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’ internet porn law is constitutional — common sense prevails	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	07/01/25	1 TX bill 7 doc(s)
Dallas Democrat Colin Allred launches Senate campaign for seat held by John Cornyn	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	07/01/25
Here’s how the Tarrant GOP could remove Bo French for social media ‘bigotry’	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Copeland, C.	07/01/25	3 doc(s)
San Jacinto College could see 2,500 students lose Pell under harshest budget reconciliation proposal	Houston Chronicle	Ketterer, S.	07/01/25	3 doc(s)
Texas lawmakers hate the STAAR test. Why didn't they kill it?	Houston Chronicle	Yu, I.	07/01/25	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Texas State approves $5 million buyout to leave Sun Belt, join Pac-12	Austin American Statesman	Yum, C.	07/01/25
‘It’s plain cowboy logic.’ Texas bans sale, production of lab-grown meat for 2 years	Dallas Morning News	Ferguson, L.	07/01/25	1 TX bill
UNT Dallas, UNTHSC name sole finalists for president	Dallas Morning News	Richman, T.	07/01/25
Fort Worth area state senator announces retirement; House member seeks seat	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Gerstle, S.	07/01/25
State ups funds for plugging wells	San Antonio Express News	Pskowski, M.	07/01/25	2 TX bill(s) 4 doc(s)
Arkansas ruling could muddy Greg Abbott's push to scale back Texas THC ban	San Antonio Express News	Yu, I.	07/01/25	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Governor should allow legislature to address veto of lunch program	McAllen Monitor	Editorial	06/28/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
89th Legislative Session comes to close	Lufkin Daily News	Nichols, R.	06/28/25	1 TX bill 7 doc(s)
State's $8.5 billion school funding bill a win, but not a victory	Galveston Daily News	Tillotson, D.	06/27/25	2 TX bill(s)
Texas can require porn websites to verify users’ ages, Supreme Court rules	McAllen Monitor	Klibanoff, E.	06/28/25	4 TX bill(s) 6 doc(s)
Landgraf says standardized testing can help but STAAR falls short	Midland Reporter Telegram	Dias, L.	06/28/25	3 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Supreme Court grants death row inmate’s request for DNA testing in 1998 Brownsville murder	McAllen Monitor	Alvarez, X.	06/27/25	1 doc(s)
Texas House Speaker says education legislation most impactful	Midland Reporter Telegram	McEwen, M.	06/27/25	4 TX bill(s)
A&M Chancellor John Sharp rides into retirement after transformative tenure	Bryan Eagle	Miller, A.	06/30/25
Christian parents sue to stop Ten Commandments requirement in Texas schools	Corpus Christi Caller Times	Serrano, A.	06/30/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Gov. Greg Abbott orders preemptive strike on screwworm in Texas	El Paso Times	Garcia, B.	06/30/25	7 doc(s)
Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed 28 bills after the 2025 Texas legislative session. Here's why	El Paso Times	Powell, A.	06/30/25	28 TX bill(s)
Texas lawmakers return July 21 for special session on vetoed bills, possible redistricting	El Paso Times	Powell, A.	06/30/25	6 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Texas is getting older and its child population is growing	Longview News-Journal	Fechter, J.	06/30/25
Legislature raises Texas A&M University-Texarkana funding to $40 million	Texarkana Gazette	Wyatt, M.	06/29/25	1 TX bill
Jarvis Miller Obituary	Bryan Eagle	Staff	06/28/25
Galveston County school districts preparing for cell phone ban	Galveston Daily News	Frick, L.	06/28/25	1 TX bill
Supreme Court upholds Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing pornography online	Midland Reporter Telegram	Whitehurst, L.	06/28/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
'Policy versus politics': Dean, Hefner say they advanced conservative priorities in legislative session	Longview News-Journal	Green, J.	06/28/25	9 TX bill(s)
Texas A&M system joins five others in creating accreditation consortium	Bryan Eagle	Whitaker, S.	06/27/25
With new raises, Gregory-Portland ISD again outpaces area schools in teacher pay	Corpus Christi Caller Times	Garrett, O.	06/27/25	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Bill Bass	Tyler Morning Telegraph	Staff	06/27/25
Top Paxton deputy accused of witness tampering during impeachment trial	Tyler Morning Telegraph	Klibanoff, E.	06/27/25	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
USDA launches $8.5M South Texas facility to fight deadly screwworm fly	Midland Reporter Telegram	Richter, B.	06/27/25	6 doc(s)
Public hearing/formal meeting notice			07/01/25

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