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
Crystal Mason was acquitted, but will Texas repeat its mistakes?	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	04/02/24	1 TX bill 5 doc(s)
Paxton's securities fraud case ends with an embarrassing whimper	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	04/02/24	1 doc(s)
Get on board with high-speed rail	Dallas Morning News	Rawlings, M.	04/02/24	1 doc(s)
El Paso judge orders release of migrants accused of 'border riot'	Austin American Statesman	Borunda, D.	04/02/24
Two Houston Democrats lean on job experience ahead of May runoff in Texas House District 139	Houston Chronicle	Severson, M.	04/02/24
Tuition rates at private Texas colleges are about to get a lot higher. Here's by how much and when.	Houston Chronicle	Ketterer, S.	04/02/24
Scientists: First person diagnosed with bird flu in Texas	San Antonio Express News	Silva, J.	04/02/24
As testing continues, Austin remains a catalyst for driverless car technology advancement	Austin American Statesman	Carlson, K.	04/02/24	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Texas, CDC say bird flu detected in person exposed to dairy cattle	Austin American Statesman	Polansek, T.	04/02/24	2 doc(s)
Americans are packing their bags to witness the total solar eclipse. Texas is a hotspot	Dallas Morning News	Bahari, S.	04/02/24	6 doc(s)
IDEA Public Schools is under TEA conservatorship. What does that mean?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Allen, S.	04/02/24	2 doc(s)
Once Texas GOP’s ‘weak link,’ Attorney General Ken Paxton is growing more popular and powerful	San Antonio Express News	Scherer, J.	04/02/24
How gun safety lessons are saving Texas hunters	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	04/01/24	1 TX bill 5 doc(s)
Harris County constables shouldn't be 'untouchable.' But what's the alternative?	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	04/01/24
What happened to books in school? Dallas has an answer to love	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	03/31/24
Our Second Amendment absolutism is aiding the cartels	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	03/31/24	1 doc(s)
Texas AG Paxton may have settled fraud case, but he is hardly off the hook	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	03/31/24
Hand me my bazooka, dear; I’m headed downtown	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	03/31/24	7 doc(s)
Key Bridge tragedy should spur closer look at U.S. bridges	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	03/30/24	1 doc(s)
Thumbs up, thumbs down	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	03/30/24
Is marijuana decriminalization helping Chinese mafias in the U.S.?	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	03/29/24
Biden’s natural gas ban gets a Texas answer	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	03/29/24	2 doc(s)
White Rock spill won’t be the last until we invest in water quality	Dallas Morning News	Metzger, L.	04/01/24	1 doc(s)
Texas Republicans must stop the infighting	Dallas Morning News	Thimesch, K.	03/31/24
Could a horrific port accident happen in Houston?	Houston Chronicle	Campo, R.	03/31/24
Vouchers are the worst education policy money can buy	San Antonio Express News	DeMatthews, D.	03/31/24
Linklater's 'Hometown Prison' reveals the full cost of capital punishment	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, G.	03/31/24	1 doc(s)
Baby boxes limit family preservation options for Texans in crisis	Dallas Morning News	Bruce, L.	03/29/24	1 TX bill
Small business is big business in Texas	San Antonio Express News	Rodriguez, A.	03/29/24
Senate Education Committee is warning universities to comply with anti-DEI law. Here's why	Austin American Statesman	Kepner, L.	04/01/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Travis County moves to provide lawyers at bail hearings after activist concern over SB 4	Austin American Statesman	Lin, S.	04/01/24	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Texas Native American studies course further delayed, triggering frustration	Dallas Morning News	Richman, T.	04/01/24	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Ted Cruz campaign says he doesn’t get paid to podcast. IHeartMedia gave $630K to a PAC backing him.	Houston Chronicle	Wermund, B.	04/01/24
