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
Texas maps are bad. The Supreme Court’s ruling on them is far worse.	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	12/344/25	1 TX bill 20 doc(s)
Trump gets his Texas congressional districts map. Voters get disenfranchised.	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	12/344/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
I can’t vote yet. But Texas’ rigged maps dilute voices like mine	Austin American Statesman	Sharda, A.	12/344/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Crockett, Paxton are ideal rivals for Senate. That’s not a compliment	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Rusak, R.	12/344/25
UT provost taps months old firm to lead dean search as faculty demand transparency	Austin American Statesman	Kepner, L.	12/344/25	1 TX bill
Rod Paige, HISD superintendent and former U.S. Secretary of Education, dies at 92	Houston Chronicle	Partain, C.	12/344/25
Exodus of Texas GOP may signal trouble	Houston Chronicle	Osborne, J.	12/344/25
Chevron settles Texas ‘zombie’ well case, sidestepping trial that threatened industry	Houston Chronicle	Drane, A.	12/344/25
HISD says Bellaire staff will only use student’s legal name, female pronouns after parents settle lawsuit	Houston Chronicle	Menchaca, M.	12/344/25	3 TX bill(s) 5 doc(s)
Three top Alamo fundraisers step down over CEO Kate Rogers' banishment	San Antonio Express News	Preyor-Johnson, N.	12/344/25	1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy	Austin American Statesman	Daly, M.	12/344/25	3 doc(s)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott draws large cast of hopefuls in his fight for a fourth term	Dallas Morning News	Harper, K.	12/344/25
Fresh faces for Texas Legislature to come amid retirements and bids for higher office	Dallas Morning News	Jankowski, P.	12/344/25
Greg Abbott endorses Charlie Kirk’s quest to grow presence in Texas schools	Dallas Morning News	Jankowski, P.	12/344/25
Dallas among AG Ken Paxton’s major statewide financial transparency investigations	Dallas Morning News	Pacheco, M.	12/344/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Ken Paxton’s exit leaves race for embattled Texas attorney general’s spot wide open	Dallas Morning News	Harper, K.	12/344/25
Dan Patrick on eliminating property taxes: ‘I don’t think that’s realistic.’	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	12/344/25
Texas hoped $100 million would help more families pay for child care. It didn’t.	San Antonio Express News	Huff, J.	12/344/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
New district questioned	McAllen Monitor	Rodriguez, J.	12/343/25	2 TX bill(s)
Texas launches cryptocurrency reserve with $5 million investment	McAllen Monitor	Cobler, P.	12/343/25	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Views differ on natural gas demand from data centers	Midland Reporter Telegram	McEwen, M.	12/343/25
WesTex Urgent Care earns award from Texas Workforce Commission	Midland Reporter Telegram	McEwen, M.	12/343/25
Rep. Jasmine Crockett enters Democratic primary for U.S. Senate	Longview News-Journal	Fechter, J.	12/343/25
Democrat Colin Allred drops out of Senate race, announces run for 33rd Congressional District	Corpus Christi Caller Times	Birenbaum, G.	12/343/25
The Curriculum Flowchart That Has Texas Professors Up in Arms	Wall Street Journal	Belkin, D.	12/344/25

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