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
Supreme Court ruling angers Texas parents of transgender children	Austin American Statesman	Villalpando, N.	06/19/25	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
CapMetro police chief leaving Austin as force hits the streets	Austin American Statesman	Driggars, A.	06/19/25
Director of Texas funeral commission fired after he alleged widespread 'rot' in the agency	Houston Chronicle	Begley, D.	06/19/25	1 TX bill 5 doc(s)
Texas judge temporarily blocks rule requiring prosecutors to turn over data to attorney general	Houston Chronicle	Garcia, M.	06/19/25	3 doc(s)
Former U.S. Rep. Kinzinger makes Dallas stop; urges North Texans to ‘defend our democracy’	Dallas Morning News	Choi, H.	06/19/25
TX Governor Greg Abbott signs property tax relief. Here’s how much you could save	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	06/19/25	3 TX bill(s)
A $20 billion effort to avoid calamity: Here’s what Texas lawmakers did to save the state’s water supply	Lubbock Avalanche Journal	Carver, J.	06/18/25	10 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Texas lawmakers laid the foundation for a housing boom. Here’s how.	San Angelo Standard Times	Fechter, J.	06/18/25	7 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Jim Wright succeeds Christi Craddick chair of Railroad Commission	Midland Reporter Telegram	McEwen, M.	06/18/25
Normalization of psychedelics provides opportunity for local institutions	Galveston Daily News	De Matas, J.	06/18/25	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Texas Passed a Law Protecting Campus Speech. It’s on the Verge of Rolling It Back.	New York Times	Peters, J.	06/19/25

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