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
Proposed amendments to Texas Constitution pitch good, bad tax exemptions	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	10/288/25	4 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Proposition 12 weakens independent oversight of Texas judges	Austin American Statesman	Fischer, S.	10/288/25	1 TX bill
Texans should back Proposition 4 to secure our water for decades	Austin American Statesman	Lauer, K.	10/288/25	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Prabhas Moghe, UT Dallas’ new president, wants to bridge academia and industry	Dallas Morning News	Surjadi, M.	10/288/25
Paxton alleges EPIC City developers violated securities laws	Dallas Morning News	Wooten, N.	10/288/25	1 doc(s)
Ken Paxton sues leader of group trying to seize control of Texas’ least populated county	Houston Chronicle	Dexheimer, E.	10/288/25	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Applications for $1B Texas school voucher program to launch in February, contract documents show	San Antonio Express News	Sander, E.	10/288/25	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
‘Do not sign’: UT students ask university to reject Trump proposal	Austin American Statesman	Kepner, L.	10/288/25	1 doc(s)
Texas Legislature launches new investigating committees for July 4 floods	Austin American Statesman	Goldenstein, T.	10/288/25	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
When is the 'fall back' time change? See the history, law behind daylight saving time	Austin American Statesman	Simmerman, A.	10/288/25	1 TX bill 5 doc(s)
Texas trial lawyer: ‘No jury in America will hold Camp Mystic responsible’	Dallas Morning News	Curriden, M.	10/288/25	1 doc(s)
Fort Worth mayor asked churches to get more involved, state lawmaker says	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Mantas, H.	10/288/25
Ken Paxton warns Houston Methodist in letter over vaccine policies for organ transplants	Houston Chronicle	MacDonald, E.	10/288/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Obama slams Greg Abbott's Texas Guard deployment, noting past Republican criticism	Houston Chronicle	Wermund, B.	10/288/25
Houston elected officials float legal action as Gov. Abbott fights rainbow crosswalk repainting	Houston Chronicle	Church, A.	10/288/25	2 doc(s)
He said U.S. should be ‘overthrown.’ Texas State’s response: You’re fired, again	San Antonio Express News	Webner, R.	10/288/25	2 doc(s)
Number of Texas Guardsmen sent home from Chicago for being out of shape has gone up	San Antonio Express News	Christenson, S.	10/288/25	4 doc(s)
Texas GOP, stop biting the hand that votes for you	Waco Tribune Herald	Bellsnyder, S.	10/287/25	3 doc(s)
More Texas kindergarteners are coming to school without measles vaccination proof or exemptions	McAllen Monitor	Langford, T.	10/287/25	1 doc(s)
Hancock touts Texas education vouchers, schools voice concern	Amarillo Globe-News	Cuviello, M.	10/287/25	3 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
In South Texas, Allred and Talarico compete for Latino voters by vowing to fight for working class	Corpus Christi Caller Times	Guo, K.	10/287/25
Texas youth camps say cost of implementing new safety requirements will force them to close	McAllen Monitor	Langford, T.	10/287/25	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Will the Supreme Court Use a Louisiana Case to Gut the Voting Rights Act?	New York Times	VanSickle, A.	10/288/25
Public hearing/formal meeting notice			10/287/25

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