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
Houston and Dallas are a tale of two school districts. And one city is in much bigger trouble	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	05/15/19	1 doc(s)
Human trafficking fight needs more funding, less grandstanding	Austin American Statesman	Esparza, J.	05/15/19	1 TX bill
Teachers deserve a raise, but let’s be smart about it	Houston Chronicle	Paige, R.	05/15/19	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
House backs raising legal age for smoking, vaping to 21	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	05/15/19	1 TX bill
Austin teachers, school staffers rally for 10% raises	Austin American Statesman	Taboada, M.	05/15/19	1 TX bill
Drug that reverses opioid overdoses now for sale online in Texas	Austin American Statesman	Huber, M.	05/15/19	3 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Pain & Profit: Hope remains for fixes to Texas' broken Medicaid system, but biggest tweaks are likely dead	Dallas Morning News	McSwane, J.	05/15/19	3 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Driver's license centers have hours-long waits, but will Texas lawmakers fix the problem?	Dallas Morning News	Barragan, J.	05/15/19	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Texas moves to raise smoking age	Houston Chronicle	Cobler, P.	05/15/19	1 TX bill
Stage set for high-stakes water war	Houston Chronicle	Foxhall, E.	05/15/19	5 TX bill(s) 6 doc(s)
Senate passes resolution on hazing, ‘a senseless loss of life’	Austin American Statesman	Haurwitz, R.	05/15/19	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Senate seeks to extend time in end-of-life hospital disputes	Austin American Statesman	Downey, R.	05/15/19	2 TX bill(s)
Paxton again rejects document demand from U.S. House Democrats	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	05/15/19	8 doc(s)
When prayer becomes preaching in the Texas House	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	05/15/19
Put off by provost, UT grad students make case at ‘grade-in’	Austin American Statesman	Haurwitz, R.	05/15/19
Sid Miller calls on Mayor Adler to skip event with Rep. Ilhan Omar	Austin American Statesman	Jankowski, P.	05/15/19
What Texas lawmakers may sacrifice to get judges a pay raise	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	05/15/19	2 TX bill(s)
'We are so proud of you': Dirk Nowitzki honored by Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas House and Senate	Dallas Morning News	Nix, M.	05/15/19	2 TX bill(s)
Griggs, Johnson spar in Dallas mayoral debate before Mike Rawlings, 7 council members make endorsement	Dallas Morning News	Smith, C.	05/15/19
Farmers and Texans stand to lose in ‘easy to win’ trade wars	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	05/15/19	3 TX bill(s)
Shop specializing in CBD products opens in Spring	Houston Chronicle	Cruz, M.	05/15/19	1 TX bill
Despite recording-breaking measles outbreak, Texas vaccine exemptions up	Houston Chronicle	Ackerman, T.	05/15/19	2 doc(s)
Stafford MSD begins construction of new administration building	Houston Chronicle	Nix, K.	05/15/19
Paxton again blocks U.S. House request for records in voter purge investigation	San Antonio Express News	Goldenstein, T.	05/15/19	8 doc(s)
CPS has slain boy’s siblings	San Antonio Express News	Sabawi, F.	05/15/19
Attack ads slam GOP voting-security bill	San Antonio Express News	Morris, A.	05/15/19	1 TX bill
Nowitzki is honored by Abbott, lawmakers	San Antonio Express News	Staff	05/15/19
State shouldn’t punish people for being poor	Beaumont Enterprise	Editorial	05/14/19	3 TX bill(s)
Property tax hike swap for sales tax fizzles	Bryan Eagle	McNeely, D.	05/14/19	1 TX bill
11th-hour effort made to revive 'Chick-Fil-A bill' in Texas Senate	Corpus Christi Caller Times	Moritz, J.	05/14/19	2 TX bill(s)
No Religious Exemptions From Vaccines	Wall Street Journal	Riley, J.	05/15/19

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