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
Voter fraud by noncitizens in Texas is GOP political fiction	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	08/30/24
His original birth certificate says he’s male. Ken Paxton's rule says he's not.	Houston Chronicle	Lankenau, R.	08/30/24
Student threatened with suspension sues University of Texas for 'unlawful retaliation'	Austin American Statesman	Kepner, L.	08/30/24	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Texas’ largest charter network wades into A-F school accountability lawsuit	Dallas Morning News	Richman, T.	08/30/24	1 doc(s)
Business group sues to strike Texas’ anti-ESG investment ban	Dallas Morning News	Jankowski, P.	08/30/24	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Will Fort Worth schools see a Houston ISD-style state takeover? Here’s what the law says	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Allen, S.	08/30/24	1 TX bill 10 doc(s)
Civil rights groups push for data behind voter purge touted by Gov. Greg Abbott	San Antonio Express News	Rice, J.	08/30/24	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
CPS Energy stiffed amid tough competition for state funds to build new gas-powered generating plants	San Antonio Express News	DiNatale, S.	08/30/24	2 doc(s)
City of Austin pays nearly $2 million to 2020 Black Lives Matter protesters in settlements	Austin American Statesman	Seipp, S.	08/30/24	2 doc(s)
Rep. Jared Patterson: Schools should open after Labor Day to avoid 'wasteful stress' on grid	Austin American Statesman	Simmerman, A.	08/30/24
Katie McGee to be UT's next permanent dean of students, associate VP of student affairs	Austin American Statesman	Kepner, L.	08/30/24	1 doc(s)
'They tried to kill him' is now the bogus claim Vance uses to introduce Trump	Austin American Statesman	Brennan, C.	08/30/24
Texas is sued over anti-ESG law	Austin American Statesman	Stempel, J.	08/30/24	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
AG Ken Paxton sues Dallas over State Fair of Texas gun ban	Dallas Morning News	Bailey Jr., E.	08/30/24	2 doc(s)
Texas regulators approve $5.4 billion in government loans for natural gas power plants	Dallas Morning News	Jankowski, P.	08/30/24	1 doc(s)
NRG, Calpine selected for taxpayer-backed loans to build new gas-fired power plants	Houston Chronicle	Hao, C.	08/30/24	1 doc(s)
The cost of Texas state park passes was set to go up this weekend. Here's the latest.	San Antonio Express News	Yu, I.	08/30/24
ERCOT backpedals on costly shutdown, early inspection of CPS gas plant	San Antonio Express News	DiNatale, S.	08/30/24	8 doc(s)
Texas' abortion ban forced me to bear a child who had no chance of life	San Antonio Express News	Casiano, S.	08/30/24	11 doc(s)
Ballot set after western Hidalgo County election contest ends	McAllen Monitor	Arevalo, D.	08/29/24
Texas Panhandle set to gain 75-bed mental health facility with land lease agreement	Amarillo Globe-News	Cuviello, M.	08/29/24
In Some States, Having a Guardian Means Not Having a Vote	New York Times	Nostrant, R.	08/30/24
Public hearing/formal meeting notice			08/29/24

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