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
In Texas elections, size matters	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Ramsey, R.	01/30/18
U.S. judge blocks Texas fetal burial law	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	01/30/18	1 TX bill 6 doc(s)
SpaceX seeking up to $5 million more in spaceport funding from state	Austin American Statesman	Sechler, B.	01/30/18	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Judge calls out Texas foster care chief as teen runs away for 5th time	Austin American Statesman	Ball, A.	01/30/18	1 doc(s)
Districts threaten to seize bus lots	Dallas Morning News	Smith, C.	01/30/18	1 TX bill
Federal judge blocks fetal remains law	Dallas Morning News	Wang, J.	01/30/18	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Beto O'Rourke has raised more than $6M for race against Ted Cruz	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	01/30/18
FBI: FourWinds investor money kept Uresti law firm’s accounts in the black	San Antonio Express News	Contreras, G.	01/30/18	2 doc(s)
Hohengarten faces two challengers in County Court-at-Law No. 5 race	Austin American Statesman	Autullo, R.	01/30/18
Beto O’Rourke raised more money than Ted Cruz in last quarter of 2017	Austin American Statesman	Tilove, J.	01/30/18
Dallas man set to die for 2nd murder while on parole for 1st	Austin American Statesman	Graczyk, M.	01/30/18	1 doc(s)
New chairman named	Dallas Morning News	McGaughy, L.	01/30/18
O’Rourke outraises Cruz last quarter	Dallas Morning News	Leslie, K.	01/30/18
Federal judge temporarily blocks Texas fetal burial law	Houston Chronicle	Matos, A.	01/30/18	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Angela Paxton, AG's wife, touts social conservatism in new ad	Houston Chronicle	Zelinski, A.	01/30/18
2 cases involve disputed part of open meetings law	Houston Chronicle	Snyder, M.	01/30/18	2 doc(s)
Audit: HHSC inappropriately allowed $30 million in contractor bonus pay	San Antonio Express News	Morris, A.	01/30/18	1 doc(s)
How Texas became tops in wind power	San Antonio Express News	Handy, R.	01/30/18	2 doc(s)
School Finance	Texarkana Gazette	Editorial	01/29/18	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
A coming reality for today, built for the future	Bryan Eagle	Editorial	01/28/18	1 doc(s)
Waco ISD not alone under the spotlight	Waco Tribune Herald	Editorial	01/28/18	1 TX bill
Smoking age should be same as drinking age	Amarillo Globe-News	Editorial	01/26/18	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
O'Rourke raises $2.4 million in last quarter for Senate race	San Angelo Standard Times	Mekelburg, M.	01/29/18
Political junkies mainline opinion polls, but the rest of us shouldn't	Abilene Reporter-News	Moritz, J.	01/28/18
Lessons from Tyler initiatives to help Eltife in new UT Board of Regents role	Tyler Morning Telegraph	Harper, F.	01/28/18
Cruz, Patrick headline event for conservative PAC Grassroots America - We The People	Tyler Morning Telegraph	Mansfield, E.	01/28/18
Taylor County officials: death of unfunded mandates can't come too soon	Abilene Reporter-News	Bethel, B.	01/27/18	1 doc(s)
Lawsuits accuse Texas lottery contractor of bait-and-switch	Corpus Christi Caller Times	Moritz, J.	01/27/18	5 doc(s)
Rep. Gonzalez talks CHIP in defense of funding bill vote	McAllen Monitor	Garcia, B.	01/27/18	4 doc(s)
TPWD research takes center stage in war on pigs	Tyler Morning Telegraph	Knight, S.	01/27/18	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Willacy targets 8-liner arcades	Valley Morning Star	Del Valle, F.	01/27/18	1 TX bill
Gov. Abbott writes top US trade official on NAFTA, cites Valley’s progress	McAllen Monitor	Ferman, M.	01/26/18	3 doc(s)
Abbott tax proposal causes 'head scratching' in Tyler	Tyler Morning Telegraph	Mansfield, E.	01/26/18	2 doc(s)
Ted Cruz, Dan Patrick to headline Northeast Texas Conservative Superstars 2018 Primary Election Kickoff	Tyler Morning Telegraph	Staff	01/26/18
Public hearing/formal meeting notice			01/29/18

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