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 banned phones in classrooms. Now what?	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	08/11/25	1 TX bill
Culture wars divert millions of dollars from Texas schools. It must stop.	San Antonio Express News	White, R.	08/11/25	1 doc(s)
Is Texas taking Tarrant County’s redistricting playbook statewide?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	08/11/25	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
University of Houston language programs shrink as students choose other fields	Houston Chronicle	Ketterer, S.	08/11/25	1 doc(s)
Texas lawmakers could break Guadalupe’s chain of sorrow	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	08/10/25	1 TX bill
Why the Texas flooding wasn’t as devastating in these counties	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	08/10/25
Texas’ political war is like ‘The Jetsons’: How do we stop this crazy thing?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	08/10/25
Thumbs: He’ll take a Trump Burger but no ICE please	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	08/09/25
Lack of a flood alert system is yet another way Texas fails to invest in people	Austin American Statesman	Brodesky, J.	08/10/25	3 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
How to end Texas’ redistricting drama so (almost) everyone wins	Austin American Statesman	Grumet, B.	08/10/25	1 TX bill 7 doc(s)
Gerrymandering is stealing democracy from Texas voters	Dallas Morning News	Johnson, P.	08/10/25	1 TX bill
New cellphone ban in Texas schools is just the beginning	Dallas Morning News	McCloskey, A.	08/10/25	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
End-of-year STAAR exam is bad for Texas kids, schools. Lawmakers should fix it	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Barasch, L.	08/10/25	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
'Looking for escape routes': Children who survived Hill Country flood need help	Houston Chronicle	Powell, N.	08/10/25	1 TX bill
Want accountability? Let disaster victims sue Texas	Houston Chronicle	Fulce, G.	08/10/25	3 doc(s)
While Texas preps for kickoff, Republicans rig the field	Houston Chronicle	Holley, J.	08/10/25	1 TX bill 15 doc(s)
Redistricting ploy in Texas amounts to ‘legal insurrection’	Houston Chronicle	Hochul, K.	08/10/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Valuing God’s presence over power yields more representative political leaders	San Antonio Express News	Vickrey, C.	08/10/25
Republicans are seeking to create a durable gerrymander in Texas	San Antonio Express News	Palmer, M.	08/10/25	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Teach Texas children more than the Ten Commandments	Dallas Morning News	de Vinck, C.	08/09/25	1 TX bill
Here’s why Greg Abbott, GOP using hardball tactics to bring back quorum-busting Democrats	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	08/10/25	2 TX bill(s) 7 doc(s)
How the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ could bolster Texas’ workforce goals, reshape higher ed	Dallas Morning News	Surjadi, M.	08/10/25	3 doc(s)
New bill calls for stricter safety rules at Texas RV parks where over 40 died in Hill Country floods	Houston Chronicle	Begley, D.	08/10/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
How a Dallas investor's East Texas water grab triggered a statewide battle	Houston Chronicle	Kimble, M.	08/10/25	4 TX bill(s) 6 doc(s)
Tricked-out trucks and office upgrades: Abbott's Operation Lone Star was a bonanza for Texas cities	San Antonio Express News	Buch, J.	08/10/25
S.A. funeral home owner 'has no business' running state commission: attack ad	San Antonio Express News	Danner, P.	08/10/25	3 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Texas lawmakers advance bills to strengthen state flood response	Austin American Statesman	Wagner, B.	08/09/25	8 TX bill(s)
Emergency recordings and videos reveal chaotic rescue efforts during Kerr County floods	Dallas Morning News	Stengle, J.	08/09/25
Texas House fails to make quorum Friday as Democrats’ fight hits fifth day	Dallas Morning News	Harper, K.	08/09/25	1 TX bill 5 doc(s)
Hundreds of old EV batteries have new jobs in Texas: Stabilizing the power grid	Austin American Statesman	Martin, A.	08/10/25
After deadly floods, Travis County weighs tax hike to fund ongoing roads repairs	Austin American Statesman	Motley, D.	08/10/25	1 doc(s)
AG Ken Paxton files lawsuit in California to enforce arrests of absent House Democrats	Dallas Morning News	Torres, A.	08/10/25	1 TX bill 7 doc(s)
Texas ban on cellphones in public schools stirs angst among North Texas students	Dallas Morning News	Muchnick, K.	08/10/25	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
NYSE, Nasdaq place big bets on ‘Y’all Street’, but TXSE has an ace up its sleeve	Dallas Morning News	Richie, S.	08/10/25
North Texas students need to put their phones away when they head back to school	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Allen, S.	08/10/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
HISD releases new cellphone ban guidelines for 2025-26 school year in accordance with new state law	Houston Chronicle	Partain, C.	08/10/25	1 TX bill
Judge blocks Beto O'Rourke's group from aiding Democrats who fled Texas	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	08/10/25	3 doc(s)
Then-Sen. John Whitmire restored quorum in 2003, allowing mid-century GOP redistricting of Texas	Houston Chronicle	Church, A.	08/10/25
Texas State's campus skyline will add 10-story dorm towers	San Antonio Express News	Webner, R.	08/10/25
Texas House fails to reach quorum as Democratic walkout hits sixth day	Austin American Statesman	Yu, I.	08/09/25	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Ken Paxton sues to remove 13 Democrats who fled Texas over redistricting	Austin American Statesman	Goldenstein, T.	08/09/25	2 doc(s)
Texas Department of Public Safety establishes new Homeland Security division	Dallas Morning News	Nutall, L.	08/09/25	1 TX bill
AG Ken Paxton asks Texas Supreme Court to remove 13 House Democrats who broke quorum	Dallas Morning News	Jankowski, P.	08/09/25	4 doc(s)
Paxton files suit trying to force Illinois to help return quorum-breaking Texas Democrats	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	08/09/25	2 doc(s)
Bruce Bugg, banker and chair of state transportation agency, has died	Houston Chronicle	Danner, P.	08/09/25
Texas Wins on Mail Ballots and State IDs	Wall Street Journal	Ed.	08/11/25
Gene Editing and Fly Factories: The Fight Against a Flesh-Eating Pest	New York Times	Qiu, L.	08/10/25
Texas Attorney General Moves to Oust Democrats From Office Over Walkout	New York Times	Hubler, S.	08/09/25
Gerrymandering by Both Parties Is Deepening America’s Political Divide	Wall Street Journal	Zitner, A.	08/09/25

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