle	Dexheimer, E.	03/24/24	1 doc(s)
Houston police are banned from political activities in uniform — but some constables aren't	Houston Chronicle	Dexheimer, E.	03/24/24
Inside Texas' 'manipulative' adoption marketing campaign that targets young women and teen girls	Houston Chronicle	Gill, J.	03/24/24	3 doc(s)
BlackRock calls Texas school fund $8.5 billion disinvestment 'reckless, irresponsible'	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	03/23/24	4 doc(s)
Texas AG Ken Paxton could see criminal charges dropped in deal with prosecutors	Austin American Statesman	Plohetski, T.	03/23/24	7 doc(s)
Texas Medical Board proposes rules on medical exceptions to abortion ban	Dallas Morning News	Jankowski, P.	03/23/24	2 TX bill(s) 4 doc(s)
Four Richardson elementary schools will close next year	Dallas Morning News	Richman, T.	03/23/24
Mike Miles says community pushback, 'new voices' influenced reversal on HISD principal screenings	Houston Chronicle	Kelly, S.	03/23/24	1 doc(s)
Texas Medical Board proposes new guidance on state abortion ban; some patients say it’s not enough	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	03/23/24	5 doc(s)
The courts blocked SB4. Texas soldiers threatened to deport migrants under it anyway.	Houston Chronicle	Wermund, B.	03/23/24	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
ERCOT admits Texas grid faces risk of ‘cascading outages’ in wait for new CPS transmission line	San Antonio Express News	DiNatale, S.	03/23/24	1 doc(s)
Candidate for speaker calls Texas House 'dysfunctional.' Congress says, 'Hold my beer'	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	03/24/24
Texas gun laws and firearms trafficking, explained	Dallas Morning News	Krause, K.	03/24/24	4 doc(s)
Dallas police chief says he’s working out how to enforce SB 4 amid community concerns	Dallas Morning News	Smith, K.	03/24/24	1 TX bill 6 doc(s)
Is Texas losing its edge in the economic development incentives game?	Dallas Morning News	Butler, A.	03/24/24	5 doc(s)
Why Texas firms and the energy industry are gambling on hydrogen as a clean energy alternative	Houston Chronicle	Tomlinson, C.	03/24/24
Hundreds of migrants breach razor wire barrier in El Paso as Texas SB 4 remains in limbo	Austin American Statesman	Malenfant, M.	03/23/24	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Texas employers add nearly 50,000 jobs in robust February hiring	Dallas Morning News	Martin, A.	03/23/24
Port Arthur titan and longtime lawmaker Carl Parker passes away	Port Arthur News	Staff	03/23/24
How the Political System Failed to Solve the Border Crisis	Wall Street Journal	Hackman, M.	03/25/24
Abbott’s Army on the Border: Is it Working?	New York Times	Sandoval, E.	03/24/24

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