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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
Gavin Newsom Taunts Texas With Assault Weapons Law Wall Street Journal  Editorial 08/12/22  
Bad word or bad acting? Beto O’Rourke spins 180°, shouts at Abbott sign guy over AR-15s Fort Worth Star-Telegram  Kennedy, B. 08/12/22  
No, FBI’s search of Trump’s home is not like Watergate San Antonio Express News  Taylor, J. 08/12/22 1 doc(s)
Roe v. Wade ruling spurs LGBT Texans to change plans, leave state Dallas Morning News  McGaughy, L. 08/12/22 2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Texas elections officials targeted amid 2020 fraud claims report threats, intimidation to Congress Houston Chronicle  Wermund, B. 08/12/22 2 doc(s)
Acres Homes tenants demand state fix living conditions in a complex that has received tax credits Houston Chronicle  Schuetz, R. 08/12/22  
At CPAC, conservative Texans show Donald Trump loyalty and support for another presidential run Austin American Statesman  Melhado, W. 08/12/22  
Beto O’Rourke drops F-bomb on gun control heckler while discussing Uvalde shooting Dallas Morning News  Jeffers Jr., G. 08/12/22  
Gov. Abbott touts school choice agenda at Dallas private school Dallas Morning News  Olivares, V. 08/12/22 2 doc(s)
‘She died of sadness.’ Plus, Equifax failures, Denton County dysfunction and spam calls Dallas Morning News  Lieber, D. 08/12/22  
Texas A&M faculty accuse president of excluding them from major campus decisions Houston Chronicle  Ketterer, S. 08/12/22 1 doc(s)
Beto O’Rourke curses at heckler who laughed during stump speech on Uvalde shooting Houston Chronicle  Scherer, J. 08/12/22  
Texas phone bills will soon see an 'unprecedented' rate hike after state commission vote Houston Chronicle  Grieder, E. 08/12/22 2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Most efforts to ban books in Texas schools came from 1 politician and GOP pressure, not parents Houston Chronicle  Dellinger, H. 08/12/22 2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
These are the top 10 Texas school districts that banned or reviewed the most books, data shows Houston Chronicle  Dellinger, H. 08/12/22  
Oral arguments in two cases with Texas connections scheduled for fall Supreme Court term San Antonio Express News  Alvey, R. 08/12/22 5 doc(s)
Beto O’Rourke’s profanity cut through the obscenity of gun violence San Antonio Express News  Garcia, G. 08/12/22  
Squeezed dry: South Texas farmers face a possible future without water San Antonio Express News  Gonzalez, V. 08/12/22 1 doc(s)
UT System owes everyone an explanation about Raimer's fall Galveston Daily News  Smith, M. 08/11/22  
Public hearing/formal meeting notice     08/11/22  

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