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
Ken Paxton’s delayed deposition another shady break from a Texas court	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	09/19/22	2 doc(s)
Did Abbott and DeSantis get their busing idea from Jim Crow?	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	09/19/22	2 doc(s)
Uvalde families remind us Texas open government laws are here for everyone	Houston Chronicle	Shannon, K.	09/19/22	3 doc(s)
Nearly 2 years after son's death in Harris County Jail, mother waits for justice: 'I want answers'	Houston Chronicle	Serrano, A.	09/19/22
As Hispanics become Texas’ largest demographic group, their political clout lags	Houston Chronicle	McKinley, E.	09/19/22	1 doc(s)
US immigration officials say they 'dismantled' multimillion-dollar human smuggling ring	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	09/19/22	2 doc(s)
Katy ISD unblocks LGBTQ+ websites following year of student advocacy, ACLU letter	Houston Chronicle	Dellinger, H.	09/19/22	2 doc(s)
Migrant family's dog given away for adoption found after 4 months	Houston Chronicle	Vela, J.	09/19/22
In Texas youth prisons, children trapped in their cells use water bottles and lunch trays for toilets	San Antonio Express News	McCollough, J.	09/19/22	5 doc(s)
San Antonio Archbishop: Abbott’s busing of migrants to Democrat-led cities ‘offends God’	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, L.	09/19/22	1 doc(s)
Texas’ energy future is at risk	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	09/18/22	1 doc(s)
Texas child-abuse investigators’ jobs are hard enough. Don’t drag them into trans kids debate	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	09/18/22	4 doc(s)
Midterms, and our recommendations, are coming	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	09/18/22
To combat catalytic converter thefts, follow Frisco’s lead	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	09/17/22	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Texas wants community colleges to prove they’re worth the price	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	09/17/22	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Thumbs: Cruelty, thy name is Perla — and DeSantis	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	09/17/22
Ron DeSantis' Martha's Vineyard stunt cruelly uses migrants as human pawns, helping no one	Austin American Statesman	Huppke, R.	09/18/22	2 doc(s)
In avoiding extremism, Dallas gets it right	Dallas Morning News	Leppert, T.	09/18/22
Sen. Lindsey Graham’s bill to limit abortion after 15 weeks is not extreme. But it’s ill-timed	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Allen, C.	09/18/22	2 doc(s)
Grapevine-Colleyville school board endangers LGBTQ students with cruel gender policies	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tanna, V.	09/18/22	2 doc(s)
Texas set up rural schools for financial ruin. Here’s how to save them.	Houston Chronicle	Hicks, G.	09/18/22	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Where’s the love for mothers and babies? Not in Texas.	San Antonio Express News	Preyor-Johnson, N.	09/18/22	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
APD Report: Austin police ill-prepared for 2020 George Floyd protests; chief promises changes	Austin American Statesman	Hall, K.	09/18/22	1 doc(s)
Beto O’Rourke vows to repeal abortion ban, but what can one Dem really do in a red statehouse?	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	09/18/22	2 TX bill(s)
AG Ken Paxton downplayed accusations of impropriety, whistleblowers allege	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	09/17/22	3 doc(s)
Austin police score wins in City Council votes on license plate readers, oversight office	Austin American Statesman	Autullo, R.	09/17/22
After latest migrant buses land outside VP’s home, activists aim to block Texas departures	Dallas Morning News	Alvey, R.	09/17/22	3 doc(s)
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds Texas ban on social media censorship	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	09/17/22	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Florida Gov. DeSantis didn't tell Gov. Abbott he was sending Texas migrants to Martha's Vineyard	San Antonio Express News	Wallace, J.	09/17/22	3 doc(s)
Judge in Austin issues 3rd order blocking abuse investigations into transgender medical care	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	09/18/22	6 doc(s)
In Statesman interview, UT President Jay Hartzell speaks on academic freedom, SEC, campus affordability	Austin American Statesman	Menchaca, M.	09/18/22
Eanes considering 2023 bond election	Austin American Statesman	Severson, K.	09/18/22
