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
2024 Texas Primary Election Endorsements	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	03/05/24
Lies, smears target conservatives as Texas primary campaigns get desperate	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Davis, M.	03/05/24
Texas educators must encourage voting despite AG Paxton’s lawsuits, school group says	Dallas Morning News	Richman, T.	03/05/24	6 doc(s)
Parks and Wildlife Commission approves land swap with SpaceX in South Texas	Houston Chronicle	Lingle, B.	03/05/24	2 doc(s)
Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas’ migrant deportation law	Houston Chronicle	Wermund, B.	03/05/24	1 TX bill 6 doc(s)
Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack	San Antonio Express News	Sherman, M.	03/05/24	1 doc(s)
Texas’ new tax break program ramps up with $2B in potential investment	Dallas Morning News	Butler, A.	03/05/24	1 TX bill
Texas authorizes state park land swap with SpaceX despite objections	Dallas Morning News	Bahari, S.	03/05/24	2 doc(s)
Texas Republicans face questions about life-at-conception bill after Alabama IVF decision	Dallas Morning News	Morton, J.	03/05/24	2 doc(s)
Who could be liable for up to 500 structures destroyed in Texas Panhandle wildfire?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Ramos, H.	03/05/24	3 doc(s)
‘Proud Christian nationalist’ Steve Bannon headlines TX state House candidate’s rally	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Copeland, C.	03/05/24
Early voting turnout in Texas’ 2024 primaries dropped from last presidential cycle	Houston Chronicle	Severson, M.	03/05/24
Parks and Wildlife OKs deal sending parkland to SpaceX in South Texas	Houston Chronicle	Leinfelder, A.	03/05/24	2 doc(s)
Early vote results: Bexar County Republicans are excited, Dems aren’t	San Antonio Express News	Smith, M.	03/05/24
Abbott's GOP primary hit list a fine example of why some folks hate politics	Longview News-Journal	Editorial	03/02/24
Texas reports $4 billion in unclaimed property	Beaumont Enterprise	Nichols, R.	03/03/24	1 doc(s)
Texas remembers: Reflecting on COVID-19 Heroes and Memorial Day	McAllen Monitor	Guerra, R.	03/02/24	1 TX bill
Celebrating Texas' Independence Day	Lufkin Daily News	Ashby, T.	03/02/24
Free public education is under attack in Texas	Galveston Daily News	Tillotson, D.	03/01/24	1 doc(s)
Attack on immigrant shelter is attack on religious freedom	Longview News-Journal	Harrington, J.	03/01/24	1 doc(s)
More needed in rural Texas to combat fentanyl	Longview News-Journal	Henderson, J.	03/01/24	1 doc(s)
Texas Tech welcomes new Horn Professors, TTUHSC School of Medicine to see tuition increase	Lubbock Avalanche Journal	Rosiles, M.	03/03/24
Calls on federal officials to demand Mexico release water to Valley in crisis grow	McAllen Monitor	Del Valle, F.	03/02/24	2 doc(s)
Legacy FFA helps in relief efforts for victims of Panhandle wildfires	Midland Reporter Telegram	Richter, B.	03/02/24
'The issues are personalities': Upshur County GOP split over party activity, leadership	Longview News-Journal	Green, J.	03/02/24
Fact-checking claims in the Texas House District 7 Republican primary	Longview News-Journal	Green, J.	03/02/24
Texas wildfire live updates: Smokehouse Creek Fire becomes largest fire in Texas history	Lubbock Avalanche Journal	Rosiles, M.	03/01/24
Texas Bar fines Starr County DA for indicting woman with murder over abortion	McAllen Monitor	Reagan, M.	03/01/24	1 doc(s)
President Joe Biden argues for border bill passage in Brownsville visit	McAllen Monitor	Clark, S.	03/01/24	1 doc(s)
'Nothing left but ashes': Gov. Greg Abbott gives updates on Texas Panhandle wildfire efforts	Amarillo Globe-News	Cuviello, M.	03/04/24	2 doc(s)
How Beaumont's getting more beds for mental health patients	Beaumont Enterprise	Zapalac, M.	03/02/24
Meet the candidates running for Texas House Districts 5 and 6	Tyler Morning Telegraph	Harrell, K.	03/02/24
East Texas experts respond after federal judge halts Senate Bill 4	Tyler Morning Telegraph	Villatoro, R.	03/02/24	1 TX bill 13 doc(s)
Perry calls Lake Ringgold 'an option' for area's future water needs	Wichita Falls Record News	Walker, L.	03/02/24	1 doc(s)
Developing: Controversy swirls around residency of Texas House Rep hopeful	Abilene Reporter-News	Groom, D.	03/01/24
Protests shadow dueling local campaign rallies	Abilene Reporter-News	Groom, D.	03/01/24
MSU Texas to welcome TTU System regents in historic first	Wichita Falls Record News	Choate, T.	03/01/24
Preview of Republican, Democrat ballots for joint primary election	Midland Reporter Telegram	Shaffer, B.	03/01/24
Millions Head to Polls on a Day That Will Shape the November Vote	New York Times	Weisman, J.	03/05/24
Supreme Court Restores Donald Trump’s Ballot Eligibility	Wall Street Journal	Bravin, J.	03/05/24
Supreme Court 9, Lawfare 0 in the Trump Ballot Case	Wall Street Journal	Editorial	03/05/24

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