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
Attorney General Ken Paxton continues to meddle where he doesn’t belong	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	10/279/25	3 doc(s)
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller’s war on DEI ends when it helps his friends	San Antonio Express News	Sheets, N.	10/279/25
Majority of Harris County commissioners' campaign dollars come from people whose contracts they approve	Houston Chronicle	Zdun, M.	10/279/25
Odessa fires back at Paxton's investigation over audit concerns	Austin American Statesman	Hawes, T.	10/279/25	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
About $675 million earmarked for Texas projects is in limbo as Congress careens toward shutdown	Austin American Statesman	Friedman, M.	10/279/25
Here’s when Texas students can apply to state colleges for free	Dallas Morning News	Surjadi, M.	10/279/25	1 TX bill
Robert Roberson thanks his supporters from death row as they rally at Texas Capitol	Dallas Morning News	Harper, K.	10/279/25	1 doc(s)
Texas banned more than 1,700 books in the 2024-25 school year, report finds	Houston Chronicle	Soebroto, A.	10/279/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
President Trump’s medical advice needs care and treatment	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	10/277/25
Thumbs up, thumbs down	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	10/277/25
Texas partisans bully teachers for political gain	Dallas Morning News	Rogers, G.	10/278/25
We can’t wait for doomsday. Houston needs an alternative to the Ike Dike.	Houston Chronicle	Powell, N.	10/278/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
After disaster, anyone can claim to be search and rescue in Texas. That's a problem.	Houston Chronicle	Binkovitz, L.	10/278/25
To honor Charlie Kirk, Texas leaders should heed his warning on weed	Fort Worth Business Press	Poling, M.	10/278/25	2 doc(s)
Coerced confessions: How Austin police got the yogurt shop murders wrong	Austin American Statesman	Sander, R.	10/278/25	1 doc(s)
Texas A&M chancellor Glenn Hegar on culture wars and a new era of state-driven reforms in academia	Houston Chronicle	Ketterer, S.	10/278/25	1 TX bill
'Line in the sand': Plan for Camp Mystic reopening exposes deep divide among families	San Antonio Express News	O'Hare, P.	10/278/25
Targeted: Why being an elected official feels more dangerous now	San Antonio Express News	Flahive, P.	10/278/25
Austin ISD plans turnarounds at multiple campuses amid school closures	Austin American Statesman	Heath, K.	10/277/25	2 doc(s)
Why 4 million Texans are caught in the middle of the government shutdown	Austin American Statesman	Osborne, J.	10/277/25
Austin ISD proposes closing 13 schools, rezoning thousands of students	Austin American Statesman	Heath, K.	10/277/25	1 doc(s)
CenterPoint wins $1.2B rate hike for Hurricane Beryl, other storms. What it means for your bill.	Houston Chronicle	Hao, C.	10/277/25	1 doc(s)
Former state Sen. Tommy Williams chosen as Texas A&M's interim president	Houston Chronicle	Ketterer, S.	10/277/25
Las Americas Newcomer School students reassigned to Jane Long Academy due to immigration crackdown	Houston Chronicle	Mizan, N.	10/277/25
U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz's brother to run for redrawn San Antonio congressional district	Austin American Statesman	Wagner, B.	10/278/25
Sul Ross State University buys 43 acres in Eagle Pass for SRSU International campus	Austin American Statesman	Richter, B.	10/278/25	1 TX bill
'Party of the little guy': Texas Democrats look to rebuild ties in 2026	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	10/278/25
Texas’ economic success, as explained by Sally Field	Dallas Morning News	David, J.	10/278/25
Marc Veasey’s political career has been defined by redistricting, voting rights efforts	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	10/278/25	2 TX bill(s)
Texas Democrats rake in millions for U.S. Senate race. Who has raised more?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	10/278/25
Why Texas made a rare exception to honor Doug Pitcock with a highway sign	Houston Chronicle	Johnson, O.	10/278/25	1 TX bill
'The smell test’: Rancher accuses Oxy of faking integrity tests, experts raise alarms over well safety	Houston Chronicle	Drane, A.	10/278/25
The Alamo turns to an unlikely source for fundraising: public school students	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	10/278/25
GOP advocates invoke parental rights in new push to block Robert Roberson execution	San Antonio Express News	Wagner, B.	10/278/25	1 doc(s)
Pete Arredondo asked for $1.1M payout after Uvalde school shooting. He was fired instead.	Austin American Statesman	Preyor-Johnson, N.	10/277/25
Conservative activist says TCU canceled her event; school says it was never on the books	Dallas Morning News	Surjadi, M.	10/277/25	1 doc(s)
Longtime Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Ligon to run for state senate	Houston Chronicle	Dominguez, C.	10/277/25
Texas L.G.B.T.Q. Teenagers and Families Navigate a Public School Clampdown	New York Times	Salhotra, P.	10/279/25
Students in Texas Need Something, but It’s Not the Ten Commandments	New York Times	Appiah, K.	10/278/25
States Need to Clean Up Their Food-Stamp Programs	Wall Street Journal	Terryberry, P.	10/277/25

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