DeSantis joins Abbott in immigrant transport chicanery, flew people out of S.A. to Martha’s Vineyard	Austin American Statesman	Contreras, G.	09/18/22
John Wiley Price uses Carly Simon to call Dallas County Democratic Party chairwoman ‘vain’	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	09/18/22
Record-breaking Texas drought results in over $2 billion in losses to cotton crop	Dallas Morning News	Skores, A.	09/18/22	2 doc(s)
Yes, it’s a close race. But Beto and Democrats are still in deep trouble. Here’s why.	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Kennedy, B.	09/18/22
Latinos are largely disenfranchised nonvoters in Texas. These efforts aim to change that	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Ramirez, D.	09/18/22	1 doc(s)
Maternal health advocates in the dark as Texas stalls on new mortality data	Houston Chronicle	Gill, J.	09/18/22	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
COVID Q&A: Peter Hotez discusses new winter variants, his book and a halal vaccine	Houston Chronicle	Dansby, A.	09/18/22
Lady Gaga urges Houston fans to ‘protect each other’ at stellar Minute Maid Park show	Houston Chronicle	Guerra, J.	09/18/22	2 TX bill(s)
Does Beto O’Rourke really stand a chance of defeating Gov. Greg Abbott?	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, G.	09/18/22
'A lot of misinformation': Anthony Betori is on a quest to broaden access to sex education in Texas	San Antonio Express News	Webner, R.	09/18/22	2 doc(s)
UTSA launches degree program to train next generation of cyber defenders	San Antonio Express News	Webner, R.	09/18/22	2 doc(s)
‘We’re completely isolated’ — Bexar County election workers stress security when counting votes	San Antonio Express News	Beltran, J.	09/18/22
Surprise is key part of migrant travel from Florida, Texas	Austin American Statesman	Ngowi, R.	09/17/22
Texas judge blocks investigations of trans youth families	Austin American Statesman	Demillo, A.	09/17/22	4 doc(s)
El Paso strives to ease the pressure as surge of migrants creates ‘humanitarian crisis’	Dallas Morning News	Corchado, A.	09/17/22	3 doc(s)
VA defends new abortion policy, says its providers would be shielded from Texas laws	Dallas Morning News	Morton, J.	09/17/22	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Dallas mayor says one idea is to use space from convention center rebuild for sports arena	Dallas Morning News	Bailey, E.	09/17/22
Texas AG Ken Paxton will be deposed in fraud case after election, lawyer says	Dallas Morning News	McGaughy, L.	09/17/22	4 doc(s)
Hispanics estimated to outnumber Anglos as the largest population group in Texas	Dallas Morning News	Solis, D.	09/17/22	1 doc(s)
California’s governor touts abortion access on Texas billboards	Dallas Morning News	Ferguson, L.	09/17/22
Is Beto gaining on Abbott? Poll shows Texas voter thoughts on abortion, border, guns	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	09/17/22	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
GOP governors bused migrants to liberal cities. Texas sent them to the vice president’s home	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Bierman, N.	09/17/22	2 doc(s)
Texas judge blocks child abuse investigations into transgender care for kids	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	09/17/22	6 doc(s)
Catholic Charities to take over San Antonio’s Migrant Resource Center Monday	San Antonio Express News	Delgado, A.	09/17/22	2 doc(s)
Banned book challenges on pace to surpass 2021's count, new data shows, as censorship efforts rise	San Antonio Express News	Dellinger, H.	09/17/22	2 doc(s)
After Texas Sent Him to Washington, One Migrant Launches a New Life	New York Times	Jordan, M.	09/19/22
Attempts to Ban Books Are Accelerating and Becoming More Divisive	New York Times	Harris, E.	09/17/22
Migrants Flown to Martha’s Vineyard Say They Were Misled	New York Times	Shear, M.	09/17/22
The Martha’s Vineyard Migrant Stunt Is Making One Truth About This Country Clear	New York Times	Stockman, F.	09/17/22
A federal court clears the way for a Texas social media law.	New York Times	McCabe, D.	09/17/22
Is That Legal? How Scores of Migrants Came to Be Shipped North	New York Times	Sullivan, E.	09/17/22
Migrants Flown by Florida to Martha’s Vineyard Move to Cape Cod Shelter	Wall Street Journal	Calfas, J.	09/17/22
The Man From Rivian Who Wants to Change How We Buy Cars	Wall Street Journal	McLain, S.	09/17/22
A Sanctuary City Spectacle	Wall Street Journal	Editorial	09/17/22
Migrant Busing Brings the Border Crisis to Sanctuary Cities	Wall Street Journal	Hajjar, C.	09/17/22
Appeals Court Upholds Texas Law Regulating Social-Media Platforms	Wall Street Journal	Kendall, B.	09/17/22

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