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
Second time’s the charm? Harris County bail bond board should ban cheap bail.	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	04/13/22
Frustration grows over truck backlogs at Texas-Mexico border	Austin American Statesman	Weber, P.	04/13/22
Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller calls on Abbott to end ‘catastrophic’ border inspections	Dallas Morning News	Corchado, A.	04/13/22	2 doc(s)
In-state tuition for undocumented students is unconstitutional, Texas judge rules	Dallas Morning News	Olivares, V.	04/13/22	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Oklahoma governor signs near-total ban on abortion in his push to be nation’s ‘most pro-life state’	Dallas Morning News	Hollers, B.	04/13/22	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Beto O'Rourke, trucking companies say Abbott 'wreaked havoc' at border with latest crackdown	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	04/13/22	1 doc(s)
Texas DA stuns lawmakers as he refuses to stop Lucio execution, says he might do it later	Houston Chronicle	Hennes, R.	04/13/22	3 doc(s)
This Texas school district takes in kids facing the biggest mental health challenges — and saves lives	Houston Chronicle	Stuckey, A.	04/13/22
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo isn’t hedging her bets, as staffers face charges	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	04/13/22
State Sen. John Whitmire backs 10 percent minimum on bail payments ahead of county board vote	Houston Chronicle	Ketterer, S.	04/13/22	1 doc(s)
Texas schools don't have enough mental health providers. As leaders fail to fix it, kids suffer.	Houston Chronicle	Stuckey, A.	04/13/22
More Texans received help to pay ACA premiums than ever before, but those benefits won't last long	Houston Chronicle	Carballo, R.	04/13/22	3 doc(s)
Don’t do like Disney, oppose Texas’s anti-LGBT laws now	Houston Chronicle	Tomlinson, C.	04/13/22	4 doc(s)
Bexar DA joins four others to say: We won’t prosecute women seeking ab	Houston Chronicle	Zavala, E.	04/13/22	1 TX bill
Gov. Greg Abbott discusses border security in El Paso; Samaniego calls strategy 'irrational'	El Paso Times	Jackson, A.	04/12/22
Legal experts scratch heads over abortion, murder indictment	McAllen Monitor	Gonzalez, V.	04/12/22	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Goods gridlock: Mexican truckers halt traffic at Pharr bridge following Abbott’s new inspection mandate	McAllen Monitor	Arevalo, D.	04/12/22	2 doc(s)
TPWD makes hunting regulation changes	Victoria Advocate	Jefferson, J.	04/12/22	1 doc(s)
Texas candidates’ silence allows persistent foster care problems to fester	Longview News-Journal	Ramsey, R.	04/12/22	3 doc(s)
As Texas Snarls Traffic at Border, Mexican Truckers Form Blockade	New York Times	Sandoval, E.	04/13/22
Traffic Snarled at Texas-Mexico Border by New Security Measures, Protests	Wall Street Journal	Findell, E.	04/13/22
Public hearing/formal meeting notice			04/12/22

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