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
Feds say Denton man with neo-Nazi beliefs sent threats to Jewish organization	Dallas Morning News	Krause, K.	04/11/22
Charges being dropped against Texas woman arrested for ‘illegal abortion’ in Rio Grande Valley	Dallas Morning News	Wire Reports	04/11/22	1 TX bill
The Texas drought is the worst in years. Are we on the brink of widespread disaster?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Faheid, D.	04/11/22
Texas Republican Mayra Flores gets a boost in quest to be first U.S. congresswoman born in Mexico	Houston Chronicle	Harris, C.	04/11/22
Texas makes case to Biden to host new medical research agency distributing billions in funding	Houston Chronicle	Osborne, J.	04/11/22	1 doc(s)
Texas’ oldest death row prisoner says upcoming execution amounts to cruel and unusual punishment	Houston Chronicle	Gill, J.	04/11/22	1 doc(s)
Texas’ border operation is meant to stop cartels and smugglers. More often, it arrests migrants for misdemeanor trespassing.	Houston Chronicle	McCullough, J.	04/11/22	4 doc(s)
Joseph Peyton Wyatt, Jr.	Victoria Advocate	Staff	04/11/22
If Texas can't fix its foster care system, feds should step in	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	04/10/22	2 doc(s)
Thumbs: Dear Dan Patrick, gay, gay, gay, gay, gay, Disney, gay, gay, g...	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	04/09/22	1 doc(s)
Gerrymandering could oust Galveston’s only Black county commissioner	Dallas Morning News	Ellis, R.	04/10/22	1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Abbott’s border ‘publicity stunt’ is no solution, but that does not mean it won’t have effect	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Allen, C.	04/10/22	2 doc(s)
When catalytic converter theft turns deadly, it’s time for real change	Houston Chronicle	Acevedo, A.	04/10/22	1 TX bill
The bipartisan case for the life of Melissa Lucio	Houston Chronicle	Leach, J.	04/10/22	2 doc(s)
A border sheriff cuts through the politics	San Antonio Express News	Lingle, B.	04/10/22	2 doc(s)
At many Texas GOP events, Christians pray in Jesus’ name. What does that say to other faiths?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Giovanetti, T.	04/09/22
Embrace green measures to combat flooding	San Antonio Express News	Barker, B.	04/09/22	1 TX bill
A teacher’s recommendations for Gov. Abbott	San Antonio Express News	Schermerhorn, C.	04/09/22	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
How much longer can Texas afford to keep up Greg Abbott’s border surge of troopers and soldiers?	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	04/10/22	2 doc(s)
Houston’s dangerous concrete plants are mostly in communities of color. Residents are fighting back.	Houston Chronicle	Foxhall, E.	04/10/22	2 doc(s)
Business leaders worry Abbott’s new border policy will hit Texas in the pocketbook	Dallas Morning News	Corchado, A.	04/09/22	3 doc(s)
Texas State defends paying $2.9M for San Marcos home, says price was in line with Austin homes	San Antonio Express News	Blanks, A.	04/09/22
Abbott's border initiative is dramatic, but don't lose sight of Guard troops' concerns	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	04/10/22	3 doc(s)
Texas woman jailed on murder charge over ‘self-induced abortion’	Dallas Morning News	Landers, J.	04/10/22	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Texas has too many elections. It’s terribly confusing for all the newcomers	Dallas Morning News	Lieber, D.	04/10/22
A carbon resurgence? With $100 oil and big gaps in renewables, fossil fuels are as essential as ever	Dallas Morning News	Schnurman, M.	04/10/22	2 doc(s)
Anti-LGBTQ proposals are flooding US state legislatures at a record pace	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Butler, K.	04/10/22	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Texas border officials worry that Greg Abbott’s order to increase vehicle inspections will hurt local economies	Houston Chronicle	Barragan, J.	04/10/22	2 doc(s)
Amid national pressure, HISD leaders stand up for LGBTQ+ students at inaugural pride summit	Houston Chronicle	Dellinger, H.	04/10/22	2 doc(s)
Texas Guard’s border mission needs an additional $531 million to continue past this month, top general says	Houston Chronicle	Barragan, J.	04/10/22	1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
UT Austin will allow students to live together on campus regardless of gender or sexual identity	Houston Chronicle	McGee, K.	04/10/22	1 doc(s)
Lifting Title 42 will be unpopular. It’s also the right thing to do.	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, G.	04/10/22	2 doc(s)
Trans kids fear Alabama laws targeting medicine, bathrooms	Austin American Statesman	Chandler, K.	04/09/22	3 doc(s)
UT hosts public opening for East Austin building honoring state’s first licensed Black architect	Austin American Statesman	Menchaca, M.	04/09/22
Rural Texas was meant to get 10% of state bonds for water projects. It’s getting less than 1%.	Austin American Statesman	Douglas, E.	04/09/22	4 doc(s)
Dallas kids need over 1 million hours in tutoring but won’t get it. How far behind is DISD?	Dallas Morning News	Richman, T.	04/09/22	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
White House: Abbott’s plan to send migrants to Washington is a ‘publicity stunt’	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Roarty, A.	04/09/22	2 doc(s)
Taxes on wealth don’t impact the rich the way they do the rest of us	Houston Chronicle	Taylor, M.	04/09/22	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Biden’s hydrogen hub plan sparks $8 billion race among states	Houston Chronicle	Baker, D.	04/09/22	3 doc(s)
Solar, wind continue growing as power sources for Texas; in San Antonio, CPS soon to add more solar	Houston Chronicle	Mendoza-Moyers, D.	04/09/22
At Tesla’s Austin Gigafactory opening, Elon Musk says production of Cybertruck to start in ’23	San Antonio Express News	Killelea, E.	04/09/22	3 doc(s)
Leticia Van de Putte moved to San Antonio hospital, remains in ICU	San Antonio Express News	O'Hare, P.	04/09/22
Texas Will Dismiss Murder Charge Against Woman Connected to ‘Self-Induced Abortion’	New York Times	Heyward, G.	04/11/22
Jackson Confirmation Aside, G.O.P. Sees an Opening With Black Voters	New York Times	Weisman, J.	04/09/22
Idaho Supreme Court Halts 6-Week Abortion Ban Based on Texas’ Law	New York Times	Patel, V.	04/09/22
Alabama Governor Signs Ban on Transition Care for Transgender Youth	New York Times	Rojas, R.	04/09/22

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