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 finally ramps up voter education after too many mail ballot rejections	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	09/06/22
Protecting kids? CPS caseworkers say that’s not Abbott’s goal.	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	09/06/22	3 doc(s)
Freeway foes across the state band together, figuring TxDOT cannot fight them all	Houston Chronicle	Begley, D.	09/06/22	3 doc(s)
Charter schools improved in San Antonio this year — with some notable exceptions	San Antonio Express News	Perez, D.	09/06/22	2 doc(s)
SAWS lost over 14 billion gallons of water in 2021: how to fix it	San Antonio Express News	Bruess, E.	09/06/22	3 doc(s)
Biden turns up the heat on elected officials who don’t support federal assault weapons ban	Dallas Morning News	Caldwell, E.	09/06/22
Central Texas landowners pick up wind turbine deals as politicians rail against renewable energy	San Antonio Express News	Crocker, R.	09/06/22	2 doc(s)
Gov. Greg Abbott said rape victims can take Plan B. But emergency contraception isn’t widely available for the state’s poorest people.	San Antonio Express News	Melhado, W.	09/06/22	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
High-poverty schools struggle to earn Texas’ highest rating. Some in the Rio Grande Valley break that trend.	San Antonio Express News	Lopez, B.	09/06/22	4 doc(s)
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Texas GOP tried to keep Libertarians off the ballot	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	09/04/22	1 doc(s)
Busing immigrants is working as accidental humanitarianism	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	09/04/22	2 doc(s)
Thumbs: Hey, Ted Cruz, there’s 1 slacker here and it ain’t the baristas	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	09/03/22
Prison slavery sets people up for failure, not success	Austin American Statesman	Renaud, J.	09/04/22
Keep kids out of solitary confinement	Dallas Morning News	Diamond, B.	09/04/22	1 doc(s)
Protect election workers	Dallas Morning News	Gordon, G.	09/04/22	4 doc(s)
Northern city mayors should direct their ire over migrant busing at Biden, not Abbott	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Allen, C.	09/04/22	3 doc(s)
What, exactly, is harming students? It’s not Gandhi or CRT.	San Antonio Express News	Clack, C.	09/04/22	1 TX bill
Thank teachers for these gold STAARs	San Antonio Express News	Pease, T.	09/04/22	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
More guns, more denial, more violence	San Antonio Express News	Lingle, B.	09/04/22
Uvalde families in the fight of their lives	San Antonio Express News	Preyor-Johnson, N.	09/04/22	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Proud and united, Uvalde savors football team's dramatic victory	Austin American Statesman	Cantu, R.	09/05/22
Tesla sues to sell directly to consumers in Louisiana; could Texas be next?	Austin American Statesman	Carlson, K.	09/05/22	3 doc(s)
Dallas County elections boss is under pressure as he faces questions about his reforms	Dallas Morning News	Peterson, J.	09/05/22	1 doc(s)
If Texas Democrats want to restore abortion rights, the road doesn’t go through Kansas	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	09/05/22	2 doc(s)
Fort Worth schools are sending more than $2 million to state under ‘Robin Hood’	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Windes, I.	09/05/22	1 doc(s)
Anxious, in pain, can’t sleep? How to get a medical marijuana prescription in Texas.	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Faheid, D.	09/05/22	1 doc(s)
It’s a workers market, and Houston workers know that	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	09/05/22
Hidalgo, Harris County Dems hope for boost from abortion, national trends, but races still competitive over crime, economy	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	09/05/22
How the biggest Republican stronghold in Texas could cost Gov. Abbott his job	San Antonio Express News	Wallace, J.	09/05/22
‘End of an era’: Ripley’s, Guinness attractions leave Alamo after 20-year run to make way for museum	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	09/05/22	1 doc(s)
Drones, choppers, chases: How Texas DPS pursues migrants under $4B Abbott border effort	Dallas Morning News	Solis, D.	09/04/22	4 doc(s)
‘Everything is so broken’: Disabled Texans face arduous process while waiting for state’s help	Houston Chronicle	Stuckey, A.	09/04/22	3 doc(s)
In Uvalde, a football game offers celebration amid grief	Houston Chronicle	Finger, M.	09/04/22
Texas education panel decides it's too soon to expand teaching on LGBTQ rights, racism	Austin American Statesman	Menchaca, M.	09/03/22	1 doc(s)
