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
Bo French should resign as Tarrant County GOP chair	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	07/02/25
Texas’ beef with lab-grown meat is misguided	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	07/02/25	1 TX bill
How Trump's Big Beautiful Bill could sink rural Texas health care	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	07/02/25	3 doc(s)
Trump officials want to give TxDOT more power over highway expansions	Austin American Statesman	Kimble, M.	07/02/25	1 doc(s)
Tarrant County will pay lawyers $450 an hour in redistricting lawsuit	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Royster, R.	07/02/25	4 doc(s)
Less food, no AC: Houston families make tough choices as energy bills climb, study says	Houston Chronicle	Hao, C.	07/02/25	4 doc(s)
Austin looking to purchase new property for controversial Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center	Austin American Statesman		07/02/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Dallas judge dismisses AG Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against State Fair of Texas’ gun ban	Dallas Morning News	Chhetri, D.	07/02/25	1 TX bill 16 doc(s)
Paper license tags in Texas will come to an end Tuesday	Dallas Morning News	Gaudet, A.	07/02/25	1 TX bill
Texas reports 753 measles cases in ongoing outbreak	Dallas Morning News	Ontiveros, M.	07/02/25	1 doc(s)
Democrat Colin Allred announces he will run for U.S. Senate again	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	07/02/25
George Foreman IV to run for Congress in Houston district	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	07/02/25
Lubbock ISD sees a $230 million 2026 budget with a $7.6 million deficit, new principal	Lubbock Avalanche Journal	Rosiles, M.	07/01/25	1 TX bill
Proposed Pell Grant cuts threaten college access for nearly 500,000 Texas college students	San Angelo Standard Times	Dey, S.	07/01/25	10 doc(s)
Dementia Institute approved by Texas government, to be voted on in November	Midland Reporter Telegram	Dias, L.	07/01/25	3 TX bill(s)
Famed journalist Moyers recalled as proud ambassador of East Texas: 'Marshall was always in his heart'	Longview News-Journal	Richardson, R.	07/01/25
Glenn Hegar ready to step into the office of A&M Chancellor	Bryan Eagle	Whitaker, S.	07/01/25
Texas education board approves Native Studies course, skirting concerns about state’s K-12 DEI ban	McAllen Monitor	Edison, J.	07/01/25	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Is THC as dangerous as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick makes it out to be?	Victoria Advocate	Betts, H.	07/01/25	7 doc(s)
Sen. John Cornyn looks to overcome Paxton primary challenge by embracing Trump	Victoria Advocate	Dahlkamp, O.	07/01/25
Colin Allred Will Run Again for Senate in Texas	New York Times	Epstein, R.	07/02/25
How 5 States Are Trying to Lure Hollywood Productions	New York Times	Taylor, D.	07/02/25
Dreamers Find Pam Bondi Standing in the Schoolhouse Door	Wall Street Journal	Graham, D.	07/02/25
Public hearing/formal meeting notice			07/02/25

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