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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
We Recommend McAllen in Dem race for Texas Railroad Commission Dallas Morning News  Editorial 01/31/18  
We Recommend Bridges in GOP race for top spot, Court of Criminal Appeals Dallas Morning News  Editorial 01/31/18  
We Recommend Craddick in GOP race for Texas Railroad Commission Dallas Morning News  Editorial 01/31/18  
We Recommend Brandon in GOP race for Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8 Dallas Morning News  Editorial 01/31/18  
Finally special education reform is on the way Fort Worth Star-Telegram  Editorial 01/31/18 5 doc(s)
Chancellor search could use more transparency San Antonio Express News  Editorial 01/31/18  
Abbott directs Rangers to investigate abuse claims at Karolyi Ranch Austin American Statesman  Lindell, C. 01/31/18 3 doc(s)
Senate hearing at Texas State to delve into campus free speech issues Austin American Statesman  Haurwitz, R. 01/31/18 1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Kids at risk now, brief says Dallas Morning News  Garrett, R. 01/31/18 5 doc(s)
Structural flaws spark dispute Dallas Morning News  Hallman, T. 01/31/18  
Mexican businessmen say they invested in FourWinds because they trusted Uresti San Antonio Express News  Contreras, G. 01/31/18 3 doc(s)
Talks begin to implement a high school Mexican-American studies course Austin American Statesman  Chang, J. 01/31/18 2 doc(s)
Congratulations to Speaker Joe Straus on his GOP censure Austin American Statesman  Herman, K. 01/31/18 1 doc(s)
Democrat Meier airs first TV ad Dallas Morning News  Jeffers Jr., G. 01/31/18  
Texas GOP, Dems unite to save NAFTA Fort Worth Star-Telegram  Drusch, A. 01/31/18 4 doc(s)
Criminal probe of Texas gymnastics facility ordered Fort Worth Star-Telegram  Dawson, P. 01/31/18 1 doc(s)
Juvenile justice watchdog is latest to go in Abbott shake-up Fort Worth Star-Telegram  McCullough, J. 01/31/18  
GOP congressman calls primary opponent a closet Democrat Fort Worth Star-Telegram  Dickson, G. 01/31/18  
Untangling the bureaucracies of the TABC's impact on small foreign wine producers Houston Chronicle  Robertson, D. 01/31/18 1 doc(s)
Texas prisons talk settlement in lawsuit over air conditioning and heat deaths Houston Chronicle  Banks, G. 01/31/18 3 doc(s)
Texas carries out nation's second execution of 2018 Houston Chronicle  Blakinger, K. 01/31/18 1 doc(s)
Governor Greg Abbott asks Texas Rangers to investigate Karolyi Ranch Houston Chronicle  Barron, D. 01/31/18 3 doc(s)
Gov. Abbott replacing ombudsman, board chair for troubled Texas Juvenile Justice Department Houston Chronicle  Blakinger, K. 01/31/18 2 doc(s)
State funds Freeport-Rosenberg rail study Houston Chronicle  Begley, D. 01/31/18  
Hurricane Harvey rebuilding could produce economic boost for Texas Houston Chronicle  Wallace, J. 01/31/18  
Outside money continues to stream into Houston state House race Houston Chronicle  Zelinski, A. 01/31/18  
Texas has ‘very difficult’ budget ahead thanks to expenses including Harvey San Antonio Express News  Fikac, P. 01/31/18 1 doc(s)
$25 million donation bolsters S.A. cancer center — and renames it San Antonio Express News  Foster-Frau, S. 01/31/18  
Soules questions Allison on streetcar votes San Antonio Express News  Garcia, G. 01/31/18  
Texans await Trump's State of the Union message on border, trade and defense Corpus Christi Caller Times  Moritz, J. 01/30/18 2 doc(s)
O'Rourke campaign caps 24-hour livestream with Austin gatherings drawing hundreds El Paso Times  Mekelburg, M. 01/30/18  
State Rep. Joe Moody joins Beto O'Rourke's US Senate campaign El Paso Times  Mekelburg, M. 01/30/18  
UTMB creates new institute for vaccine studies Galveston Daily News  Ketterer, S. 01/30/18  
Valley educators call for Mexican-American Studies McAllen Monitor  Perez-Hernandez, D. 01/30/18 2 doc(s)
Texas Education Agency seeking public comment on special education corrective action plan Longview News-Journal  Staff 01/30/18 4 doc(s)
Texas Police Will Investigate Sexual Assault Allegations at Karolyi Ranch New York Times  Mather, V. 01/31/18  
Texas to Investigate Allegations of Sexual Abuse by Larry Nassar at Karolyi Ranch Wall Street Journal  O'Brien, R. 01/31/18  
Public hearing/formal meeting notice     01/30/18  

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