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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
The secret’s out: McAllen taxpayers were rung up for a $485,000 concert Dallas Morning News  Editorial 01/17/20 1 TX bill 5 doc(s)
Better education in Texas means flexibility and teaching critical thinking Dallas Morning News  Bush, G. 01/17/20  
Taking in refugees has been part of Texas history since the Alamo Houston Chronicle  Siegel, M. 01/17/20 3 doc(s)
UTSA can be a Hispanic thriving institution San Antonio Express News  Anderson, M. 01/17/20 1 doc(s)
Abbott faces GOP questions on refugees Austin American Statesman  Price, A. 01/17/20 4 doc(s)
Council may pump $100K into Permian pipeline legal battle Austin American Statesman  Wilson, M. 01/17/20 2 doc(s)
Texas on path of half of the $1 billion disasters in 2019 Houston Chronicle  Trevizo, P. 01/17/20 1 doc(s)
San Antonio mayor navigating troubled waters over plan to reroute aquifer protection tax funding San Antonio Express News  Fechter, J. 01/17/20 3 doc(s)
Abbott, Patrick grow campaign war chests Austin American Statesman  Cobler, N. 01/17/20  
Power restored to downtown Austin after outage affected UT, state offices Austin American Statesman  Bradshaw, K. 01/17/20  
Rep. Zwiener outraises 3 GOP primary candidates Austin American Statesman  Cobler, N. 01/17/20  
Rep. Goodwin outraises 5 GOP candidates in Travis County state House district Austin American Statesman  Cobler, N. 01/17/20  
Big money flowing into crucial Texas House races in Dallas County as GOP, Dems battle for control Dallas Morning News  Barragan, J. 01/17/20  
Teachers turn to Texas Supreme Court in latest attempt to battle Dallas’ merit-based pay system Dallas Morning News  Ayala, E. 01/17/20 3 doc(s)
Family of baby on life support at Cook Children’s files appeal to keep her alive Fort Worth Star-Telegram  Johnson, K. 01/17/20 3 doc(s)
Judge Olivarri succumbs to cancer at 64: RAY OLIVARRI: 1956-2020 San Antonio Express News  MacCormack, J. 01/17/20  
Political Buzz: Middleton chosen to lead conservative 'Freedom Caucus' Galveston Daily News  Ferguson, J. 01/16/20 1 doc(s)
Here's why Gov. Greg Abbott shouldn't have said no to refugee resettlement in Texas Corpus Christi Caller Times  Editorial 01/16/20 3 doc(s)
We'd like to know what Longview ISD teachers think about charter push Longview News-Journal  Editorial 01/16/20  
Let's fuse housing policy, education for better results Waco Tribune Herald  Olson, A. 01/16/20 3 doc(s)
Texas Gov. Abbott kicks up dust by cutting refugee resettlement Longview News-Journal  McNeely, D. 01/16/20 4 doc(s)
Congressional candidates struggle to stand out Midland Reporter Telegram  Randle, C. 01/16/20  
F.B.I. Vows to Notify State Officials of Any Election Systems Breaches New York Times  Benner, K. 01/17/20  
Trump’s Evil Is Contagious New York Times  Egan, T. 01/17/20  
Public hearing/formal meeting notice     01/16/20  

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