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
Are the ballots of Texas voters still secret?	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	06/24/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Texas needs better data on charities that post bail for poor defendants	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	06/24/24	1 TX bill
Want a more reliable grid, Texas? May we suggest nuclear energy.	Houston Chronicle	Graves, T.	06/24/24	1 doc(s)
San Antonio has to close the funding gap for children and youth	San Antonio Express News	Martinez, C.	06/24/24	2 doc(s)
EPA to review Texas oversight of oil, gas wastewater disposal wells	Austin American Statesman	Volcovici, V.	06/24/24	1 doc(s)
Abortion clinics reinvented themselves after Dobbs. They're still struggling	Austin American Statesman	Yancey-Bragg, N.	06/24/24	5 doc(s)
‘We were here before Fort Worth’: A struggle to preserve historic Black settlements	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Morgan, K.	06/24/24	2 doc(s)
This major home insurance provider is scaling back renewing some policies in Texas	Houston Chronicle	Osborne, J.	06/24/24	2 doc(s)
Texas Space Commission names South Texas native as its first executive director	San Antonio Express News	Lingle, B.	06/24/24	1 doc(s)
Texas Ethics Commission will require influencers to disclose when they’re paid for advertisement	San Antonio Express News	Downen, R.	06/24/24
Want to retain teachers? Try a student cellphone ban	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	06/23/24
Test scores show Texas schools are on fire. Parents, what will you do about it?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	06/23/24	2 doc(s)
In removing books, Northeast ISD continues to pander to GOP culture wars	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	06/23/24	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
San Antonio City Council should show more concern about delayed rape test kits	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	06/23/24
Thumbs up, thumbs down	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	06/22/24
Texas A&M should stay in Qatar	Dallas Morning News	Glassman, J.	06/23/24	1 doc(s)
Yes, surgeon general, label social media	Dallas Morning News	McCloskey, A.	06/23/24	1 doc(s)
Texas Democrats want better healthcare, rewards for hard work. That’s hardly extreme	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Smith, J.	06/23/24	1 doc(s)
Banned books don’t brainwash, corrupt and indoctrinate students — they enlighten and educate us.	San Antonio Express News	Gorzell, H.	06/23/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Texans can continue buying guns online and at gun shows without background checks	Dallas Morning News	Krause, K.	06/24/24	3 doc(s)
Phony lawyer gets 14 years in scheme to dupe migrants and border agents in smuggling op	Austin American Statesman	Loria, M.	06/23/24	1 doc(s)
Black market gun sales to continue in Texas, creating worries about gun violence	Dallas Morning News	Krause, K.	06/23/24	6 doc(s)
‘We give them a voice’: Victims of racial violence in Dallas memorialized at Martyrs Park	Dallas Morning News	Jones, A.	06/23/24
They moved to get some peace and quiet. A roaring North Texas bitcoin mine has ruined it	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Bach, N.	06/23/24	2 doc(s)
Oil companies leak toxic gas across Texas — making local residents sick	San Antonio Express News	Drane, A.	06/23/24	5 doc(s)
Texas Medical Board adopts new guidance for physicians who perform emergency abortions	Austin American Statesman	Wagner, B.	06/22/24	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Austin ISD approves $1.2 billion budget with $41 million deficit. Here's what will be cut.	Austin American Statesman	Heath, K.	06/22/24	1 doc(s)
EPA rules could close coal-fired power plants in Texas, ERCOT chief says	Dallas Morning News	Jankowski, P.	06/22/24	2 doc(s)
The Supreme Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims	Dallas Morning News	Sherman, M.	06/22/24	4 doc(s)
The Supreme Court rejects a settlement in a water dispute between New Mexico and Texas	Dallas Morning News	Whitehurst, L.	06/22/24	1 doc(s)
State medical board adopts rules on how doctors can work under abortion bans	Dallas Morning News	Wolf, M.	06/22/24	3 doc(s)
Texas Medical Board approves limited guidance on when emergency abortions are allowed	Houston Chronicle	Gill, J.	06/22/24	2 doc(s)
