Daily Legislative Clipping Service for January 16, 2020Select another date

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
Houston’s water rights are safe — for now Houston Chronicle  Editorial 01/16/20 2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Texas lags behind in HPV vaccinations, putting men and women at risk for cervical cancer Houston Chronicle  Winnike, A. 01/16/20 1 TX bill 6 doc(s)
Fire and rain: An Australian Houstonian reflects on climate disasters across the world Houston Chronicle  Talianchich, H. 01/16/20  
Judge halts Trump refugee order, jeopardizing Abbott move to block settlement in Texas Austin American Statesman  Lindell, C. 01/16/20 4 doc(s)
Sylvia Garcia, Houston congresswoman, tapped as impeachment manager Austin American Statesman  Recio, M. 01/16/20  
Ruling temporarily halts Abbott’s decision to block refugees from resettling in Texas Dallas Morning News  Solis, D. 01/16/20 4 doc(s)
Refugees can still resettle in Texas, for now, as judge halts Trump’s executive order Fort Worth Star-Telegram  Weinberg, T. 01/16/20 4 doc(s)
Judge blocks Trump policy allowing states to refuse refugees Houston Chronicle  Kriel, L. 01/16/20 5 doc(s)
Texas Rep. Sylvia Garcia will serve on prosecution team in Trump impeachment trial Houston Chronicle  Wermund, B. 01/16/20 1 doc(s)
Taxpayer-funded gun locks are free to Texans — unless they have the wrong ‘political agenda’ San Antonio Express News  Morris, A. 01/16/20  
Reflecting on county’s challenges, achievements as 2020 begins Austin American Statesman  Daugherty, G. 01/16/20 1 TX bill
North Texas water war reignites between granddaddy suburbs and boomtowns like Frisco Dallas Morning News  Grigsby, S. 01/16/20  
Houston Rep. Sylvia Garcia named an impeachment manager by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Dallas Morning News  Benning, T. 01/16/20  
Texas carries out nation's first execution of 2020 Houston Chronicle  Blakinger, K. 01/16/20  
GOP field for District 17 faces off Bryan Eagle  Wiley, K. 01/15/20  
Senate candidate Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez speaks in Bryan Bryan Eagle  Wiley, K. 01/15/20  
Judge Halts Trump Policy That Allows States to Bar Refugees New York Times  Jordan, M. 01/16/20  
Public hearing/formal meeting notice     01/15/20  

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