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 schools need the support of elected officials, parents and communities	Dallas Morning News	Straus, J.	08/08/22	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Almost 600 Texas youths are trapped in a juvenile prison system on the brink of collapse	Austin American Statesman	McCollough, J.	08/08/22	4 doc(s)
Houston police seized thousands from him in a raid led by a disgraced cop. He never got it back.	Houston Chronicle	Barned-Smith, S.	08/08/22	1 doc(s)
‘Scared and uncertain’: Some Uvalde parents seek safety for their kids at smaller nearby school districts	San Antonio Express News	Bryan, C.	08/08/22
Why the burn pit controversy could be problematic for Cruz and other Republicans	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	08/08/22	1 doc(s)
NRG to Use Renewable-Finance Strategy to Build New Gas Plants	Houston Chronicle	Malik, N.	08/08/22
Ex-cop on death row appears to invite 'female friends' to execution as prosecutors seek to set date	Houston Chronicle	Hensley, N.	08/08/22
After her 'illegal abortion,' San Marcos woman pleads with city for protections	San Antonio Express News	Fanning, T.	08/08/22	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Uvalde school board will talk security Monday but no action planned on police chief	San Antonio Express News	Christenson, S.	08/08/22	2 doc(s)
UIL needs to mandate heat-safety measures for Texas high school football	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	08/07/22	1 doc(s)
Fort Worth-area schools beef up security after Uvalde. Next, it’s the Legislature’s turn	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	08/07/22	2 doc(s)
What the politicians won’t tell you about Houston’s crime	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	08/07/22	1 doc(s)
Illegal immigration is not just a border problem	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	08/06/22	1 doc(s)
Thumbs: Ted Cruz bigfoots FBI with boot-scootin’ BS. Come and take him, please.	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	08/06/22
A child abuse prevention program ends soon; our children will pay the price	Austin American Statesman	Trudeau, J.	08/07/22	1 doc(s)
GOP campaigns on the rhetoric that led to El Paso carnage	Austin American Statesman	Carrillo, M.	08/07/22	3 doc(s)
Don’t let big developers privatize water rights	Dallas Morning News	Ablon, M.	08/07/22
Texas must invest in teacher benefits	Dallas Morning News	Canales, T.	08/07/22	2 doc(s)
No, Lt. Gov. Patrick, Christian nationalism, doom and gloom are not the ‘Texas way’	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Russell, N.	08/07/22
Opinion: 7 ways Harris County could end jail overcrowding and outsourcing	Houston Chronicle	Levin, M.	08/07/22	3 doc(s)
Are you at risk of toxic floodwaters? Houston’s industrial past is closer than you think.	Houston Chronicle	Elliot, J.	08/07/22	3 doc(s)
Will SBOE side with accurate history, or culture wars?	San Antonio Express News	Preyor-Johnson, N.	08/07/22	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Why were Fort Worth ESL teachers told ‘lesson planning is a political act’ in training session?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Turcios, C.	08/06/22
Teachers should be free to teach	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Coupland, D.	08/06/22
Texas’ grid holds up amid a brutal heat wave and record demand. But at what price?	Dallas Morning News	Schnurman, M.	08/07/22	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
How North Texas schools plan to keep your kids safe. ‘We don’t get a second chance’	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	08/07/22	4 TX bill(s) 5 doc(s)
Texas is prosecuting migrants under Operation Lone Star after they’re deported, attorneys say	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	08/07/22	2 doc(s)
In Texas, state politicians can run for any office. Local officials have to resign before running.	Houston Chronicle	McGuinness, D.	08/07/22	1 doc(s)
40 years ago, Old Chinatown was booming. Now the I-45 project could erase it entirely.	Houston Chronicle	Kelly, S.	08/07/22	1 doc(s)
Pentagon denies D.C. request for National Guard to cope with migrants sent by Texas	Dallas Morning News	Alvey, R.	08/06/22	1 doc(s)
Democrats’ massive climate package is mixed bag for Texas oil and gas producers	Dallas Morning News	Morton, J.	08/06/22	1 doc(s)
Abbott aimed to hit Biden hard with migrant busing. It's volunteers who are feeling the pain.	San Antonio Express News	Wermund, B.	08/06/22	1 doc(s)
Indiana adopts near-total abortion ban as governor signs SB 1 into law	Austin American Statesman	Herron, A.	08/07/22	1 doc(s)
Fact-check: Does Texas have highest number of rape offenses in nation?	Austin American Statesman	Mizan, N.	08/07/22	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
What’s the price of a reliable Texas grid? $2 extra a month, $1.5 billion or TBD?	Dallas Morning News	Schnurman, M.	08/07/22	2 doc(s)
Texas’ fossil-fuel fleet has never been run so hard. How long can this last?	Dallas Morning News	Schnurman, M.	08/07/22	2 doc(s)
Kimberly Garza delves into questions of identity with debut novel ‘The Last Karankawas’	Dallas Morning News	Seed, S.	08/07/22
Dallas-area office projects will house more than 10,000 financial sector workers	Dallas Morning News	Brown, S.	08/07/22	1 doc(s)
Texas schools need course highlighting Asian Americans, advocates say	Dallas Morning News	Donaldson, E.	08/07/22	3 doc(s)
Fort Worth-area county declares ‘disaster’ and ‘invasion’ over illegal immigration. Really?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Kennedy, B.	08/07/22	2 doc(s)
School safety expert offers tips for Texas parents as students re-turn to the classroom	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	08/07/22	1 TX bill
EPA announces flights to look for methane in Permian Basin	Houston Chronicle	Biesecker, M.	08/07/22	1 doc(s)
Prosecutors attempt to have Harris County judge recused from case after mistrial	Houston Chronicle	Hensley, N.	08/07/22
‘You can’t keep up’: Inflation has parents turning to back-to-school drives, tax breaks, discounts to stock up for the year	San Antonio Express News	Rodriguez, M.	08/07/22	1 doc(s)
Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas is now busing migrants to New York City	Austin American Statesman	Svitek, P.	08/06/22	2 doc(s)
Texas power generators Vistra and NRG are buying back over $2 billion of their own shares	Dallas Morning News	Wright, I.	08/06/22
Pentagon denies DC request for National Guard migrant help	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Baldor, L.	08/06/22	1 doc(s)
Houston-area colleges slow to release monkeypox response plans ahead of semester start	Houston Chronicle	Ketterer, S.	08/06/22	1 doc(s)
Houston ISD police not prepared for Uvalde-like active shooter, superintendent says	Houston Chronicle	Serrano, A.	08/06/22	2 doc(s)
In Beto O'Rourke ad, Houston teacher recalls terrifying school lockdown 3 days after Uvalde massacre	San Antonio Express News	McKinley, E.	08/06/22
Man accused in deaths of 53 migrants in human-smuggling tragedy on San Antonio’s Southwest Side pleads not guilty	San Antonio Express News	Eaton, E.	08/06/22
Drop Box for Babies: Conservatives Promote a Way to Give Up Newborns Anonymously	New York Times	Goldstein, D.	08/07/22
G.O.P. Governors Cause Havoc by Busing Migrants to East Coast	New York Times	Jordan, M.	08/06/22
Republicans Begin Adjusting to a Fierce Abortion Backlash	New York Times	Weisman, J.	08/06/22
Indiana Governor Signs First Post-Roe Abortion Ban, With Limited Exceptions	New York Times	Bosman, J.	08/06/22
Seeking Asylum in Texas; Sent to New York to Make a Political Point	New York Times	Newman, A.	08/06/22

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