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
State can stop addictive apps from hurting kids	Houston Chronicle	Thayer, J.	04/02/25	1 TX bill
Ceding control of Texas’ public beaches to SpaceX not in public’s interest	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	04/02/25	2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Texas A&M attorney testifies on proposed state NIL bill	Bryan Eagle	Miller, A.	04/01/25	1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Texas women are scared and dying. These bills would clarify abortion exceptions	Austin American Statesman	Howard, D.	04/02/25	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Tax credits supporting innovation are about to expire. Texas should extend them	Austin American Statesman	Diamond, J.	04/02/25	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
California, not Texas, is now No. 1 in solar power	Dallas Morning News	Abnet, Z.	04/02/25	1 doc(s)
Texas Lottery fines its top vendor $180K for political donations. How IGT is fighting back	Austin American Statesman	Moriarty, W.	04/02/25	1 TX bill
Texas Legislature eyes proposals to give state AG more power	Dallas Morning News	McCaskill, N.	04/02/25	5 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Dallas County commissioners approve review of medical records in Robert Roberson’s case	Dallas Morning News	Prosser, M.	04/02/25	11 doc(s)
Galveston County Sheriff Jimmy Fullen’s political fate may rest with a judge he once campaigned for	Houston Chronicle	Cheng, Y.	04/02/25
Texas moves closer to banning chips, soda and candy from food stamp program	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	04/02/25	1 TX bill
DOJ unseals charges against 'Anonymous' co-founder for 2021 Texas GOP data theft	Austin American Statesman	Leonard, K.	04/02/25	1 doc(s)
Could Texas send inmates to El Salvador? A lawmaker asks Gov. Greg Abbott to consider it	Dallas Morning News	Torres, A.	04/02/25	1 doc(s)
Teacher pay, women’s health, tax relief: 7 takeaways on the Texas House’s budget plan	Dallas Morning News	Harper, K.	04/02/25	1 TX bill
Texas Senate advances bill that gives Dallas more oversight over police, fire pension	Dallas Morning News	Chhetri, D.	04/02/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
More than 60 immigration bills filed by Texas GOP in line with Trump presidency	Dallas Morning News	Torres, A.	04/02/25	6 TX bill(s)
Texas measles outbreak grows to 422 cases; two counties near central Texas report cases	Dallas Morning News	Brindley, E.	04/02/25	3 doc(s)
Gov. Abbott calls for construction to stop at EPIC City. Developer says it hasn’t begun	Dallas Morning News	Wooten, N.	04/02/25	5 doc(s)
Texas’ Big Bend National Park eyes expansion	Dallas Morning News	Bahari, S.	04/02/25	5 doc(s)
Christian Menefee threatens legal action against Gov. Greg Abbott if special election continues to stall	Houston Chronicle	Church, A.	04/02/25
Texas electric grid’s loan fund for natural gas plants is failing, just as executives warned	Houston Chronicle	Tomlinson, C.	04/02/25	3 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Texas Senate panel approves $500 million infusion for film incentives	Houston Chronicle	Salhotra, P.	04/02/25	2 TX bill(s) 5 doc(s)
At ERCOT's request, CPS spending $150M to speed up new transmission lines	San Antonio Express News	DiNatale, S.	04/02/25	1 doc(s)
Texas outlaws temporary paper license plates. Here's when it takes effect.	San Antonio Express News	O'Hare, P.	04/02/25	1 TX bill
Galveston locals gear up to fight vacation-rental deregulation	Galveston Daily News	Robinson, J.	04/01/25	3 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Public schools are Texas’ greatest and most important investment	Waco Tribune Herald	Milder, S.	04/01/25	2 TX bill(s) 5 doc(s)
Store, harvest, fix: How Texas can save its water supply	Texarkana Gazette	Carver, J.	04/01/25	1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Texas GLO celebrates completion of Golden Crescent home reconstruction program	Victoria Advocate	Milliorn, M.	04/01/25	1 doc(s)
Alabama Can’t Prosecute Those Who Help With Out-of-State Abortions, Judge Rules	New York Times	Cochrane, E.	04/02/25
This Is Why My Texas Town Lost Trust in Public Health	New York Times	McKean, C.	04/02/25

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