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
Don’t totally ban Texas cities from taxpayer-funded lobbying	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	08/08/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Texas Democrats need to fight redistricting in Austin, not Illinois	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	08/08/25
New Texas redistricting map revives old playbook to suppress Black voters	Austin American Statesman	Nelson, J.	08/08/25	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Why Texas GOP is right to redistrict	Dallas Morning News	Crain, N.	08/08/25	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
How can Texas address workforce shortages in health care?	Dallas Morning News	Nobles III, W.	08/08/25	2 doc(s)
GOP sics FBI on absent Democrats as Texas Senate panel advances congressional map	Dallas Morning News	Harper, K.	08/08/25	2 TX bill(s) 5 doc(s)
Abbott threatens to remove Texas Democrats from office. Can he legally do that?	Dallas Morning News	Bahari, S.	08/08/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
‘An attack on our democracy’: Democrats decry proposed Texas congressional maps	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	McCarthy, C.	08/08/25	1 TX bill
Federal money is on its way to Texas schools. But district leaders are cautious	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Allen, S.	08/08/25	1 doc(s)
Texas lawmakers may end the STAAR. These districts are rethinking accountability ratings altogether	Houston Chronicle	Partain, C.	08/08/25	2 TX bill(s)
Tax-sharing agreement between ICE, IRS could cost Texas billions in tax revenue, experts warn	San Antonio Express News	Aguilar, J.	08/08/25	5 doc(s)
Trump seeks to change how census collects data and wants to exclude immigrants in US illegally	San Antonio Express News	Boak, J.	08/08/25	8 doc(s)
Greg Casar demands answers on immigration arrests near Austin construction site	Austin American Statesman	Gomez, E.	08/08/25	1 doc(s)
I-35 expansion in Austin could disrupt Lady Bird Lake recreation for years	Austin American Statesman	Motley, D.	08/08/25
State AG Ken Paxton says he’s investigating Beto O’Rourke over alleged help to absent Dems	Dallas Morning News	Morton, J.	08/08/25	1 TX bill
UTMB vaccine project among $500 million in mRNA cuts announced by RFK Jr.	Houston Chronicle	MacDonald, E.	08/08/25
TxDOT slashes some Texas 288 toll rates in half after acquiring the lanes	Houston Chronicle	Johnson, O.	08/08/25
Paxton investigating whether Beto O'Rourke's PAC is illegally aiding House Democrats who fled Texas	San Antonio Express News	Moritz, J.	08/08/25
John Cornyn says FBI has granted his request to help track down Texas House Democrats	San Antonio Express News	Yu, I.	08/08/25	1 doc(s)
Alamo Colleges District is about to shrink, weaken its faculty senates	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	08/08/25	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Increased attention on Texas House Democratic leader Gene Wu comes with more anti-Asian insults	McAllen Monitor	Serrano, A.	08/07/25	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Texas Senate OKs stricter limits on city, county property tax revenue	McAllen Monitor	Fechter, J.	08/07/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Gov. Greg Abbott asks Texas Supreme Court to expel House Democratic leader who left state	Longview News-Journal	Klibanoff, E.	08/07/25	1 TX bill 5 doc(s)
How El Paso schools will enforce Texas cell phone ban law for upcoming fall semester	El Paso Times	Paloma, N.	08/07/25	1 TX bill
Texas Windstorm Insurance Association board votes to keep rates the same	Galveston Daily News	Frick, L.	08/07/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Paxton launches investigation into Beto O’Rourke’s political group for funding Democrats who left state	Galveston Daily News	Dahlkamp, O.	08/07/25	3 doc(s)
Critical legislation addresses teacher certification in Texas	Victoria Advocate	Milliorn, M.	08/07/25	1 TX bill
Texas governor asks court to remove House Democratic leader from office over walkout	Waco Tribune Herald	Vertuno, J.	08/07/25	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Cornyn Says F.B.I. Will Help Find Texas Lawmakers Who Left State	New York Times	Bosman, J.	08/08/25
How a Self-Described Wallflower Came to Lead the Texas Democrats’ Walkout	New York Times	Salhotra, P.	08/08/25
Where the Redistricting Wars Might Go After Texas	New York Times	Chen, D.	08/08/25

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