San Antonio's 'AK Guy' is famous online. Can that take him to Congress over U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales?	San Antonio Express News	Harris, C.	04/01/24
How do you portray a slave who survived the fall of the Alamo? Not very easily, Alamo discovers.	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	04/01/24
GOP challengers threaten takeover of Texas SBOE with help from influential donor group	Houston Chronicle	McKinley, E.	03/31/24
Houston ISD has long reported racial disparities in college access. It got worse for 2022 graduates.	Houston Chronicle	Menchaca, M.	03/31/24	1 doc(s)
Want to sue a Harris County constable's office for violating your rights? You can't.	Houston Chronicle	Dexheimer, E.	03/31/24	7 doc(s)
Harris County deputy constables face pressure to support their bosses' campaigns. Here’s why.	Houston Chronicle	Dexheimer, E.	03/31/24
Hill Country's eclipse worries: Jammed roads, supply shortages	San Antonio Express News	Teitz, L.	03/31/24	5 doc(s)
Man arrested, charged with criminally negligent homicide in Hays school bus crash	Austin American Statesman	Heath, K.	03/30/24	1 doc(s)
Texas appeals court upholds block on abuse investigations into families of trans minors	Austin American Statesman	Wagner, B.	03/30/24	1 TX bill 7 doc(s)
Texas court blocks child abuse investigations into parents of transgender kids	Dallas Morning News	Mejia-Hilario, I.	03/30/24	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
‘Overwhelmed with joy’: Crystal Mason celebrates overturned illegal voting conviction	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Moore-Carrillo, J.	03/30/24	3 doc(s)
‘Do your jobs.’ Parents, residents ask Mansfield ISD board to review candidate’s eligibility	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Bach, N.	03/30/24	2 doc(s)
HISD outlines 10 priorities for 2024-25 school year in draft action plan. Here's what it says.	Houston Chronicle	Menchaca, M.	03/30/24	4 doc(s)
Travis Scott wants out of Astroworld festival lawsuit, saying he was a performer, not a planner	Houston Chronicle	Ferguson, J.	03/30/24	1 doc(s)
Texas AG Ken Paxton launches investigation into Boeing supplier over product safety and DEI efforts	San Antonio Express News	Goldenstein, T.	03/30/24	3 doc(s)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls for universities to curb antisemitism, revise free speech	Austin American Statesman	Kepner, L.	03/29/24	2 doc(s)
Court orders DFPS to reveal ‘withheld evidence’ in Texas medical child abuse allegations	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Lopez, N.	03/29/24	1 doc(s)
Before deal in Ken Paxton's fraud case, prosecutor was scrambling to buy more time, find new partner	Houston Chronicle	Satija, N.	03/29/24	3 doc(s)
Gov. Abbott directs Texas universities to crack down on antisemitism, discipline pro-Palestine groups	Houston Chronicle	Harris, C.	03/29/24	1 doc(s)
State OKs plan for controversial quarry expansion near Garden Ridge	San Antonio Express News	Teitz, L.	03/29/24	2 doc(s)
'We all are vulnerable': Why UT students are launching a tenants union in West Campus	Austin American Statesman	Kepner, L.	04/01/24
Harris County elections office to lease new headquarters near IAH in bid to boost efficiency	Houston Chronicle	Rice, J.	04/01/24
Exclusive: Energy transition breakthroughs will come from the Silicon Valley of energy, Bill Gates says	San Antonio Express News	Drane, A.	04/01/24
700 National Guard troops 'surged' to El Paso after migrants breached concertina wire	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	03/31/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Texas court acquits Crystal Mason after being sentenced to five years over voting error	Austin American Statesman	Malenfant, M.	03/31/24	4 doc(s)
Long before Ken Paxton, Texas had a mixed history of attorneys general facing indictment	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	03/31/24
