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
State leaders call for raising sales tax to decrease property taxes	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	04/11/19	5 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Faux free speech bills muddle Texans’ rights	Houston Chronicle	Schroeder, J.	04/11/19	4 TX bill(s) 5 doc(s)
Medical cannabis would help Texans	Houston Chronicle	Martin, W.	04/11/19	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Business groups: Sales tax plan ‘promising,’ but more info needed	Austin American Statesman	Hawkins, L.	04/11/19
Tax cap alarm growing louder at Austin City Hall	Austin American Statesman	Findell, E.	04/11/19	2 TX bill(s)
Texas has plenty of money but stiffs its state employees, angry workers say	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	04/11/19	1 doc(s)
To lower Texans' property taxes, Abbott and other GOP leaders want to raise sales tax by a penny	Dallas Morning News	Allen, R.	04/11/19	3 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Dallas Rep. Colin Allred raised $530K for his re-election bid. Whom could the GOP recruit to face him?	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	04/11/19
Texas leaders propose increasing sales tax to lower property tax bills	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tinsley, A.	04/11/19	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Move to ban red-light cameras in Texas stalls. The bill may die, but will it be reborn?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tinsley, A.	04/11/19	2 TX bill(s)
State’s leaders selling tax swap	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	04/11/19	3 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
‘The era of job-killing regulations is over’	Houston Chronicle	Chapa, S.	04/11/19	4 doc(s)
Broad state sales tax began in 1961	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	04/11/19	3 TX bill(s)
Texas Senate approves Kirk Watson bill aimed at bolstering Public Information Act	Austin American Statesman	Walsh, S.	04/11/19	3 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Committee tackles bills targeting STAAR	Austin American Statesman	Chang, J.	04/11/19	3 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Texas House amends anti-Israel boycott law	Austin American Statesman	Mekelburg, M.	04/11/19	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
In Texas, Trump signs orders making it harder to block pipelines	Austin American Statesman	Superville, D.	04/11/19	2 doc(s)
At LBJ Race Summit, Texas voter probe cited as example of suppression	Austin American Statesman	Tilove, J.	04/11/19	5 doc(s)
Public service Friday to celebrate life of former UT President Bill Powers	Austin American Statesman	Haurwitz, R.	04/11/19
Round Rock mayor: Property tax cap bills have real life consequences for residents	Austin American Statesman	Morgan, C.	04/11/19	2 TX bill(s)
Trump in San Antonio warns of killers pouring over border, vows more troops: 'Who the hell can live like this?'	Dallas Morning News	Gillman, T.	04/11/19	5 doc(s)
'Catastrophically harmful' GOP property tax bill will hurt Dallas police and libraries, mayor says	Dallas Morning News	Allen, R.	04/11/19	2 TX bill(s)
Texas lawmakers propose student-loan repayment as incentive as Dallas, other cities face police staffing shortage	Dallas Morning News	Barragan, J.	04/11/19	2 TX bill(s)
Does the 'school-to-prison pipeline’ start with suspensions? This bill aims to find out	Dallas Morning News	Barragan, J.	04/11/19	2 TX bill(s)
With Trump in his backyard, Julian Castro targets the 'cruelty' of president's immigration policies	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	04/11/19
‘Metroplex’s playground’ needs funding from legislators to open	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Hanna, B.	04/11/19	1 doc(s)
Arlington takes first steps to limit short-term rentals but faces threat of lawsuit	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Hanna, B.	04/11/19	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
She was murdered in 2017. Now Molly Jane’s law is before Texas lawmakers	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tinsley, A.	04/11/19	1 TX bill
Cemetery proposals may shape Alamo	Houston Chronicle	Huddleston, S.	04/11/19	1 doc(s)
Senate OKs bill to raise smoking age	Houston Chronicle	Sparber, S.	04/11/19	1 TX bill
Is Patrick part of tougher border security?	San Antonio Express News	Wallace, J.	04/11/19	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Deshotel’s bill would help offenders rebuild lives	Beaumont Enterprise	Editorial	04/10/19	1 TX bill
Gun extremist shoots constitutional-carry cause in the foot	Waco Tribune Herald	Editorial	04/10/19	1 TX bill
Failed Texas Bill Would Have Made Death Penalty Possible in Abortion Cases	New York Times	Jacobs, J.	04/11/19
‘I Don’t Want to Stay Here’: Half a Million Live in Flood Zones, and the Government Is Paying	New York Times	Mervosh, S.	04/11/19
How Wall Street Is Hedging Against the Apocalypse	New York Times	Barron, J.	04/11/19

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