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 doctors’ shortage gets a foreign pipeline	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	08/18/25	1 TX bill
Why skill-based education will continue to drive the Texas miracle	Dallas Morning News	Solis, M.	08/18/25	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Strategic retreat is a Texas tradition. Why the Democrats' quorum break wasn't a failure	Houston Chronicle	Holley, J.	08/18/25
To preserve democracy, Texas Democrats must fight fire with fire	San Antonio Express News	Fischer, T.	08/18/25	1 TX bill
U.S. plans to build $750 million fly factory in Texas to fight flesh-eating maggot	Dallas Morning News	Bahari, S.	08/18/25	3 doc(s)
Tarrant County university leads Texas in bachelor’s nursing degree graduates	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	McCarthy, C.	08/18/25
Arnold Schwarzenegger told me we’re getting the redistricting battles in Texas and California all wrong	Houston Chronicle	Falkenberg, L.	08/18/25	3 doc(s)
Texas funeral commissioner's ‘problematic’ texts about Islam raise questions about her leadership	Houston Chronicle	Begley, D.	08/18/25	1 TX bill 8 doc(s)
Texas, USDA unveil $100 million push and $750 million plant to stop New World screwworm	Houston Chronicle	Jorgensen, E.	08/18/25	7 doc(s)
As the school year starts, Houston students and parents have mixed reactions on Texas' cellphone ban	Houston Chronicle	Soebroto, A.	08/18/25	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
U.S. will build sterile fly factory in Texas to stop screwworm from devastating livestock industry	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, B.	08/18/25	3 doc(s)
Ken Paxton’s dangerous authoritarianism	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	08/17/25	3 doc(s)
HISD test score are up. But families are fleeing.	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	08/17/25	1 TX bill 5 doc(s)
As lawmakers in Texas and California gerrymander, voters and democracy lose	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	08/17/25	5 doc(s)
Thumbs: Texas’ weirdest gerrymanders	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	08/16/25
Threats not part of democratic process	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	08/16/25
The DOJ’s push to collect your data is a fishing expedition	Austin American Statesman	Klas, M.	08/17/25	2 doc(s)
Five districts in 8 miles: The absurdity of Texas' redistricting maps	Austin American Statesman	Grumet, B.	08/17/25	2 TX bill(s)
Redistricting is bad for southern Dallas	Dallas Morning News	Armstrong, J.	08/17/25	3 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Democrats like Gavin Newsom win gold in hypocrisy on Texas gerrymandering	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Rusak, R.	08/17/25	1 doc(s)
HISD is heading in the right direction. But there's a long way to go.	Houston Chronicle	Kean, S.	08/17/25	2 doc(s)
Don't like Ken Paxton? Tell John Cornyn not to run, says MAGA radio host Kenny Webster.	Houston Chronicle	Webster, K.	08/17/25
Texans are tired of politicized school boards. SB 13 won’t help	Houston Chronicle	Angiolillo, C.	08/17/25	1 TX bill
HISD’s elected school board has zero power. Here’s why I’m running anyway.	Houston Chronicle	Benzon, M.	08/17/25
In Cornyn-Paxton Republican U.S. Senate primary, character is hard to come by	San Antonio Express News	Clack, C.	08/17/25
Texas would lose federal funding and representation with Trump's 'new' census	San Antonio Express News	Jones, M.	08/17/25	1 doc(s)
Keys open more than door	Dallas Morning News	de Vinck, C.	08/16/25
Let Voters, Not Politicians, Decide Elections	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Mandell, J.	08/16/25	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Travis County officials admit communication flaws but stand by Central Texas flood response	Austin American Statesman	Heath, K.	08/17/25
‘This is the mecca’: How one Dallas school is climbing up the state’s ratings	Dallas Morning News	Surjadi, M.	08/17/25	1 doc(s)
‘Operation Closure’: The grueling search for the last of the Texas flood victims	Dallas Morning News	Ballor, C.	08/17/25
Who Answers for a Death in Custody?	Houston Chronicle	Flagg, A.	08/17/25	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
What should Texas and Kerr County do after the July 4 floods? Hill Country history offers some clues	Houston Chronicle	McGuinness, D.	08/17/25	2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
How one Hill Country camp averted a catastrophe during July 4 flood	San Antonio Express News	Iszler, M.	08/17/25
Camp Mystic flood misinformation triggered death threats. Experts say that's just the beginning.	Austin American Statesman	Ward, R.	08/16/25	1 doc(s)
Texas House ends special session, clearing way for Democrats' return	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	08/16/25	4 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Austin City Council adopts $6 billion budget, calls tax-rate election	Austin American Statesman	Driggars, A.	08/16/25
Texas GOP to start second special session if Democrats don’t come back by Friday	Dallas Morning News	Harper, K.	08/16/25	2 TX bill(s) 9 doc(s)
5 Dallas schools see A-F grades improve after district asked Texas to rescore STAAR tests	Dallas Morning News	Surjadi, M.	08/16/25	1 doc(s)
Dallas OKs controversial rezoning case in West Oak Cliff despite resident opposition	Dallas Morning News	Pacheco, M.	08/16/25	1 TX bill