Applied Materials pulls bid for tax breaks for possible $2 billion Austin-area facility	Austin American Statesman	Sechler, B.	09/03/22	5 doc(s)
Lead prosecutor of 2019 El Paso shooting suspect faces a petition for removal from office	Dallas Morning News	Corchado, A.	09/03/22
Rape victims can take Plan B instead of having abortions, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	09/03/22	2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
New Texas social studies curriculum delayed after fears of ‘woke indoctrination’	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	09/03/22	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Parents demand Fort Worth area districts remove ‘In God We Trust’ signs from schools	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Ramos, H.	09/03/22	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Omicron COVID booster shots available in Texas starting next week	Houston Chronicle	Blackman, J.	09/03/22	1 doc(s)
‘These will save lives’: City Council proposes safe infant surrender boxes across San Antonio	San Antonio Express News	Pettaway, T.	09/03/22	1 doc(s)
Federal lawsuit seeks removal of Confederate statue outside Georgetown courthouse	Austin American Statesman	Osborn, C.	09/05/22	1 doc(s)
$750M UTD campaign aims to attract talent by bolstering research and the arts	Dallas Morning News	Olivares, V.	09/05/22	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Republican Tarrant County judge endorses Democrat Mike Collier for lieutenant governor	Dallas Morning News	Williams, M.	09/05/22
Tarrant Judge Whitley says support of Dem over Lt. Gov. Patrick to get him ‘in trouble’	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Clarridge, E.	09/05/22
Fact-checking claim on Beto O'Rourke, 2018 campaign contributions	Austin American Statesman	Mizan, N.	09/04/22
Some South Texans, DPS officers use uncommon terms to describe border security	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	09/04/22
Abbott’s border enforcement is working, Texas Republican Sen. Kelly Hancock says	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	09/04/22	3 doc(s)
In Uvalde, a 9-year-old anxiously prepares to return to school	Dallas Morning News	Hernandez, A.	09/04/22
‘It’s time to revisit our asylum system,’ immigration analyst say	Dallas Morning News	Solis, D.	09/04/22	4 doc(s)
Why are Californians moving to Texas and how that might change the state	Dallas Morning News	Walters, N.	09/04/22	1 doc(s)
Here’s how it’s going since Texas lifted a ban on Sunday morning beer and wine sales	Dallas Morning News	Halkias, M.	09/04/22	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Will Texas parents opt out of school book fairs, library offerings and more?	Dallas Morning News	Mangrum, M.	09/04/22
How do you get kids to come to school on a Saturday? In Fort Worth, they build rocket ships	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Allen, S.	09/04/22	2 doc(s)
Gov. Abbott launches new negative ads against Beto O’Rourke	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	09/04/22
‘Desperate need’: San Antonio doctors use COVID-positive donor organs for kidney, liver transplants	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, L.	09/04/22
Gov. Greg Abbott’s migrant busing program is what asylum advocates wanted all along	Austin American Statesman	Neukam, S.	09/03/22	1 doc(s)
Texas’ tax collections for the fiscal year exceed projections by $841M	Dallas Morning News	Choi, H.	09/03/22	1 doc(s)
Updated COVID-19 boosters expected to be available in Texas next week	Dallas Morning News	Wolf, M.	09/03/22
Texas parents demand schools remove ‘In God We Trust’ posters donated by conservative firm	Dallas Morning News	Richman, T.	09/03/22	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Red flag laws get little use as shootings, gun deaths soar	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Condon, B.	09/03/22	2 doc(s)
Pecan farmers get caught in power vacuum on Texas border	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Coronado, A.	09/03/22	5 doc(s)
Oil rich Permian Basin helps support hundreds of thousands of jobs, report shows	Houston Chronicle	Buckley, K.	09/03/22	2 doc(s)
TCEQ gives Houston-area leaders, Union Pacific time to come up with a new rail yard clean-up plan	Houston Chronicle	Foxhall, E.	09/03/22
Saving the horny toad: Bipartisan federal funding to the rescue?	San Antonio Express News	Bruess, E.	09/03/22	2 doc(s)
San Antonio health officials say updated COVID-19 boosters on the way	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, L.	09/03/22	2 doc(s)

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