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
Private equity wants Texas groundwater. Time to raise a yellow flag	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	09/266/25	1 doc(s)
Gov. Abbott’s executive order on hemp is a proper response to Lt. Gov. Patrick’s obstinance	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	09/266/25	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Big media, law firms and the Ivy League are bending. We Texans are fighting back.	Houston Chronicle	O'Rourke, B.	09/266/25	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
North Texas families sue to block Ten Commandments law, take down displays	Dallas Morning News	Surjadi, M.	09/266/25	1 TX bill 6 doc(s)
A new Bexar County policy is hurting tissue donations. Texas AG Ken Paxton will have a say.	San Antonio Express News	Preyor-Johnson, N.	09/266/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
These invasive green bugs are not welcome guests in Texas	Dallas Morning News	Chakraborty, S.	09/266/25	1 doc(s)
New lawsuit against Ten Commandments in schools names Fort Worth and local ISDs	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Ruiz, L.	09/266/25	1 TX bill 5 doc(s)
Ten Commandments display law faces another legal battle after block from federal judge last month	Houston Chronicle	Gilani, H.	09/266/25	1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
UT to no longer provide gender affirming hormone therapy to trans students	Houston Chronicle	Kepner, L.	09/266/25	3 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
New lawsuit seeks to stop Ten Commandments display in Texas schools	San Antonio Express News	Zavala, E.	09/266/25	1 TX bill 6 doc(s)
Providing basic care to students does not violate Texas’ parental consent law, state guidance to schools says	Lubbock Avalanche Journal	Edison, J.	09/262/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Small schools are inherently crucial to the Texas economy, as are the teachers	Amarillo Globe-News	Wendler, W.	09/264/25	1 TX bill
Turning grief into action, 'camp bills' improve safety across Texas	El Paso Times	Blanco, C.	09/264/25	6 TX bill(s)
Groundwater resilience in rural Texas must be protected	Lufkin Daily News	Cockrell, E.	09/263/25	1 doc(s)
Texas bills aid Permian Basin energy, target oilfield theft	Midland Reporter Telegram	McEwen, M.	09/263/25	6 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Hundreds celebrate construction start for long-sought El Paso cancer-treatment center	El Paso Times	Kolenc, V.	09/265/25
State grant driving boom of police cameras, drones	Galveston Daily News	Greineisen, C.	09/264/25	1 TX bill
‘A student’s president’: Welsh bids farewell on final day as A&M president	Bryan Eagle	Miller, A.	09/263/25
James Hallmark to serve as Texas A&M's acting president	Bryan Eagle	Miller, A.	09/263/25
Texas Tech System leaders tout university wins from the past year. Here's what they said	Lubbock Avalanche Journal	Rosiles, M.	09/263/25
Tejano star Bobby Pulido launches South Texas congressional run	McAllen Monitor	Birenbaum, G.	09/263/25
Valley program distributes life-saving medication as Texas faces overdose crisis	McAllen Monitor	Bailey, A.	09/263/25
“Our girls are still dead”: Camp Mystic parents pushed for laws to protect kids at camp. But their pain remains.	McAllen Monitor	Foxhall, E.	09/263/25	6 TX bill(s)
Texas Has a New Abortion Pill Law. but at Least One Provider Plans to Keep Shipping Them There	Midland Reporter Telegram	Mulvihill, G.	09/263/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
New Texas law restricting abortion pills beefs up an existing legal tool	Longview News-Journal	Yu, J.	09/263/25	2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Texas GOP may be banking on low Hispanic turnout in new map	Abilene Reporter-News	Birenbaum, G.	09/262/25	1 TX bill 30 doc(s)
Chevron Phillips fined for unauthorized emissions at Port Arthur facility	Beaumont Enterprise	Maqungo, M.	09/262/25	1 doc(s)
Texas A&M President Mark A. Welsh III to step down after a week of turmoil over viral classroom video	McAllen Monitor	Priest, J.	09/262/25
Campaign for Waco's state senate seat getting into gear	Waco Tribune Herald	Hollingsworth, B.	09/262/25

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