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
Dan Patrick’s school finance bill is neither conservative nor effective	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	05/08/19	2 TX bill(s)
Haves and Havana	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	05/08/19	2 doc(s)
Bill addresses death penalty issue in state	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	05/08/19	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Demanding dignity for those with Down syndrome	Houston Chronicle	Cohen, D.	05/08/19	2 TX bill(s)
Senate approves limits on removing Confederate monuments	Austin American Statesman	Haurwitz, R.	05/08/19	2 TX bill(s)
Tax swap plan, lacking GOP support, dies	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	05/08/19	2 TX bill(s)
I-35 changes dramatically in TxDOT’s proposed $8 billion expansion	Austin American Statesman	Jankowski, P.	05/08/19
Texas bill to lower property taxes by raising sales tax is dead, and the House blames the Senate	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	05/08/19	4 TX bill(s)
Top GOP’s tax swap plan dies	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	05/08/19	3 TX bill(s)
New Bland cellphone video prompts calls to reopen case	Houston Chronicle	Foxhall, E.	05/08/19	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
‘Compromise’ Alamo plan unveiled	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	05/08/19	1 doc(s)
State might block move of Cenotaph	San Antonio Express News	Morris, A.	05/08/19	1 TX bill
House backs stiffer penalties for those who damage pipelines	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	05/08/19	1 TX bill
Senate seeks to end late-term abortions for fatal fetal conditions	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	05/08/19	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Sandra Bland’s own video of 2015 Texas traffic stop surfaces	Austin American Statesman	Weber, P.	05/08/19	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Companies using open records loophole to keep some Texas athletics information private	Austin American Statesman	Davis, B.	05/08/19	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Soccer notebook:16-year-old Gaines impresses in Austin Bold debut	Austin American Statesman	Bils, C.	05/08/19	1 TX bill
Texas House moves forward bills to expand the state's medical marijuana law	Dallas Morning News	McGaughy, L.	05/08/19	3 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Texas Senate passes bill to make it more difficult to remove Confederate, other historical monuments	Dallas Morning News	McGaughy, L.	05/08/19	1 TX bill
Lawmakers were right to balk at Big Three’s tax swap scheme	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	05/08/19	3 TX bill(s)
Vaccines ‘sorcery,’ says state lawmaker	Houston Chronicle	Ackerman, T.	05/08/19
Crosby residents relive being at center for Trump’s speech	Houston Chronicle	Lapin, E.	05/08/19	2 doc(s)
Texas school safety bill aims to prevent mass shootings	Houston Chronicle	Samuels, A.	05/08/19	1 TX bill
Woodlands DSC pondering changes	Houston Chronicle	Forward, J.	05/08/19	6 TX bill(s)
CISD tries to curb, deal with campus fights	Houston Chronicle	Stueckemann, J.	05/08/19	1 TX bill
Expansion of cannabis program doubtful	San Antonio Express News	Morris, A.	05/08/19	2 TX bill(s)
Storm-damaged houses must be eligible for re-appraisal	Beaumont Enterprise	Editorial	05/07/19	1 TX bill
Betting a whole legislative session on one big issue	Longview News-Journal	Ramsey, R.	05/07/19	4 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
I voted for HB 3 with concerns	Rio Grande Guardian	Rodriguez, J.	05/07/19	1 TX bill
Galveston could be home to Texas' first powdered alcohol maker	Galveston Daily News	Heath, K.	05/07/19	3 TX bill(s)
Sandra Bland, It Turns Out, Filmed Traffic Stop Arrest Herself	New York Times	Montgomery, D.	05/08/19

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