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
Here’s one way to improve maternal mortality rates in Texas	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	07/22/24	1 doc(s)
We need immigration solutions, not divisive rhetoric	Dallas Morning News	Forasteros, J.	07/22/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Here’s how you’re subsidizing insurance discounts for hurricane victims	Dallas Morning News	Nagorka, J.	07/22/24	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Austin Rep. Lloyd Doggett's first call for Biden to withdraw sparked a national movement	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	07/22/24
Texas politicians react to end of Biden's reelection bid: 'A stunning act of patriotism'	Austin American Statesman	Moreno-Paz, B.	07/22/24
Santa Fe families offended by DOJ's 'disrespectful and demeaning' response to shooting probe request	Houston Chronicle	Harris, C.	07/22/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Joe Biden drops out of the presidential race. Democrats could see an election bump in Texas.	Houston Chronicle	McKinley, E.	07/22/24
Formerly segregated school for Mexican American children in Texas becomes national park	Austin American Statesman	Wagner, B.	07/22/24	2 doc(s)
Biden ‘unfit to run THE presidency,’ Gov. Abbott says as he urges change in Oval Office	Dallas Morning News	Dearman, E.	07/22/24
Texas Democrats, worried about down-ballot races, feeling better after Biden’s decision	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	07/22/24
Texas GOP lashes out at Kamala Harris, calls on Biden to step down now	Dallas Morning News	Harper, K.	07/22/24
Texas, Tarrant County elected officials react to Biden’s exit from presidential race	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	07/22/24
Elected officials in Texas share mixed reactions to the news Biden is exiting the race	Houston Chronicle	Hao, C.	07/22/24
Thumbs up, thumbs down	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	07/20/24
Texas lawmakers can close the summer hunger gap for kids	Austin American Statesman	Walle, A.	07/21/24	1 doc(s)
State rep: It’s pornographers vs. families and the Supreme Court should take our side	Dallas Morning News	Shaheen, M.	07/21/24	1 TX bill
What CenterPoint and regulators need to do now	Houston Chronicle	Hirs, E.	07/21/24
Losing electricity is the new flooding	Houston Chronicle	Emmett, E.	07/21/24
How CenterPoint fleeces Houstonians. And why we still can't rely on our grid.	Houston Chronicle	Steffy, L.	07/21/24	2 TX bill(s) 5 doc(s)
Playing blame game after Trump's assassination attempt stokes more hate	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, G.	07/21/24
Proposed new Texas curriculum plays religious favorites	San Antonio Express News	Chancey, M.	07/20/24	2 doc(s)
A fatal field trip: Texas bus crash shattered victims' lives, revealed regulatory lapses	Austin American Statesman	Plohetski, T.	07/21/24	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Should a Category 1 hurricane have damaged Houston so much? Here's why Beryl surprised many residents	Austin American Statesman	Dexheimer, E.	07/21/24	2 doc(s)
Beryl was the weakest a hurricane could be. Why does it feel like Houston isn't the same?	Houston Chronicle	Smith, S.	07/21/24
Here's why some Texas officials are calling for gun confiscations in domestic abuse cases	Austin American Statesman	Gore, H.	07/20/24	3 doc(s)
What to know about Austin-based CrowdStrike at center of global services outage	Austin American Statesman	Salgado, B.	07/20/24
Dallas County Juvenile Department Executive Director Darryl Beatty resigns	Dallas Morning News	Prosser, M.	07/20/24
The global IT outage affected airports, ship travel and hospital systems in Houston	Houston Chronicle	McGuinness, D.	07/20/24
Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, an icon of Houston politics, dies at 74 after cancer battle	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	07/20/24
COVID-19 is on the rise again in Houston with FLiRT variants driving the latest summer surge	Houston Chronicle	MacDonald, E.	07/20/24
Software problem grounds flights, slams banks, transit systems, emergency services worldwide	San Antonio Express News	Smith, M.	07/20/24
