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
From breakfast to dinner: how Richardson is turning around its toughest schools	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	03/04/19
Sick laws	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	03/04/19	3 doc(s)
Texas House’s big school finance bill to be revealed Tuesday	Austin American Statesman	Chang, J.	03/04/19	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
‘Gotcha!’ medical bills are gaming the system	San Antonio Express News	Herrick, D.	03/04/19	2 TX bill(s)
Climate plan overlooks clean natural gas	San Antonio Express News	Wolff, K.	03/04/19	2 doc(s)
How the University of Texas System aims to create an educated, nimble workforce	Dallas Morning News	Mitchell, J.	03/03/19
Austin school district ponders complicated recapture riddle	Austin American Statesman	Taboada, M.	03/04/19	3 doc(s)
Would ‘rich get richer’ under proposal to tie Texas school funding to student performance?	Dallas Morning News	Allen, R.	03/04/19	1 doc(s)
Longer school years? That’s an option some Texas educators, lawmakers are exploring	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Smith, D.	03/04/19	3 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Project raises Alvin Freeway hopes	Houston Chronicle	Begley, D.	03/04/19
Who designs Texas license plates, and how are they made? Curious Texas investigates	Dallas Morning News	Limon, E.	03/04/19	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Texas could be the nation's biggest battleground as Donald Trump seeks re-election in 2020	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	03/04/19	1 doc(s)
Early voting begins today in runoff for Texas House	San Antonio Express News	McGuinness, D.	03/04/19	1 doc(s)
‘If the heartbeat is detected, the baby is protected’: Anti-abortion bill gains momentum in Texas	Dallas Morning News	Stone, B.	03/03/19	1 TX bill 5 doc(s)
Court ruling imperils good government in Texas	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	03/03/19	2 doc(s)
A new and better bite at cite and release	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	03/03/19
Asset forfeiture is tyranny, and fortunately the Supreme Court noticed	Dallas Morning News	Giovanetti, T.	03/03/19	4 doc(s)
This Texas law is being used to protect extortion and theft. It needs fixing	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Parsley, E.	03/03/19	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
For Gonzales, cite and release is just the start	San Antonio Express News	Brodesky, J.	03/03/19
Beware legislators bearing property tax relief — they’re why you need it	San Antonio Express News	Fischer, T.	03/03/19	2 TX bill(s)
The view from the poorest school district in Texas	Austin American Statesman	Chang, J.	03/03/19	3 doc(s)
Police body cameras went dark during 'brutal' treatment of DeSoto family, footage shows	Dallas Morning News	Moffeit, M.	03/03/19	1 TX bill
From choirboy to 'threat?' Texas Secretary of State David Whitley defends scrutiny of possible noncitizen voters	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	03/03/19	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Why does it take so long to get a doctor’s appointment?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tameez, H.	03/03/19
Broken Trust	Houston Chronicle	Carroll, S.	03/03/19	8 doc(s)
How a UT grad who led Texas State lost his degree -- sort of	Austin American Statesman	Haurwitz, R.	03/02/19	1 doc(s)
Joaquin Castro might challenge John Cornyn for Senate in 2020	Austin American Statesman	Tilove, J.	03/02/19
UTD backtracks on academic fraud charges over police program scandal, lawyer says	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Johnson, E.	03/02/19
Special prosecutor finds Alfred Brown 'actually innocent' in cop killer case	Houston Chronicle	Blakinger, K.	03/02/19	1 doc(s)
Firefighters’ union and San Antonio officials finally talk money — and confront a deep divide	San Antonio Express News	McGuinness, D.	03/02/19	1 doc(s)
How Abbott, Patrick skirted senior-class yearbook embarrassment	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	03/03/19
Bills would require public’s vote to remove Confederate statues, names	Austin American Statesman	Downey, R.	03/03/19	4 TX bill(s)
The Permanent School Fund is broken. Here's how it can be fixed.	Houston Chronicle	Carroll, S.	03/03/19	3 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Broken Trust: How we did this story	Houston Chronicle	Carroll, S.	03/03/19
Open records backers hope to win in 2019	San Antonio Express News	Cobler, P.	03/03/19	7 TX bill(s) 4 doc(s)
Texas has given nearly $8 million in incentives to make TV commercials	San Antonio Express News	Fechter, J.	03/03/19	3 doc(s)
More than 90 Texas children died from abuse in 2018, a six-year high	San Antonio Express News	Morris, A.	03/03/19	1 doc(s)
School workers face ‘garbage fire of bad choices’ of retirement plans	San Antonio Express News	Taylor, M.	03/03/19	2 doc(s)
Bastrop County has not sent notices of examination to people on state’s suspect voter list	Austin American Statesman	Mulder, B.	03/02/19	6 doc(s)
University of Texas, group spar in court over free speech	Austin American Statesman	Autullo, R.	03/02/19	2 doc(s)
Joaquin Castro 'will seriously consider' run against Sen. John Cornyn in 2020	Dallas Morning News	Benning, T.	03/02/19	2 doc(s)
Dallas mayoral candidates 'deeply troubled' by another City Hall scandal, push for ethics reform	Dallas Morning News	Smith, C.	03/02/19
Texas prisoner sues guards who allegedly planted screwdrivers in his cell	Houston Chronicle	Blakinger, K.	03/02/19	1 doc(s)
Sen. Paul Bettencourt files bill to restructure Houston ISD	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	03/02/19	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
After more than 30 years in prison, Ramsey Muñiz remains an enigma	San Antonio Express News	Ayala, E.	03/02/19
An Inmate Doesn’t Understand Why He Is to Be Executed. Should He Be Spared?	New York Times	Editorial	03/04/19
Leave Opioid Lawsuits to State Attorneys General	Wall Street Journal	Jepsen, G.	03/04/19
‘You Have to Pay With Your Body’: The Hidden Nightmare of Sexual Violence on the Border	New York Times	Fernandez, M.	03/03/19
Lynch Mobs Killed Latinos Across the West. Descendants Want It Known.	New York Times	Romero, S.	03/03/19

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