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
Enough bad air days	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	04/30/19	3 doc(s)
Let voters make the call on raising fee to fund roads	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	04/30/19	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Push Legislature to keep powdered alcohol out of Texas	San Antonio Express News	Wolff, N.	04/30/19	1 TX bill
U.S. measles cases surpass 700 as outbreak continues unabated	Austin American Statesman	McNeil Jr., D.	04/30/19
Watson drops taxes from proposed Muny district’s powers	Austin American Statesman	Haurwitz, R.	04/30/19	2 TX bill(s)
Texas House backs lower penalty for low-level marijuana possession	Austin American Statesman	Sechler, B.	04/30/19	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Texas House speaker says he's received 'repeated death threats' from gun rights advocates	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	04/30/19	1 TX bill
How to lower your property tax bill? These candidates for Fort Worth mayor weigh in	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Ranker, L.	04/30/19
Review of Texas voter citizenship formally ends, state won’t pursue flagged voters	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tinsley, A.	04/30/19	8 doc(s)
Whitmire seeking to end written last words	Houston Chronicle	Blakinger, K.	04/30/19	1 doc(s)
House moves to change how intellectual disability is determined in death penalty cases	Austin American Statesman	Downey, R.	04/30/19	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Texas House OKs sales of beer, wine on Sunday mornings, plus beer-to-go	Austin American Statesman	Auber, A.	04/30/19	2 TX bill(s)
Senate OKs ban on lions, tigers, bears and other animals that make you say, ‘Oh, my!’	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	04/30/19	1 TX bill
Bonnen: Death threats prompt security detail	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	04/30/19	1 TX bill
Reacting to Santa Fe shooting, Senate OKs school safety bill	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	04/30/19	1 TX bill
Texas House passes bill to reduce penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana	Dallas Morning News	Barragan, J.	04/30/19	1 TX bill
Not giving up, embattled Texas Secretary of State David Whitley asks Senate Dems for another chance	Dallas Morning News	Barragan, J.	04/30/19	3 doc(s)
Texas’ rape kit testing backlog has offenders going unpunished, victims re-victimized	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Hester, C.	04/30/19	1 TX bill
Texas lawmakers remembered Molly Jane on Monday — and advanced a law named for her	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tinsley, A.	04/30/19	1 TX bill
Ogg seeks death in resentencing of cop killer	Houston Chronicle	Blakinger, K.	04/30/19
House votes to lessen pot penalty	Houston Chronicle	Cobler, P.	04/30/19	1 TX bill
Bill to regulate storage tanks idles	San Antonio Express News	Goldenstein, T.	04/30/19	3 TX bill(s)
Spring forward, fall back? Let voters decide	Lubbock Avalanche Journal	Editorial	04/29/19	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Life in prison also would have been justice for Byrd killers	Beaumont Enterprise	Editorial	04/28/19
A settlement that never should be needed in the first place	Galveston Daily News	Mathews, D.	04/28/19	5 doc(s)
Voting public must do its part to determine community’s future	Lubbock Avalanche Journal	Editorial	04/28/19
Legislature must seek ways to get most out of rainy-day fund	Lubbock Avalanche Journal	Editorial	04/27/19	3 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Legislature should let cities regulate themselves	Beaumont Enterprise	Editorial	04/26/19
How hazardous is the 2019 Texas Legislature to your health? Take a look at this	Corpus Christi Caller Times	Editorial	04/26/19	6 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Creating public defender's office worth exploring	Victoria Advocate	Editorial	04/26/19
Hodge’s name on TTUHSC pharmacy school fitting tribute	Amarillo Globe-News	Montford, J.	04/29/19
Don't hesitate to ask for help in wake of storms	Lufkin Daily News	Ashby, T.	04/29/19	5 TX bill(s)
Tax-free holiday continues today	Lufkin Daily News	Nichols, R.	04/29/19	5 TX bill(s)
Stop selling tobacco to Texans 21 and younger	Galveston Daily News	Kruk, K.	04/27/19	3 TX bill(s)
Opening another veterinary school in Texas necessary	Wichita Falls Record News	Chambers, C.	04/27/19
Texas AG talks resources gone into combating human trafficking at event sponsored by Texas A&M student group	Bryan Eagle	Wiley, K.	04/29/19	3 TX bill(s)
John Cornyn seeking to label Democratic challenger MJ Hegar as liberal tool of Hollywood	Corpus Christi Caller Times	Moritz, J.	04/28/19
Texas to pay $450,000 to lawyers in settlement of lawsuit over voter-rolls purge attempt	Corpus Christi Caller Times	Moritz, J.	04/28/19	2 doc(s)
Valley MPO merger seemed like it would never happen	Valley Morning Star	Ferman, M.	04/28/19	2 doc(s)
ET lawmakers: Too soon to gauge impact of tax cap, other measures	Longview News-Journal	Evans, G.	04/28/19	4 TX bill(s)
Texans could see the end of Daylight Saving Time, no more changing the clocks	Abilene Reporter-News	Walker, L.	04/26/19	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Skirmish develops in Taylor County Republican Party over hotel project	Abilene Reporter-News	Bethel, B.	04/26/19	1 TX bill
Texas Tech names pharmacy school in Jerry Hodge’s honor	Amarillo Globe-News	Clark, D.	04/26/19
Division growing between local cities, Texas lawmakers	Galveston Daily News	DeGrood, M.	04/26/19	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Rio Grande Valley MPOs in Austin to take final steps toward merger	McAllen Monitor	Ferman, M.	04/26/19
Here we go again: Edinburg mayor, wife latest to be charged with illegal voting	McAllen Monitor	Smith, M.	04/26/19	1 TX bill

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