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
Renewed support	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	05/13/19	3 doc(s)
Let’s give new Texas moms a lifeline	Austin American Statesman	Krause, E.	05/13/19	3 doc(s)
Texas should tap more resources to fight human trafficking	Austin American Statesman	Paxton, K.	05/13/19	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
I'm a Southern Baptist pastor, and here's why I oppose a Texas bill to imprison women who receive abortions	Dallas Morning News	Graham, J.	05/13/19	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Where Austin area ranks on measles outbreak risk list	Austin American Statesman	Villalpando, N.	05/13/19	6 doc(s)
At ‘reverse job fair,’ Leander teachers take new look at summer jobs	Austin American Statesman	Taboada, M.	05/13/19	1 doc(s)
‘Starting from ground zero': Texas Senate, House face off on teacher pay raise, tax bill details	Dallas Morning News	Allen, R.	05/13/19	2 TX bill(s)
Driver fees program on road to repeal?	Houston Chronicle	Begley, D.	05/13/19	2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Arts programs give kids in detention creative outlets	Houston Chronicle	Mikati, M.	05/13/19
Can quinceañeras boost Latino voter turnout in Texas?	Austin American Statesman	Flores, N.	05/13/19
Fact-check: Does Texas lead in removing Confederate monuments?	Austin American Statesman	Mekelburg, M.	05/13/19	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Bill would make third-party entrance easier	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	05/13/19	2 TX bill(s)
Dems flex muscles, blocking GOP plans	Houston Chronicle	Morris, A.	05/13/19	1 TX bill
Like living here? Let’s show greater care for our environment	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	05/12/19	4 doc(s)
Want to fix trash woes in Bexar County? Crack down on landlords	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	05/12/19	1 TX bill
Austin tried to hike sales taxes and call it relief. We all know better	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	05/11/19	2 TX bill(s)
Thumbs up, down: Proud of the Rockets, trade wars hit salsa	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	05/11/19	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Don’t conflate Cenotaph with the Civil War	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	05/11/19	4 TX bill(s)
Leave health care decisions to patient and doctor, not cost-cutting insurance industry	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Shareef, S.	05/12/19	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Why can’t Montrose protect its trees?	Houston Chronicle	Pugh, C.	05/12/19	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Are Texas’ big cities headed for a dystopian future? An effort in Dallas aims to prevent that.	Houston Chronicle	Parker, R.	05/12/19	6 doc(s)
Will an education degree become new again?	Austin American Statesman	Ballard, G.	05/11/19	2 TX bill(s)
Hurricane season is coming! Are you insured?	Houston Chronicle	Sullivan, K.	05/11/19
Senate’s Confederate debate exposes wounds, spurs soul searching	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	05/12/19	1 TX bill
Gridlock: Is far west Fort Worth the next bottleneck?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Hanna, B.	05/12/19	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Should more Texans be able to use CBD oil? The Senate will decide on medical cannabis	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tinsley, A.	05/12/19	2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Changes to Texas sex assault bill draw fire from #MeToo activists	Houston Chronicle	Zelinski, A.	05/12/19	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
House Democrats, LGBTQ Caucus kill ‘Save Chick-fil-A’ bill	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	05/11/19	3 TX bill(s)
Central Texas school board members taking sides in the school finance debate	Austin American Statesman	Chang, J.	05/11/19	3 TX bill(s)
City issues back pay to firefighters, union says raises do not implement Prop B	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	05/11/19	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
THC approved Alamo cemetery designation	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	05/11/19
Texas House hates red light cameras more than it hates Jonathan Stickland	Austin American Statesman	Tilove, J.	05/12/19	1 TX bill
Fact check: Did Gov. Greg Abbott meet a 3rd-year teacher making more than $90K?	Austin American Statesman	Morris, A.	05/12/19	1 doc(s)
Speakers highlight mental, medical benefits of marijuana at annual Fort Worth march	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Johnson, K.	05/12/19	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Another Tarrant city is gearing up for an election to allow liquor stores	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Campbell, E.	05/12/19
A Republican legislator's tirade gives a misleading impression of the vaccine choice movement	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	05/12/19
School safety debate focuses on bills expanding marshal programs	San Antonio Express News	Goldenstein, T.	05/12/19	4 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Texas may give F1's US Grand Prix its missing $25 million	Austin American Statesman	Vertuno, J.	05/11/19	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Hays County leaders scrap plan for public defender’s office — for now	Austin American Statesman	Huber, M.	05/11/19
$3 billion more for Texas cancer fund? Voters will decide	Austin American Statesman	Sechler, B.	05/11/19	2 TX bill(s)
Ready to rumble? Debates set for next week in Dallas mayoral runoff as political rhetoric heats up	Dallas Morning News	Smith, C.	05/11/19
Abbott selects representatives from Collin, Tarrant counties for state retirement board	Dallas Morning News	Scudder, C.	05/11/19
Here’s why Texas’ fetal heartbeat bill tanked and what other abortion measures remain in play	Dallas Morning News	Selby, W.	05/11/19	6 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Don’t let Texas House get away with gutting sex abuse bill	Dallas Morning News	Grigsby, S.	05/11/19	1 TX bill
ACLU, Texas civil rights group to represent local woman convicted of illegal voting	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Johnson, K.	05/11/19	1 doc(s)
‘Save Chick-fil-A’ killed in Texas House. But will it be revived?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tinsley, A.	05/11/19	5 TX bill(s)
Legislature extends cancer agency; issue now up to voters	Houston Chronicle	Ackerman, T.	05/11/19	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Texas prison officials roll out updated policy banning disciplinary quotas 1 year after scandal	Houston Chronicle	Blakinger, K.	05/11/19	1 doc(s)
50,000 Texas children a year lose Medicaid over paperwork. A bill to change that died.	San Antonio Express News	Morris, A.	05/11/19	1 TX bill
‘Forever first’			05/11/19
Where Will Measles Break Out Next? Chicago, Los Angeles or Miami, Scientists Predict	New York Times	McNeil Jr., D.	05/11/19

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