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
Postpartum health care is at risk in Texas thanks to more partisan politics	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	08/22/22	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Fixing the teacher shortage isn’t rocket science. It’s Home-Ec. Pay them.	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	08/22/22	2 doc(s)
Why the state's youth rehabilitation system cannot hire and retain qualified staff	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	08/22/22	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Keller school board to vote on guidelines on library books, instructional materials	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Campbell, E.	08/22/22	2 doc(s)
‘We know what’s best for our children.’ These Fort Worth parents are demanding better schools	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Allen, S.	08/22/22	1 doc(s)
As neighboring school districts cope with growing COVID cases, HISD prepares for first day back	Houston Chronicle	Serrano, A.	08/22/22	2 doc(s)
Houston colleges don't offer much help for pregnant students. Post-Roe, it will get worse.	Houston Chronicle	Ketterer, S.	08/22/22	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Flood of 2,300 departing workers leaves Texas child welfare agency scrambling: ‘Absolutely a crisis’	Houston Chronicle	Harris, C.	08/22/22	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Drought is here. But is San Antonio truly water-secure?	San Antonio Express News	Bruess, E.	08/22/22	2 doc(s)
U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez and his wife defied property tax law for eight years by claiming two homestead exemptions	Austin American Statesman	Svitek, P.	08/22/22	2 doc(s)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott joins other key Republicans in supporting repealing the “tampon tax”	Austin American Statesman	Melhado, W.	08/22/22	2 doc(s)
Activists are pushing for a polling station in the Dallas County Jail	Dallas Morning News	Little, A.	08/22/22	1 TX bill
Trying to get schooled on meeting college costs — and how it works for others	Houston Chronicle	Taylor, M.	08/22/22
Texas program that gives out lifesaving drugs to combat opioid overdoses has been out of money for months	Houston Chronicle	Barragan, J.	08/22/22	1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Donald M. Cartwright 1940 - 2022	Denton Record-Chronicle	Staff	08/22/22
Mounting threats to elections workers should concern us all	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	08/21/22	2 doc(s)
Texas Democrats can’t admit there is a border crisis	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	08/21/22	2 doc(s)
Step 1 for Tarrant’s awful juvenile justice system: How about judges show up for work?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Ed.	08/21/22
Texas’ years-long Medicaid waiver waitlists fail all Texans	Houston Chronicle	Ed.	08/21/22	2 doc(s)
Keller ISD’s book challenge policy makes it poster child for cancel culture	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	08/20/22	2 doc(s)
Thumbs: In God we trust? Better than trusting Texas politicians.	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	08/20/22	1 TX bill
This school year, everything, and nothing, different	San Antonio Express News	Preyor-Johnson, N.	08/22/22	1 doc(s)
Texas has always been tough on women. It's worse now.	Austin American Statesman	Winslow, J.	08/21/22	1 doc(s)
We can do something about polarization	Dallas Morning News	Whitley, B.	08/21/22
Another dammed river	Dallas Morning News	Davis, S.	08/21/22	2 doc(s)
I’m a conservative gun owner, but after Uvalde, I’m rethinking our culture around firearms	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Russell, N.	08/21/22
So little changed after Harvey. Can we call what happens next a disaster?	Houston Chronicle	Johnson, L.	08/21/22
Wolff predicts ‘difficult election’ as county officials hit with threats	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	08/22/22	1 doc(s)
'I haven’t slept well since the 24th': Inside the fight to save Uvalde shooting victims and what happens next	Austin American Statesman	Griswold, N.	08/21/22	1 doc(s)
Recipe for a reliable Texas grid: A gas plant plus 22,000 batteries and backup fuel	Dallas Morning News	Schnurman, M.	08/21/22
Texas children struggling with grief after pandemic losses	Dallas Morning News	Gibbons, H.	08/21/22	4 doc(s)