Supreme Court shoots down Texas man's appeal of gun restrictions for abuse suspect	Houston Chronicle	Harris, C.	06/22/24	4 doc(s)
Houston City Hall suffers second defeat in drainage case after court rejects mayor's appeal	Houston Chronicle	Lomax, J.	06/22/24	1 doc(s)
San Antonio high schools see small gains, but smaller losses, on STAAR	San Antonio Express News	Manno, M.	06/22/24	1 doc(s)
Fact check: No, Texas Constitution doesn't bar Trump from running for president	Austin American Statesman	Hudnall, H.	06/23/24
Biden finally acts on border crisis, showing he could've done something about it all along	Austin American Statesman	Jacques, I.	06/23/24	2 doc(s)
GOP wants Ten Commandments in class-rooms. It's had little impact at Texas Capitol	Austin American Statesman	Grumet, B.	06/23/24	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Round Rock police: Second male suspect, a juvenile, arrested in Juneteenth shooting	Austin American Statesman	Osborne, J.	06/23/24
Your new guide to the Texas privacy law that goes into effect July 1	Dallas Morning News	Lieber, D.	06/23/24	1 TX bill
GOP targets a Biden executive order on voter registration ahead of the fall election	Dallas Morning News	Cassidy, C.	06/23/24	1 doc(s)
Conroe ISD trustees say book policy caused 'collateral damage' as books are removed from classrooms	Houston Chronicle	Dominguez, C.	06/23/24
Ken Paxton’s effort to shutter Catholic migrant shelter threatens religious freedom, lawyer argues	Houston Chronicle	Wermund, B.	06/23/24	3 doc(s)
HISD says $4.4B bond won’t raise taxes	Houston Chronicle	Menchaca, M.	06/23/24	1 doc(s)
A Houston-area school banned male students from having long hair. A student is now leading an appeal.	Houston Chronicle	Briggs, S.	06/23/24	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz leads Democrat Colin Allred in new UT poll	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	06/23/24
Galveston Bay oysters were decimated by May storms. Another wave of flooding threatens them again.	Houston Chronicle	Ward, R.	06/23/24
Nuclear power making a comeback in Texas, as Republicans and Democrats approve incentives	Houston Chronicle	Tomlinson, C.	06/23/24	2 doc(s)
Texas A&M University tops nation in engineering research expenditures	Houston Chronicle	Ketterer, S.	06/23/24
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Texas should have been first to put Ten Commandments in public schools	San Antonio Express News	Harris, C.	06/23/24	1 TX bill
An East Texas town wants to revolutionize how the state cares for people living with memory loss	San Antonio Express News	Huff, J.	06/23/24	1 doc(s)
U.S. Supreme Court blocks the state’s Rio Grande water deal with New Mexico	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, B.	06/23/24	5 doc(s)
Biden's immigration order draws mixed response in Texas. Here's what lawmakers are saying.	Austin American Statesman	Chomnalez, I.	06/22/24	1 doc(s)
Latin American IT firm joins influx of companies opening headquarters in Dallas	Dallas Morning News	Kersh, L.	06/22/24	2 doc(s)
Texas labor market added 41,800 jobs in May	Dallas Morning News	Martin, A.	06/22/24
North Texas doctor accused of illegally accessing records of pediatric patients	Dallas Morning News	Kyle, M.	06/22/24	1 TX bill
ERCOT passes first proposed reform to program that watchdog says cost utilities $12.5B in 2023	Houston Chronicle	Hao, C.	06/22/24	6 doc(s)
Supreme Court Upholds Law Disarming Domestic Abusers	New York Times	Liptak, A.	06/22/24
SpaceX says its South Texas operation having multibillion-dollar impact	San Antonio Express News	Lingle, B.	06/22/24	7 doc(s)
South San ISD will have school marshals this fall — but they won’t be teachers	San Antonio Express News	Manno, M.	06/22/24	1 TX bill
Texas hits 10th-straight month of job growth with 41,800 new positions in May	San Antonio Express News	DiNatale, S.	06/22/24
Texas exodus: 35,500 Texans traveled out of state for abortions last year	San Antonio Express News	Castillo, R.	06/22/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Supreme Court Says Domestic Abusers Can Be Denied Guns	Wall Street Journal	Bravin, J.	06/22/24
How Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Failed Children on Safety, States Say	New York Times	Singer, N.	06/24/24
The Supreme Court’s Thoughtful Gun Ruling	Wall Street Journal	Editorial	06/22/24

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