Texas releases 2024, 2025 A-F grades. See how your child’s Tarrant school rates	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Allen, S.	08/16/25	6 doc(s)
Houston's best and worst performing school districts in 2025, according to TEA accountability ratings	Houston Chronicle	Sander, E.	08/16/25	9 doc(s)
This HISD campus rose from F to A in latest TEA rankings. See your school's performance here.	Houston Chronicle	Menchaca, M.	08/16/25	1 doc(s)
TEA releases 2024, 2025 A-F scores. How did San Antonio school districts fare?	Houston Chronicle	Huddleston, S.	08/16/25	5 doc(s)
New discovery of dinosaur footprints after Texas flooding latest in a history of fossils in the state	Austin American Statesman	Orozco, Y.	08/17/25	1 TX bill
A-F scores show growth for many Austin schools, but 23 rated F	Austin American Statesman	Heath, K.	08/17/25	5 doc(s)
Poll: Paxton-Cornyn US Senate race tightens. What's driving the change?	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	08/17/25
Dr. Kirk Calhoun and Warren von Eschenbach appointed as next presidents in UNT System	Dallas Morning News	Trivedi, A.	08/17/25
Joker’s wild: Is one of the world’s top gamblers behind $95 million Texas Lottery jackpot?	Dallas Morning News	Lieber, D.	08/17/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Tinseltown, Texas? Sheridan’s studio plants film biz flag in D-FW	Dallas Morning News	Womack, B.	08/17/25
‘Power grab’: DFW-area Black advocacy groups rally against Texas GOP redistricting effort	Dallas Morning News	Kyle, M.	08/17/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Northwest ISD voters to consider 3-cent tax measure to reduce class sizes	Dallas Morning News	Sanchez, J.	08/17/25	1 doc(s)
Fort Worth ISD superintendent says schools can’t rest on new A-F rating gains	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Allen, S.	08/17/25	1 doc(s)
835 new Texas laws start Sept. 1. Big changes affect marijuana, schools and more	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	08/17/25	15 TX bill(s)
How Texas film money made Fort Worth into ‘Landman’ creator’s Taylorwood	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Kennedy, B.	08/17/25	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Plaintiffs in Keller ISD lawsuit want Texas regulators to oversee school board	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Campbell, E.	08/17/25	2 doc(s)
Houston ISD student activists want to start student takeover opposition groups	Houston Chronicle	Mizan, N.	08/17/25
'Sweet little boy': Newly released Uvalde school records chart shooter's descent	Houston Chronicle	Preyor-Johnson, N.	08/17/25	3 doc(s)
HISD Board of Managers votes to keep home-school students from competing in UIL activities	Houston Chronicle	Menchaca, M.	08/17/25	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Fight over Ten Commandments law invokes Moses, classic movies	San Antonio Express News	Zavala, E.	08/17/25	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Even in States That Fought Obamacare, Trump’s New Law Poses Health Consequences	Austin American Statesman	Chang, D.	08/16/25	4 doc(s)
The US plans to build a $750M fly factory in Texas to stop a flesh-eating cattle parasite	Austin American Statesman	Hanna, J.	08/16/25	7 doc(s)
Tarrant County GOP leader takes aim at Muslim Texas lawmaker in online tirade	Dallas Morning News	Bahari, S.	08/16/25
‘Treated like a dog’: Dallas County jail fails state inspection triggered by complaints	Dallas Morning News	McManus, T.	08/16/25	2 doc(s)
How well is your local school doing? Texas releases 2025 A-F grades	Dallas Morning News	Surjadi, M.	08/16/25	5 doc(s)
‘We are ready to fight back’: Rep. Jasmine Crockett brings redistricting battle to D-FW	Dallas Morning News	Trivedi, A.	08/16/25
Texas Gov. Abbott calls second special session on redistricting	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Hornung, L.	08/16/25	3 doc(s)
Tarrant County College will abolish its faculty councils on Sept. 1. Here’s why	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Abdullahi, F.	08/16/25	1 TX bill
Lake Worth ISD at risk of state takeover after release of 2025 Texas A-F ratings	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Allen, S.	08/16/25	2 doc(s)
A dozen states win approval to restrict soda, candy for SNAP recipients	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Chatlani, S.	08/16/25	2 doc(s)
'Yellowstone' creator Taylor Sheridan to build the largest film/TV studio in Texas	Houston Chronicle	Darling, C.	08/16/25	1 TX bill
Texas economy, job growth slowing amid trade war and immigration crackdown, Dallas fed report says	San Antonio Express News	Cobler, P.	08/16/25	2 doc(s)
Four Texas school districts are at risk of state takeover under newly released A-F ratings	San Antonio Express News	Yu, I.	08/16/25	2 doc(s)
New Texas Laws Open a Wild West for Corporate Governance	New York Times	Gallogly, N.	08/18/25
Newsom’s Gerrymander of California Has a Formidable Foe: Schwarzenegger	New York Times	Rosenhall, L.	08/18/25
Protesters Gather to Oppose Trump’s Push on Redistricting	New York Times	Goodman, J.	08/17/25
California Lawmakers Release a Proposed House Map Favoring Democrats	New York Times	Rosenhall, L.	08/17/25
Newsom’s Latest Statewide Campaign Is About Redistricting. And Donald Trump.	New York Times	Rosenhall, L.	08/16/25
How Ambitious Democratic Governors Are Navigating Trump’s Redistricting War	New York Times	Epstein, R.	08/16/25

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