During the 2024 solar eclipse, Texans will aid a national research effort to study the sun	Dallas Morning News	Ramakrishnan, A.	03/31/24	1 doc(s)
Crystal Mason didn’t vote illegally, so why did it take so long to set her free?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Kennedy, B.	03/31/24	4 doc(s)
Can this $148.8M study provide answers to the racial disparity of Alzheimer’s disease?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Morgan, K.	03/31/24	3 doc(s)
School shootings prompt more states to fund digital maps for first responders	Houston Chronicle	Lieb, D.	03/31/24	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
A Texas woman sues prosecutors who charged her with murder after she self-managed an abortion	Houston Chronicle	Gonzalez, V.	03/31/24	2 doc(s)
Texans face a nightmarish hurricane threat this summer, with a potentially debilitating price tag	Houston Chronicle	Tomlinson, C.	03/31/24	2 doc(s)
UTSA professors’ research explores bias in housing demolitions and code enforcement	San Antonio Express News	Iszler, M.	03/31/24	1 doc(s)
Texas energy companies counting on hydrogen to become cleaner fuel for transportation	San Antonio Express News	Foxhall, E.	03/31/24	2 doc(s)
Texans are aging. Is the state ready to battle Alzheimer’s disease?	San Antonio Express News	Wolf, M.	03/31/24	1 doc(s)
Texas appeals court blocks state from probing transgender kids' parents	Austin American Statesman	Re.	03/30/24	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Liberty Hill wastewater plant ordered to lower level of phosphorus discharged into river	Austin American Statesman	Osborn, C.	03/30/24	1 doc(s)
Truck driver charged with criminally negligent homicide in fatal Texas bus crash	Dallas Morning News	A.P. Wire	03/30/24
AG Ken Paxton opens investigation into Boeing airplane part supplier	Dallas Morning News	Skores, A.	03/30/24	1 doc(s)
Bird flu spreads to dairy cows in Idaho, Michigan and New Mexico	Dallas Morning News	Sun, L.	03/30/24
Crystal Mason says Texans who want to vote can learn from her story: ‘Never get discouraged’	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	03/30/24	2 doc(s)
Truck driver charged in fatal school bus crash	Houston Chronicle	Teitz, L.	03/30/24
Texas lawmakers and agency leaders experiment, ponder policies for an AI future	San Antonio Express News	Downey, R.	03/30/24	1 TX bill
When Natural Gas Prices Cool, Flares Burn in the Permian Basin	San Antonio Express News	Pskowski, M.	03/30/24	5 doc(s)
With all the recent headlines about panels and tires falling off planes, is flying safe?	San Antonio Express News	Koenig, D.	03/30/24	2 doc(s)
New UT public health school set to open in San Antonio this summer	San Antonio Express News	Rodriguez, M.	03/30/24
School voucher proponents spend big to overcome rural resistance	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Montgomery, D.	03/29/24
Republican states file lawsuit challenging Biden’s student loan repayment plan	Houston Chronicle	Hanna, J.	03/29/24	3 doc(s)
With immigration politics top of mind, more than 1,300 Houstonians become U.S. citizens	Houston Chronicle	Romero, J.	03/29/24
State campaign targets pedestrian, bicyclist safety, but funding for projects lags		Green, J.	03/30/24
Person Infected With Bird Flu in Texas After Contact With Cattle	New York Times	Mandavilli, A.	04/02/24
Person Tests Positive for Bird Flu in Texas After Exposure to Cattle	Wall Street Journal	Abbott, B.	04/02/24
Business Owners Fight GOP Efforts to Make Them Police Workers’ Immigration Status	Wall Street Journal	Caldwell, A.	04/01/24
The Texas Judge Who Orders Patients to Take Their Meds	Wall Street Journal	Najmabadi, S.	04/01/24
Woman Who Was Charged With Murder After Abortion Sues Texas Prosecutor	New York Times	Betts, A.	03/31/24
The Persistent Threat to Abortion Rights	New York Times	Editorial	03/31/24
America Made a Huge Bet on Sports Gambling. The Backlash Is Here.	Wall Street Journal	Diamond, J.	03/29/24
The Coming Electricity Crisis	Wall Street Journal	Editorial	03/29/24

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