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
The Texas Medical Board must make clear rules for abortion care	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	04/17/24	5 doc(s)
Texas State Bar should act soon on Sidney Powell	Dallas Morning News	Harrington, J.	04/17/24	5 doc(s)
Texas' SB4 catches immigrants and Latinos in political crossfire	San Antonio Express News	Kauffman, A.	04/17/24	1 TX bill 18 doc(s)
Texas fined $100k per day for failure to investigate foster care abuse	Austin American Statesman	Wagner, B.	04/17/24	7 doc(s)
Adult and parents of children involved in Hays CISD bus crash file lawsuit on Tuesday	Austin American Statesman	Seipp, S.	04/17/24
Democrats see access to abortion, IVF as keys to defeating Sen. Ted Cruz	Dallas Morning News	Morton, J.	04/17/24	6 doc(s)
Judge finds Texas agency in contempt for foster care problems, imposes $100,000-a-day fine	Dallas Morning News	Lindell, C.	04/17/24	5 doc(s)
Residents rally to oppose concrete batch plant near schools in far north Fort Worth	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Mantas, H.	04/17/24	1 doc(s)
Supreme Court rules in favor of Winnie-area ranchers suing Texas over flooding	Houston Chronicle	Schuetz, R.	04/17/24	3 doc(s)
UT-Austin program cuts come with attempts to regain politicians' trust after DEI law, president says	Houston Chronicle	Ketterer, S.	04/17/24	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Texas Republicans and Democrats helped pass the CHIPS Act. Celebrating the bipartisanship is awkward	San Antonio Express News	Wallace, J.	04/17/24	1 doc(s)
Gov. Abbott goes door-to-door in bid to oust anti-voucher Republicans in upcoming runoff election	San Antonio Express News	McKinley, E.	04/17/24
Does Tarrant County need to number ballots? Here’s what election administrator says	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Copeland, C.	04/17/24	1 doc(s)
Texas fined $100k a day by federal judge for failing to promptly investigate foster care abuse	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	04/17/24	3 doc(s)
Texas Permanent School Fund adopts 'ESG skeptical' stance for shareholder votes	Houston Chronicle	McKinley, E.	04/17/24	2 doc(s)
Patrick move to eliminate Texas property taxes would destroy public schools	Houston Chronicle	Tomlinson, C.	04/17/24	3 TX bill(s) 4 doc(s)
Far-right activist Jonathan Stickland starts new group, months after white supremacist scandal	San Antonio Express News	Downen, R.	04/17/24	1 doc(s)
Melissa Lucio death penalty case headed back to Texas Court of Criminal Appeals	McAllen Monitor	Reagan, M.	04/16/24	1 doc(s)
Public hearing/formal meeting notice			04/16/24

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