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
Exploitation of dead bodies in medicine has a macabre history	Dallas Morning News	Williams, B.	09/274/24
HISD Superintendent will no longer appoint bond oversight committee members under new charter draft	Houston Chronicle	Menchaca, M.	09/274/24	2 doc(s)
Kris Kristofferson, Texas native and songwriting icon, dead at 88	Houston Chronicle	Dansby, A.	09/274/24
What’s behind recent false claims about immigrants and crime?	Austin American Statesman	Cercone, J.	09/274/24	4 doc(s)
Kris Kristofferson, influential singer-songwriter, dies at 88	Austin American Statesman	Trott, B.	09/274/24
Texas reviewed the Marvin Nichols Reservoir and thinks it’s good to go. What do you think?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Moore-Carrillo, J.	09/274/24	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
State Sen. Molly Cook's comments on Israel prompt backlash from Houston's Jewish community	Houston Chronicle	Warren, P.	09/274/24
Our recommendations on Dallas charter amendments	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	09/273/24
Thumbs: Elon against Humanity in trashy lawsuit. Mike Miles and Mayor Whitmire back up the band nerds.	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	09/272/24
Lawmakers score political points with anti-ESG investing laws, while taxpayers, teachers pick up the tab	Houston Chronicle	Hollins, C.	09/273/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
For the energy industry, DEI isn't about wokeness. It's about workforce.	Houston Chronicle	Jaffe, A.	09/273/24	4 doc(s)
Ideas to improve voting involve innovation and risk	San Antonio Express News	Quesada, T.	09/273/24
A vicious cycle: Low voter turnout means less investment in communities. Vote, leaders say	Dallas Morning News	McCaskill, N.	09/273/24
North Texas lawmaker wants to prohibit using unclaimed bodies for medical research	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	09/273/24	1 TX bill
CenterPoint calls $800 million generators a good deal. Internal emails, court records raise doubts	Houston Chronicle	Satija, N.	09/273/24	14 doc(s)
Most Texas races are not competitive. Meet the candidates hoping to pull off an election night upset.	Houston Chronicle	Zdun, M.	09/273/24
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Austin over allocation of funds to assist out-of-state abortions	Austin American Statesman	McCarthy, E.	09/272/24	1 doc(s)
‘Work worth doing’: Texas lawmakers visit, pray with Robert Roberson as execution nears	Dallas Morning News	Landers, J.	09/272/24	4 doc(s)
Should students have phones at school? Tarrant County Public Health director weighs in	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	09/272/24	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Texas Supreme Court denies AG Ken Paxton's last-ditch effort to block gun ban at state fair	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	09/272/24	7 doc(s)
Why Democrats, and Ted Cruz, wanted Colin Allred to campaign in Texas with Doug Emhoff	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	09/273/24
UT football wins, preservationists lose in battle over historic building	Austin American Statesman	Grumet, B.	09/273/24	2 doc(s)
Viral video addresses a Texas voting quirk: No online voter registration	Dallas Morning News	Bahari, S.	09/273/24
Houston ISD board plans to meet with community groups as part of engagement plan	Houston Chronicle	Mizan, N.	09/273/24
I tried delta-8, delta-9 and marijuana to understand the cannabis controversy	Houston Chronicle	Tomlinson, C.	09/273/24
Texas GOP mailer targeting Colin Allred misrepresents a trans wrestler’s story	San Antonio Express News	Kimble, M.	09/273/24
Texas Supreme Court deals final blow to Paxton's crusade against state fair's no-gun policy	Austin American Statesman	Wagner, B.	09/272/24	7 doc(s)
AG Ken Paxton sues to reverse 2 federal rules intended to provide LGBTQ protections	Dallas Morning News	McCaskill, N.	09/272/24	4 doc(s)
San Antonio Republican clarifies abortion stance after criticism over rape exception comments	San Antonio Express News	McKinley, E.	09/272/24
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues to block Austin from funding out-of-state abortion travel	San Antonio Express News	Goldenstein, T.	09/272/24	1 doc(s)

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