Current Articles for September 18, 2025

The Legislative Reference Library produces a weekly list of current journal articles for members of the legislative community. Each week, librarians select and abstract articles of interest to the legislature from the latest issues of over 300 journals, newsletters, state documents, and trade publications. Electronic copies of the Current Articles list are distributed to legislative offices each Thursday.

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• Will Y'all Street benefit all? By Holden Wilen and Leonardo Rosas. Dallas Business Journal, August 29-September 4, 2025, pp. 18-25.
  Discusses some of the ways North Texas could be impacted by the emergence of "Y'all Street," the No. 2 financial hub in the U.S. Highlights the possibility of expanding access to capital for minority-owned businesses in south Dallas, an area with a history of systemic racism and economic underdevelopment.
  See: https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2025/08/28/lending-disparities-minority-areas-sba-yall-stree ...
  
• College sports: Sweat equity. Economist, August 30th-September 5th, 2025, pp. 17-18.
  Considers the money involved in college sports. Refers to various developments that have resulted in major changes to the system, including the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) recent settlement addressing college athlete compensation.
  Related information at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ABEQ_aswcOAYKebtFSy6_5Z93kYvVD62/view
  See: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/08/28/a-19bn-industry-is-about-to-pay-its-workforce-for ...
  
• Telemedicine buprenorphine access for incarcerated people: Lessons learned from Maryland's rural jails. By Max Spaderna, et al. Health Affairs, September 2025, pp. 1131-1137.
  Details a telemedicine-based buprenorphine treatment program implemented in Maryland jails in rural areas. Describes hurdles faced during the program but points out that correctional health care and treatment of opioid use disorder in incarcerated populations is vital work.
  See: https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2025.00339
  
• This school year, there's new support for college-bound and newly enrolled former foster youth in Texas. By Sara Tiano. The Imprint: Youth & Family News, September 9, 2025, pp. 1-2.
  Highlights the Texas Legislature's recent $3 million investment in the FAST Academy and the Foster Care Alumni Success Center at Texas Woman's University to support college readiness for former foster youth.
  See: https://imprintnews.org/top-stories/this-school-year-theres-new-support-for-college-bound-and-newly- ...
  Related information at: https://twu.edu/news/2025/twu-foster-youth-support-program-inspires-statewide-expansion/
  
• Amid extreme heat, this program tackles climate change with heat action clinics. By Anika Nayak. JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), September 2, 2025, pp. 753-754.
  Profiles a program, involving free and charitable clinics and local community health centers, which aims to address heat exhaustion, heat stroke, and other heat-related conditions. Explains the need for the program and other such programs in light of above-average summer temperatures across much of the U.S.
• The expanding power of parental rights. By Nicole Stelle Garnett. National Review, October 2025, pp. 44-47.
  Provides a brief history of how parental rights have developed in the U.S. in the context of education. Explores how religious freedoms and parental rights intersect in the classroom.
  See: https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=558a049d-8d9b-3f99-8476-b9c5beedffb1
  
• Educating the world's best and brightest—then showing them the door. By Fiona Harrigan. Reason, October 2025, pp. 38-43.
  Reports on how the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrants is affecting international students at American colleges and universities. Considers the lasting impact these actions may have.
  See: https://reason.com/2025/08/28/educating-the-worlds-best-and-brightest-then-showing-them-the-door/
  
• Texas counties to gain new courts through state judicial omnibus bill. By Holly Hansen. Texan, September 11, 2025, pp. 1-2.
  Discusses the provisions in HB 16, 89th Legislature, 2nd C.S., for new courts in Brazoria, Comal, Ellis, Fort Bend, Harris, Maverick, Montgomery, and Williamson counties; five new district courts and one new county court-at-law in Harris County; and related requirements for magistrates, associate judges, and visiting judges. Notes that Governor Abbott vetoed a previous version of the judicial omnibus bill, SB 2878, 89th Legislature, R.S., due to an amendment on automatic expunction of criminal records.
  See: https://thetexan.news/judicial/texas-counties-to-gain-new-courts-through-state-judicial-omnibus-bill ...
  
• Texas Education Agency updates first aid guidelines after controversy over withheld medical care. By Cameron Abrams. Texan, September 9, 2025, pp. 1-2.
  Discusses recent reports of school nurses not providing first aid to students due to the requirement for parental consent for "medical, psychiatric, and psychological treatment" in SB 12, 89th Legislature, R.S., relating to parental rights in public education. Highlights the new Texas Education Agency guidance, draft rule, and frequently asked questions (FAQ) on the implementation of SB 12.
  Related information at: https://tea.texas.gov/about-tea/government-relations-and-legal/government-relations/89th-legislature ...
  Related information at: https://tea.texas.gov/about-tea/laws-and-rules/draft-rule-text-to-comply-with-sb-12-tec-260083.pdf
  Related information at: https://tea.texas.gov/about-tea/senate-bill-12-faqs-sept-2025.pdf
  Related information at: https://tea.texas.gov/texas-schools/school-boards/model-language-to-comply-with-senate-bill-12-and-t ...
  See: https://thetexan.news/issues/education/texas-education-agency-updates-first-aid-guidelines-after-con ...
  
• Inside the Capitol: Lessons from the 89th legislative session. By Ezequiel Silva. Texas Medicine, September/October 2025, pp. 6-9.
  Discusses the Texas Medical Association's lobby team activities during the 89th legislative session. Mentions SB 922, 89th Legislature, R.S.
  See: https://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=66603
  
• America's best colleges for research. By Nate Weisberg. Washington Monthly, September/October 2025, pp. 53-57.
  Ranks 139 research universities that each spend at least $100 million annually on research based on total research spending, science, and engineering PhDs awarded; faculty receiving major national awards; and the share of faculty elected to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Includes 10 Texas universities.
  See: https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=f3687464-a8ec-30d1-a56e-f84f65e4d613
  
• America's best Hispanic-serving colleges. By Rob Wolfe. Washington Monthly, September/October 2025, pp. 58-61.
  Ranks federally recognized Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) as separate lists of the top 50 four-year and two-year colleges. Includes 15 four-year colleges and 10 two-year colleges, with South Texas College ranking first in the two-year colleges.
  See: https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=7ef503a3-0446-3595-8819-c1bd847c4f2f