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
Indictment and Opportunity	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	04/23/18	2 doc(s)
Stop the Education Slide	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	04/23/18	2 doc(s)
These are medical not criminal justice issues	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	04/23/18	2 doc(s)
TWO VIEWS: Austin policies are making affordability crisis worse	Austin American Statesman	Quintero, J.	04/23/18
TWO VIEWS: “No more cane on the Brazos” or affordable housing in Austin	Austin American Statesman	Smith, G.	04/23/18	2 doc(s)
Hopes rise despite flat test scores	Dallas Morning News	Fearon, R.	04/23/18	5 doc(s)
On education, parents know best	San Antonio Express News	Lambert, T.	04/23/18	1 doc(s)
Eliminating roadway fatalities is within our reach	San Antonio Express News	Hersman, D.	04/23/18	1 doc(s)
TxDOT takes slow road to expanding section of RM 620	Austin American Statesman	Wear, B.	04/23/18	1 doc(s)
Federal money to connect Texas schools to fiber at risk, officials say	Austin American Statesman	Chang, J.	04/23/18	1 doc(s)
Abbott seeks 'disaster' powers to speed special election for empty Farenthold seat	Houston Chronicle	Diaz, K.	04/23/18	3 doc(s)
Top court to take up racial question in Texas redistricting case	San Antonio Express News	Morris, A.	04/23/18	1 doc(s)
What happened when I tried to ride standup electric scooters in Austin	Austin American Statesman	Wear, B.	04/23/18
Black prisoners more likely to be put in solitary, even as overall use declines	Houston Chronicle	Blakinger, K.	04/23/18
Teens who escaped Texas juvenile prison captured in Montgomery County	Houston Chronicle	Blakinger, K.	04/23/18
Good-bye, college ‘remedial’ courses — hello, ‘co-requisites’	San Antonio Express News	Castillo, R.	04/23/18	1 TX bill
Valdez debating whether to give White a forum in Democratic showdown	San Antonio Express News	Fikac, P.	04/23/18
Affordable housing tool needs More study	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	04/22/18	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
New thinking	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	04/22/18	2 doc(s)
Roy and Kopser in District 21 runoffs	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	04/22/18
White best in Democratic runoff race	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	04/22/18
Hits and Misses	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	04/21/18	1 doc(s)
Thumbs up, down	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	04/21/18
Why remark on ‘hyphenated Americanism’ comment led to outrage	Austin American Statesman	Castillo, J.	04/22/18	1 doc(s)
Suing to stop hijacking of votes	Austin American Statesman	Rodriguez, E.	04/22/18	5 doc(s)
Ineffective and wasteful	Dallas Morning News	Eddington, P.	04/22/18	5 doc(s)
Private land conservation’s role in mitigating flood risk	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Olson, L.	04/22/18	2 doc(s)
The NYT doesn’t know barbacoa mixta …	Houston Chronicle	Reynolds, R.	04/22/18
Bush was supportive matriarch who broke the mold	San Antonio Express News	Anglin, M.	04/22/18
Texas gets a big red F on school finance	San Antonio Express News	Brodesky, J.	04/22/18	2 doc(s)
Thank you, Mrs. Bush	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Rosshirt, T.	04/21/18
Justices wade into redistricting fight	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	04/22/18	9 doc(s)
Longhorns, Aggies fill most seats on regent boards	Austin American Statesman	Haurwitz, R.	04/22/18
Typo ends bait shop claim	Austin American Statesman	Dexheimer, E.	04/22/18	2 TX bill(s)
‘Barbara Bush was real’	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	04/22/18
Barbara Bush Laid to Rest	Houston Chronicle	Foxhall, E.	04/22/18
Voting case has all eyes on Texas	Houston Chronicle	Diaz, K.	04/22/18	9 doc(s)
Thousands of Central Texas students rally for gun laws	Austin American Statesman	Wilson, M.	04/21/18
As officials clash, drivers fume	Dallas Morning News	Leszcynski, R.	04/21/18
‘Generation of change’	Dallas Morning News	Ayala, E.	04/21/18	1 TX bill
