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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
Frightened babies Houston Chronicle  Editorial 06/26/19 2 doc(s)
Texas juveniles should be reformed in small, local facilities Austin American Statesman  Bala, N. 06/26/19 3 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
HISD budget priority COUNTERPOINT: Send money to our local schools and youngsters Houston Chronicle  Golden, H. 06/26/19 1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Abbott blew a chance to look out for our kids Houston Chronicle  Raimer, B. 06/26/19 1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
HISD budget priority POINT: The spending proposal is sound and does what it needs to do Houston Chronicle  Lathan, G. 06/26/19 1 TX bill
Most Texas labs cannot test for marijuana, hemp under new laws, jeopardizing arrests Fort Worth Star-Telegram  Mitchell, M. 06/26/19 1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
State won’t recompense Brown for wrongful sentence Houston Chronicle  Blakinger, K. 06/26/19 5 doc(s)
The state’s taking the reins at Harlandale San Antonio Express News  Torralva, K. 06/26/19 4 doc(s)
Census citizenship question could affect amount of federal money Texas receives for critical needs Dallas Morning News  Ngo, M. 06/26/19 2 doc(s)
DCCCD receives $12 million grant to offer 'earn and learn' health care apprenticeships Dallas Morning News  Ayala, E. 06/26/19  
Dallas County plans to add voting locations as it moves from precincts Dallas Morning News  Norimine, H. 06/26/19  
With property tax revenue capped, Mansfield takes homestead exemption off table Fort Worth Star-Telegram  Sakelaris, N. 06/26/19 1 TX bill
Fort Worth schools approve budget, teacher raises. How much more will they get? Fort Worth Star-Telegram  Smith, D. 06/26/19 1 TX bill
Lathan rejects calls to redo raise proposal Houston Chronicle  Carpenter, J. 06/26/19 1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Kinder Morgan pipeline suit tossed Houston Chronicle  Chapa, S. 06/26/19 4 doc(s)
Hospital hopes to stem opioid usage in the County Houston Chronicle  Taylor, D. 06/26/19 1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Abbott’s Japan trip costs state $83,000 Houston Chronicle  Morris, A. 06/26/19  
Rosenthal reflects on the 86th legislative session Houston Chronicle  Pryce, C. 06/26/19 2 TX bill(s)
Sugar Land 95 honored at Juneteenth candlelight vigil Houston Chronicle  Nix, K. 06/26/19 1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Conroe ISD not planning to add marshals Houston Chronicle  Stueckemann, J. 06/26/19 1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Cleveland ISD bumps starting teacher salary up to $54K Houston Chronicle  Gutierrez, M. 06/26/19 1 TX bill
Bill signed authorizing new court of law Houston Chronicle  Taylor, D. 06/26/19 1 TX bill
Cody’s Law fulfills Crosby man’s 7-year crusade to save kid’s lives Houston Chronicle  Lapin, E. 06/26/19 2 TX bill(s)
Area craft brewers busy planning for beer-to-go Houston Chronicle  Forward, J. 06/26/19 1 TX bill
County tax office moving out of courthouse Houston Chronicle  Taylor, D. 06/26/19 1 TX bill
State rep recaps new laws Houston Chronicle  Pryce, C. 06/26/19  
San Antonio homestead exemption flies in the face of fiscal reality San Antonio Express News  Garcia, G. 06/26/19 2 TX bill(s)
New law will make things tougher for ‘porch pirates’ Amarillo Globe-News  Editorial 06/25/19 1 TX bill
Investing millions of dollars in economically distressed areas Rio Grande Guardian  Collins, K. 06/25/19 2 TX bill(s)
Stealing packages could result in jail time in Texas after Gov. Greg Abbott signs bill Lubbock Avalanche Journal  Staff 06/25/19 1 TX bill
Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush tours Texarkana College Texarkana Gazette  Richter, K. 06/25/19  
UHV to receive $2.5M from Texas Legislature Victoria Advocate  Aldaco, A. 06/25/19 1 doc(s)
Pine Tree ISD 2019-20 budget boosts teacher pay, cuts tax rate Longview News-Journal  Barton, K. 06/25/19 1 TX bill
‘We’re in a Dark Place’: Children Returned to Troubled Texas Border Facility New York Times  Dickerson, C. 06/26/19  

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