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
Three constitutional amendments on taxes Texans should oppose in the Nov. 4 election	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	10/289/25	3 TX bill(s)
Proposition 4 can help Texas water infrastructure keep pace with rapid growth	San Antonio Express News	Langford, D.	10/289/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
UT's McCombs Business dean talks legacy, Mulva Hall as she prepares to step down	Austin American Statesman	Kepner, L.	10/289/25
Cracks emerge in Texas’ economy as job growth slows	Dallas Morning News	Bach, T.	10/289/25	1 doc(s)
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson denies speculation he’ll resign to seek another political office	Dallas Morning News	Bailey Jr., E.	10/289/25
Ken Paxton's lawsuit to shut down FIEL Houston can move forward, appeals court rules	Houston Chronicle	Aguilar, J.	10/289/25	1 TX bill 5 doc(s)
Texas Southern University students upset after curfew placed on homecoming tailgate	Houston Chronicle	Ketterer, S.	10/289/25
Last Energy plans to build nuclear microreactor on Texas A&M at Rellis Campus	Austin American Statesman	Wilburn, C.	10/289/25
State Rep. Gina Hinojosa launches campaign for Texas governor	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	10/289/25
Federal judge temporarily blocks UT System from implementing new free speech law	Dallas Morning News	Surjadi, M.	10/289/25	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
BlackRock, Nvidia-backed group to buy D-FW data center company in blockbuster $40B deal	Dallas Morning News	Wooten, N.	10/289/25
Will UT Austin sign Trump’s ‘compact’ for funding? Why Texas educators hope not	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Abdullahi, F.	10/289/25	1 doc(s)
Lawsuit accuses new UTHealth Houston president of retaliation, negligent hiring at former job	Houston Chronicle	MacDonald, E.	10/289/25	1 doc(s)
'Counterproductive': John Whitmire breaks silence on Greg Abbott's call to remove rainbow crosswalks	Houston Chronicle	Church, A.	10/289/25	2 doc(s)
Texas added nearly 1,400 orphaned oil wells to its list this year	Houston Chronicle	Nostrant, R.	10/289/25	1 TX bill
USDA slaps down Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller over New World Screwworm	Houston Chronicle	McGee, K.	10/289/25	3 doc(s)
Austin state Rep. Gina Hinojosa launches Democratic bid against Greg Abbott	Houston Chronicle	Wermund, B.	10/289/25
Alamo overseer's anti-woke demands loom over $550 million project's future	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	10/289/25	1 TX bill
Bexar County commissioners OK land donation for state-run veterans home	San Antonio Express News	Pink, S.	10/289/25
Court stops University of Texas system from enforcing new campus free speech limits	San Antonio Express News	Kepner, L.	10/289/25	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
New College of the Mainland president to outline vision	Galveston Daily News	Smith, M.	10/288/25
Texas teachers face loss of speech or loss of jobs	Galveston Daily News	Willis, J.	10/288/25
US Rep. De La Cruz, citrus industry call for water treaty to be tied to USMCA	McAllen Monitor	Jimenez, F.	10/288/25	1 doc(s)
Former lawmaker sues East Texas water district, claims board broke state law	Longview News-Journal	Green, J.	10/288/25
New legislative panels will investigate “facts and circumstances” of deadly Central Texas floods	McAllen Monitor	Nguyen, A.	10/288/25	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Key Provision of Voting Rights Act	New York Times	VanSickle, A.	10/289/25
Blue States Are Setting Up a Shadow Public-Health Alliance to Counter RFK Jr.	Wall Street Journal	McKay, B.	10/289/25
Public hearing/formal meeting notice			10/289/25

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