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
Why does Texas’ highest criminal court want state government to be more secret?	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	03/05/19	2 TX bill(s) 5 doc(s)
Fixing trust	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	03/05/19	2 doc(s)
Changes at Alamo signal bigger ones	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	03/05/19
Student safety, charter schools, and a misguided idea gaining steam in Austin	Dallas Morning News	Coleman, S.	03/05/19	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Broken STAAR burdens Texas students	Houston Chronicle	Chambers, H.	03/05/19	3 doc(s)
A crisis approaches Texas hospitals	Houston Chronicle	Shaw, T.	03/05/19	1 doc(s)
Bumble backs Texas bill aimed at fighting digital sexual harassment	Austin American Statesman	Cobler, N.	03/05/19	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Counties told to pause citizenship probe of voters	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	03/05/19	3 doc(s)
Should Texans be allowed to vote on Medicaid expansion?	Austin American Statesman	Chang, J.	03/05/19	2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Legislators hear arguments over STAAR’s validity	Houston Chronicle	Carpenter, J.	03/05/19	4 doc(s)
Broken trust: Money managers get more, children less	Houston Chronicle	Carroll, S.	03/05/19	3 TX bill(s) 11 doc(s)
For 7th straight year, Texas wins Governor’s Cup for economic development	Austin American Statesman	Tilove, J.	03/05/19	1 doc(s)
Landowners urge Texas Senate panel to OK eminent domain bill	Austin American Statesman	Cobler, N.	03/05/19	2 TX bill(s)
Nearly 200 people in Texas detention facilities have contracted mumps	Austin American Statesman	Evans, M.	03/05/19
Texas Senate passes teacher pay raise, adds librarians	Austin American Statesman	Chang, J.	03/05/19	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Poll: Reduce property taxes and boost school support	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	03/05/19	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Abbott blasts DPS for flawed check of noncitizen voters, 'despicable' handling of driver's licenses	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	03/05/19	5 doc(s)
Texas Senate OKs bill to give teachers $5,000 pay raises, but some worry support staff were excluded	Dallas Morning News	Allen, R.	03/05/19	1 TX bill
After Dallas case, Texas lawmaker aims to 'eradicate' affordable housing tax credit corruption	Dallas Morning News	Barragan, J.	03/05/19	2 TX bill(s)
Dallas Republican teams with dating app Bumble to punish people who send lewd images online	Dallas Morning News	Barragan, J.	03/05/19	1 TX bill
Democrats see changes in Texas, but will it be enough to sway 2020 election?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tinsley, A.	03/05/19
Another CPS case over files surfaces	Houston Chronicle	Blakinger, K.	03/05/19
Texans rally to expand Medicaid	San Antonio Express News	Sparber, S.	03/05/19	4 TX bill(s) 4 doc(s)
Conservative group fights Abbott’s mental health bill	San Antonio Express News	Morris, A.	03/05/19	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
House pot bill gets 1st hearing	San Antonio Express News	Cobler, P.	03/05/19	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Senate approves $5,000 raises for teachers and librarians	San Antonio Express News	Zelinski, A.	03/05/19	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Texas teachers finally headed for real raises	Beaumont Enterprise	Editorial	03/04/19	1 TX bill
Texas needs to maintain strong penalties for ‘revenge porn’	Lubbock Avalanche Journal	Editorial	03/04/19	2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Undermining the public's right to know	Bryan Eagle	Editorial	03/03/19	2 doc(s)
High court’s ruling takes bite out of transparency	Lubbock Avalanche Journal	Editorial	03/03/19	2 doc(s)
Here's what Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did in defense of your right to open government	Corpus Christi Caller Times	Editorial	03/02/19	3 doc(s)
State judicial activism taking toll on public's right to know	Waco Tribune Herald	Editorial	03/01/19	4 doc(s)
Workgroups going through agency budgets	Lufkin Daily News	Nichols, R.	03/04/19	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Your Texas Capitol belongs to you	Lufkin Daily News	Ashby, T.	03/04/19
Ultimately, it is up to city, police to fix the system	Galveston Daily News	Mathews, D.	03/03/19	1 TX bill
Can we get some property-tax relief?	San Angelo Standard Times	Bright, J.	03/03/19	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Look abroad to solve Texas' primary-care doctor shortage	Waco Tribune Herald	Olds, G.	03/03/19
Texas firefighters and cancer: A broken system	Amarillo Globe-News	Sandlin, B.	03/02/19	1 doc(s)
Political climate changes in Texas congressional districts	Victoria Advocate	Ramsey, R.	03/02/19
Unified Texas leadership aims to reduce skyrocketing property tax burden	Tyler Morning Telegraph	Quintero, J.	03/01/19	2 TX bill(s)
If Democrats take a nap, Abbott's nominee for secretary of state will come back to life	Corpus Christi Caller Times	Moritz, J.	03/03/19	1 doc(s)
Morrison files air quality bill	Victoria Advocate	Priest, J.	03/03/19	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
PSP report shows motive behind its initiative	Midland Reporter Telegram	Doreen, S.	03/03/19
Hughes' bill aims to boost funding for nursing homes	Longview News-Journal	Evans, G.	03/03/19	1 TX bill
Testimony given on Regional Transit Authority bill	Rio Grande Guardian	Taylor, S.	03/03/19	1 TX bill
Beto O'Rourke: Is his 2018 Texas Senate loss a 2020 presidential race pro or con?	San Angelo Standard Times	Moritz, J.	03/02/19
Harlingen CISD, UTRGV enter historic partnership	Valley Morning Star	Whitehead, T.	03/02/19
Blanco: When it comes to Census 2020, California is going to eat Texas’ lunch	Rio Grande Guardian	Taylor, S.	03/02/19	1 TX bill
Cortez: If we count everybody, Hidalgo County will be at 1.2 million	Rio Grande Guardian	Taylor, S.	03/02/19
Lawmaker files bill to fix underfunded police pension	Galveston Daily News	Heath, K.	03/01/19	1 TX bill
Minority schools uniformly underfunded, report argues	Galveston Daily News	DeGrood, M.	03/01/19	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Sen. Perry files bill to legalize hemp growing in Texas	Lubbock Avalanche Journal	Lozano, J.	03/01/19	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Improving the quality of care in Texas nursing homes	Longview News-Journal	Hughes, B.	03/01/19	2 TX bill(s)
Upshur commissioners discuss grant for courthouse master plan	Longview News-Journal	Evans, G.	03/01/19	1 doc(s)
Commissioner Darryl Primo testifies before state panel in support of property tax cap bill	Longview News-Journal	Isaac, J.	03/01/19	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
East Texas Coalition members learn about state government during Austin trip	Longview News-Journal	Hedler, K.	03/01/19
Texas Says Most of Its Students Aren’t Reading at Grade Level. But Are Its Tests Fair?	New York Times	Fernandez, M.	03/05/19
Amid Measles Outbreaks, States Seek to Force Parents to Vaccinate Children	Wall Street Journal	King, K.	03/05/19
Amazon’s Hard Bargain Extends Far Beyond New York	New York Times	Fernandez, M.	03/04/19
Boom Town, U.S.A.	Wall Street Journal	Matthews, C.	03/02/19

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