Could mobile homes be a solution to Dallas-Fort Worth’s affordable housing crisis?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Hardin, J.	08/21/22
5 years later, these Texas towns ravaged by Harvey are bouncing back — but fearful of the next storm	Houston Chronicle	Ketterer, S.	08/21/22
The educated roughneck: How Permian Basin's low education levels could impact oil and gas industry	Houston Chronicle	Buckley, K.	08/21/22	1 doc(s)
Round Rock wins round in sales tax fight with state, but legal battle isn't over	Austin American Statesman	Sechler, B.	08/20/22	3 doc(s)
Confusion, secrecy marked rollout of Texas abuse investigations into transgender kids	Dallas Morning News	McGaughy, L.	08/20/22	6 doc(s)
Texas officials, Governor Greg Abbott say they support eliminating sales tax on tampons	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	08/20/22	3 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Abbott, O’Rourke clash over oil, gas	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	08/20/22	3 doc(s)
Oil firms struggle to find financing	Houston Chronicle	Osborne, J.	08/20/22	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Pflugerville school officials say safety top priority	Austin American Statesman	Figueroa, F.	08/21/22
Austin-based Tesla appears set to break into Texas retail electricity market	Austin American Statesman	Carlson, K.	08/21/22	2 doc(s)
UT Arlington is partnering with U.S. Navy to improve military aptitude tests	Dallas Morning News	Rodriguez, J.	08/21/22
Beto O’Rourke, other Texas Democrats say they can fix the grid. Here’s what experts think	Dallas Morning News	Jankowski, P.	08/21/22	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
UNT program helps break barriers for students with intellectual disabilities	Dallas Morning News	Edmonds, C.	08/21/22	2 doc(s)
Beto O’Rourke tells DeSoto crowd Texas would be better without Greg Abbott as governor	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	08/21/22
No more Texas history classes? Proposed social studies standards worry some educators	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Allen, S.	08/21/22	2 doc(s)
Fort Worth school board settles mask mandate lawsuit filed by four parents	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Hartley, J.	08/21/22	2 doc(s)
Grapevine-Colleyville school board to consider district policies on gender identity, CRT	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Hartley, J.	08/21/22	1 TX bill
Hurricane Harvey gave us too much water; five years later, the problem is not enough	Houston Chronicle	Tomlinson, C.	08/21/22	3 doc(s)
Abbott, O'Rourke take to the TV airwaves as governor race intensifies	Austin American Statesman	Mekelburg, M.	08/20/22
Beto O'Rourke asks appeals court to toss Greg Abbott megadonor Kelcy Warren's libel lawsuit	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	08/20/22	4 doc(s)
Time to end Texas ‘tampon tax,’ state comptroller says as repeal push gains GOP support	Dallas Morning News	Wilson, R.	08/20/22	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Keller ISD set to vote on policies for removing books following national backlash	Dallas Morning News	Richman, T.	08/20/22	2 doc(s)
New ad by Mothers Against Greg Abbott shows child in body armor headed back to school	Dallas Morning News	Bahari, S.	08/20/22
Texas adds 72,800 jobs in July as economy keeps expanding	Dallas Morning News	Schnurman, M.	08/20/22	2 doc(s)
Walmart expands abortion coverage for its employees	Dallas Morning News	Hadero, H.	08/20/22	1 doc(s)
Grapevine-Colleyville schools postpone book fairs, wants to review list in advance	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Campbell, E.	08/20/22
Touting latest bipartisan win, Sen. Cornyn shrugs off GOP critics: ‘Legislating is not for sissies’	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	08/20/22	3 doc(s)
Texas Supreme Court advised to keep rule allowing minors to seek abortions without parental consent	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	08/20/22	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
A West Texas coffee shop owner is giving away Plan B for free as fight over contraception access takes hold	Houston Chronicle	Lozano, J.	08/20/22	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
A Migrant Wave Tests New York City’s Identity as the World’s Sanctuary	New York Times	Newman, A.	08/21/22
In Deep Red Texas, Beto O’Rourke Takes on Guns and Abortion	New York Times	Goodman, J.	08/20/22

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