At RNC, Donald Trump vows 'largest deportation operation' in U.S. history. What would that mean?	San Antonio Express News	Wermund, B.	07/20/24	2 doc(s)
When is 2024 tax free weekend in Texas? What you need to know to save on school supplies	Austin American Statesman	Malenfant, M.	07/21/24	1 doc(s)
Even as big names dominated GOP convention, time was given to a few Texas up-and-comers	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	07/21/24
Texas Democratic U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee remembered as a 'fierce champion' for people	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	07/21/24
What is a squatter and can you forcefully remove them? A quick guide to Texas law	Austin American Statesman	Malenfant, M.	07/21/24	3 doc(s)
Pop quiz: Test yourself on lessons learned with The Watchdog in the first half of 2024	Dallas Morning News	Lieber, D.	07/21/24
Biden praises longtime US Rep Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who died of cancer	Dallas Morning News	Vertuno, J.	07/21/24
TAD will consider freezing residential property values, 5% cap on home appraisals	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Bach, N.	07/21/24	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Texas has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the U.S. Could they get stricter?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	07/21/24	5 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Slow down and stay alert! Police across Texas step up speed-limit enforcement	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Joyner, J.	07/21/24
CenterPoint Energy lost $100M due to poor grant writing that could have helped improve electric grid	Houston Chronicle	Tomlinson, C.	07/21/24
A Texas House candidate said her GOP megadonor father wasn’t funding her campaign. Not quite.	Houston Chronicle	McKinley, E.	07/21/24
What happens next to Sheila Jackson Lee's seat in Congress?	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	07/21/24
A Texas report card on the Republican National Convention	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	07/21/24
Delay of Texas death row inmate’s execution has not been the norm for Supreme Court, experts say	San Antonio Express News	Lozano, J.	07/21/24	2 doc(s)
UTSA students can now major in video game design	San Antonio Express News	Lingle, B.	07/21/24
Is solar finally the energy source of the present in Texas?	San Antonio Express News	Taylor, M.	07/21/24	2 doc(s)
If Lawsuit Ends Federal Mandates on Birth Control Coverage, States Will Have the Say	San Antonio Express News	Whitehead, S.	07/21/24	5 doc(s)
DOJ says Texas company employees sexually abused migrant children in their care	Austin American Statesman	Loria, M.	07/20/24	1 doc(s)
Q&A: Japan state minister says companies are looking to invest in tech, energy in Texas	Dallas Morning News	Choi, H.	07/20/24
Republicans criticize Jasmine Crockett for bill that could nix Trump Secret Service detail	Dallas Morning News	Morton, J.	07/20/24	1 doc(s)
Texas job numbers dropped in June, new state estimates show	Dallas Morning News	Martin, A.	07/20/24
Degree denial, deferred suspensions possible for UTD students arrested during protest	Dallas Morning News	Rodrigues, M.	07/20/24
Dallas County ransomware attack exposed personal information of more than 200,000 people	Dallas Morning News	Bailey Jr., E.	07/20/24	3 doc(s)
Tilman Fertitta's son is representing Houston residents in lawsuit against CenterPoint	Houston Chronicle	Lomax, J.	07/20/24
Nearly 2,500 CenterPoint customers without power as company eyes full restoration by Friday	Houston Chronicle	Church, A.	07/20/24
At least 22 deaths from Hurricane Beryl confirmed. Category 1 storm on track to surpass Ike	Houston Chronicle	Lomax, J.	07/20/24
UTSA professor says global IT outage ‘is not the last one’; urges policymakers to act	San Antonio Express News	DiNatale, S.	07/20/24
Calls for Texas congresswoman to resign after she sought to cut Secret Service protection for felons	San Antonio Express News	Briggs, S.	07/20/24	1 doc(s)
Santa Fe families offended by DOJ's 'disrespectful and demeaning' response to shooting probe request	San Antonio Express News	Harris, C.	07/20/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)

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