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
Texas students and families need school choice	San Antonio Evening News	Castillo, E.	05/06/24
Pro-Palestinian, labor rights groups hold May Day protest Sunday at UT Tower	Austin American Statesman	Moreno-Paz, B.	05/06/24
More than 2 million Texans have been dropped from Medicaid, leading the nation	Dallas Morning News	Wolf, M.	05/06/24	1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Hundreds hold pro-Palestine rally at UT Austin with no major police clashes	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	05/06/24
Texas man asks court for permission to investigate former partner’s out-of-state abortion	Dallas Morning News	Wolf, M.	05/04/24	1 TX bill
Three seats up for grabs on Travis Central Appraisal District board. Here's who won.	Austin American Statesman	Gore, H.	05/06/24	1 TX bill
Flash floods sweep across Texas, killing 4-year-old in Johnson County	Dallas Morning News	Bahari, S.	05/06/24
Where’s the migrant crime in Tarrant County’s ‘border cities’? We asked police about it	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Copeland, C.	05/06/24
Molly Cook wins special election to fill John Whitmire’s Texas Senate seat	Houston Chronicle	Harris, C.	05/06/24
Runoffs expected in two Harris County appraisal district board elections	Houston Chronicle	Rice, J.	05/06/24
As budget season looms, tension around firefighters’ deal is building between mayor and controller	Houston Chronicle	Cheng, Y.	05/05/24	3 doc(s)
As Texas State reaches for the stars, it looks to stay affordable	San Antonio Express News	Delgado, R.	05/05/24
UT Austin took wrong approach with crackdown on protests, trampling free speech	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	05/05/24
Dallas County Jail population is swelling and it’s for the dumbest reason	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	05/05/24
Honor Joe as first chronicler of the Alamo battle with dignity and accuracy	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	05/05/24
May 4 election endorsements summary	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	05/04/24
Beyonce’s mom to Charles Barkley: Don’t mess with Galveston | Thumbs	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	05/04/24	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Tarrant appraisal board, city and school leaders: See our local election endorsements	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	05/03/24
Cancer prevention gets hope, put into the spotlight in 2025 Texas Legislature	Austin American Statesman	Lakshmanan, R.	05/05/24	1 doc(s)
Shooting anniversaries mark decades of failed gun response	Dallas Morning News	Riedman, D.	05/05/24	1 TX bill
Texas is getting hotter and drier. Here’s what we can do about it.	Dallas Morning News	Nielsen-Gammon, J.	05/05/24	1 doc(s)
Ken Paxton is trying to kill Texas' guaranteed income programs. But here's how $5,108 changed my family's lives.	Houston Chronicle	Sullivan, I.	05/05/24
Right-wing lawyers are steering cases to north Texas. That's not justice.	Houston Chronicle	Ombres, D.	05/05/24	9 doc(s)
Breathe in the Houston area? The EPA's new pollution rules are good for you.	Houston Chronicle	Leyden, C.	05/05/24	2 doc(s)
Ted Cruz is leaning more heavily on non-Texas donors in his Senate reelection bid	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	05/05/24
UT president: It wasn't a protest. It was criminal trespassing.	Houston Chronicle	Hartzell, J.	05/05/24
UT prof: Protests don’t interfere with education. Protests are education.	Houston Chronicle	Canning, C.	05/05/24	1 TX bill
Blue Leadership Collaborative hopes to flip two San Antonio legislative seats	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, G.	05/05/24
HISD Superintendent Miles says cuts on the horizon as district must make up $450 million gap	Houston Chronicle	Kelly, S.	05/05/24	7 doc(s)
UT Austin students say Gaza protests and arrests cast shadow over their college years	San Antonio Express News	Ketterer, S.	05/05/24	1 doc(s)
President Joe Biden honors Opal Lee for her mission to ‘make history, not erase it’	Dallas Morning News	Landers, J.	05/04/24	2 doc(s)
Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar indicted on federal bribery charges	Dallas Morning News	Jankowski, P.	05/04/24	1 doc(s)
Texas man files legal action to investigate ex-partner’s alleged out-of-state abortion	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	05/04/24	1 TX bill 5 doc(s)
CPS Energy seeking jury trial in case over 'unconscionable prices' for gas during Winter Storm Uri	San Antonio Express News	DiNatale, S.	05/04/24
Henry Cuellar and his wife were charged with bribery and money laundering. Here's what we know.	San Antonio Express News	Hensley, N.	05/04/24	1 doc(s)
UT provides few details on planned felony gun charge related to campus protest Monday	Austin American Statesman	Wagner, B.	05/05/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Everything you need to know about your 2024 property appraisal but were afraid to ask	Dallas Morning News	Lieber, D.	05/05/24	1 TX bill
Candidates endorsed by county judge win seats on Tarrant Appraisal District board	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Bach, N.	05/05/24
San Antonio’s CPS Energy experimenting to solve the ERCOT grid’s problems — only in miniature	Houston Chronicle	Tomlinson, C.	05/05/24
'Texas has to win': New Texas space commissioner discusses state's booming space business	San Antonio Express News	Lingle, B.	05/05/24	4 TX bill(s)
SB 17's DEI cuts defunded UT-Austin's cultural graduations. Students have preserved them.	Austin American Statesman	Gomez, E.	05/04/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
City Hall Insider: Potential changes to the city charter; funding for I-35 caps and more	Austin American Statesman	McCarthy, E.	05/04/24	2 doc(s)
Justice Department sues Texas prisons alleging religious discrimination	Dallas Morning News	Richman, T.	05/04/24	1 doc(s)
Pro-Palestinian protesters return to UT Dallas for prayer, urging change	Dallas Morning News	Olivares, V.	05/04/24
‘A tremendous victory.’ Company withdraws plans for private landfill near Lake Worth	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Mantas, H.	05/04/24
Juneteenth activist Opal Lee receives Presidential Medal of Freedom at White House	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Ramos, H.	05/04/24	4 doc(s)
Cy-Fair ISD parents and students blame Gov. Greg Abbott for $138M budget crisis	Houston Chronicle	Pryce, C.	05/04/24
UTA lecturer arrested putting up tent at pro-Palestine student encampment, police say	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Lopez, N.	05/03/24
As States Resist Federal Gender Rules, Schools Are Caught in the Middle	New York Times	Harmon, A.	05/06/24
Texas Ban on ‘Woke’ Banks Opens Door for Smaller Firms	Wall Street Journal	Gillers, H.	05/06/24
Henry Cuellar Indicted Over Bribery Scheme	New York Times	Thrush, G.	05/04/24
Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar Indicted on Corruption Charges	Wall Street Journal	Gurman, S.	05/04/24

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