North Texas students march in protest	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Smith, D.	04/21/18
Thousands of area students join walkouts	Houston Chronicle	Carpenter, J.	04/21/18
Houstonians from all corners, walks of life pay respects to beloved Bush	Houston Chronicle	Foxhall, E.	04/21/18
Students speak out	San Antonio Express News	Malik, A.	04/21/18
Texas case 1 of 3 redistrict-ing fights before top court	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	04/22/18	4 doc(s)
HHS contract oversight chief resigns	Austin American Statesman	Chang, J.	04/22/18	3 doc(s)
UT boost financial aid to some students	Austin American Statesman	Haurwitz, R.	04/22/18
Aggieland salutes ‘our little grandma’	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	04/22/18
Cruz’s lavish praise of Trump met with mockery	Dallas Morning News	Gillman, T.	04/22/18
Big and proud of it	Dallas Morning News	Floyd, J.	04/22/18
They’re wearing one hat too many	Dallas Morning News	Lieber, D.	04/22/18	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
5th job lost amid contracting woes	Dallas Morning News	Nix, M.	04/22/18	2 doc(s)
STEM challenge: Are demography and geography destiny?	Dallas Morning News	Tate, W.	04/22/18	1 doc(s)
Meet heroes and villains in ‘God Save Texas’	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Kennedy, B.	04/22/18
Early voting for May 5 election begins Monday	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tinsley, A.	04/22/18
What is your state lawmaker posting on Facebook?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tinsley, A.	04/22/18
Emergency-items tax holiday is April 28-29	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	English, S.	04/22/18	1 doc(s)
Texans are tired of being insulted by Harvey response, Trump	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	04/22/18
Supreme Court will decide how Texas battle lines are drawn	Houston Chronicle	Falkenberg, L.	04/22/18	2 doc(s)
Texans line streets to honor Bush	Houston Chronicle	Downen, R.	04/22/18
Dem gets lift from Trump	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	04/22/18	1 doc(s)
Chewing over tobacco change	San Antonio Express News	Fechter, J.	04/22/18	1 doc(s)
Public opinions harden on concrete plant permit	San Antonio Express News	MacCormack, Z.	04/22/18	2 doc(s)
Register to vote in runoff by Monday	San Antonio Express News	O'Hare, P.	04/22/18
Valdez is favored but White still fighting in Dem runoff	San Antonio Express News	Fikac, P.	04/22/18
Abbott seeking to call a special election to replace Rep. Farenthold	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	04/21/18	1 doc(s)
Austin on Army facility's short list	Austin American Statesman	Staff	04/21/18
Hundreds line up to pay respects	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	04/21/18
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS	Dallas Morning News	Staff	04/21/18
O’Rourke, supporters toast increasingly possible odds	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	04/21/18
Judge to rule on GOP lawsuit	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	04/21/18	1 doc(s)
Simmons named 8th PVAMU president	Houston Chronicle	Lewis, B.	04/21/18
Texas City refinery fire under investigation	Houston Chronicle	Powell, N.	04/21/18	2 doc(s)
HISD set to name charter partner	Houston Chronicle	Carpenter, J.	04/21/18	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
First lady’s life honored at visitation	San Antonio Express News	Foxhall, E.	04/21/18
Investment opportunity knocks for 24 San Antonio census tracts	San Antonio Express News	Fechter, J.	04/21/18	2 doc(s)
Four Former Presidents Pay Respects as Barbara Bush Is Laid to Rest in Texas	New York Times	Fernandez, M.	04/22/18
Barbara Bush: Fake Pearls, Real Heart	New York Times	Dowd, M.	04/21/18
The Republicans’ Big Senate Mess	New York Times	Bruni, F.	04/21/18
The Secrets of a Great First Spouse	Wall Street Journal	Noonan, P.	04/21/18
Students Again Press Gun Policies	Wall Street Journal	Hobbs, T.	04/21/18

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