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
The NRA’s history is important to America, but its future is crucial too	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	09/09/19	1 doc(s)
Much to gain from needle exchanges	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	09/09/19	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Special session needed now on gun reform	Houston Chronicle	Straus, J.	09/09/19	4 doc(s)
Retired state workers urge state leaders to hike pensions	Austin American Statesman	Chang, J.	09/09/19	2 TX bill(s)
Fewer folks flocking to Bexar, Texas	San Antonio Express News	Mendoza-Moyers, D.	09/09/19	2 doc(s)
After massacres, firearms fans at Fort Worth's NRA expo set sights on defending themselves, gun rights	Dallas Morning News	Smith, L.	09/09/19	1 doc(s)
States hit Facebook, Google with new probes	San Antonio Express News	Gordon, M.	09/09/19
Austin schools plan has right focus, but still needs work	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	09/08/19	3 doc(s)
After another mass shooting, the status quo remains	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	09/08/19	8 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
The threats facing an accurate census	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	09/07/19	2 doc(s)
How UT Arlington rose to the top of colleges serving Hispanic students	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Greene, R.	09/08/19	2 doc(s)
German visitor looks for secret to Texas pride at Pasadena gun show	Houston Chronicle	Kormbaki, M.	09/08/19
Widening I-45 will be a disaster for Houston	Houston Chronicle	Speck, J.	09/08/19	1 doc(s)
After El Paso, lawmakers should follow Walmart’s lead	San Antonio Express News	Anglin, M.	09/08/19	1 doc(s)
Taxpayer-funded TRS won’t say how much it’s spending on office space	Austin American Statesman	Sechler, B.	09/08/19	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
After El Paso and Odessa shootings, even Texas GOP leaders appear ready to talk about gun control	Dallas Morning News	Allen, R.	09/08/19	3 doc(s)
From Midland to Odessa, shooter cut a 64-minute path of terror	San Antonio Express News	Foxhall, E.	09/08/19
Dan Patrick calls NRA `wrong’ in opposing background checks on gun sales to strangers	Austin American Statesman	Tilove, J.	09/07/19	2 doc(s)
Texas brewers celebrate new ability to sell beer to go	Austin American Statesman	Auber, A.	09/07/19	1 TX bill
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says he will defy NRA, take lead on gun background checks	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	09/07/19	3 doc(s)
NRA criticizes Patrick’s call to extend background checks to stranger-to-stranger sales	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Weinberg, T.	09/07/19	6 doc(s)
Dan Patrick bucks NRA, calls for strengthening gun background checks	Houston Chronicle	Zelinski, A.	09/07/19	8 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Shell shocked in 2016 and 2018, Harris County Republicans are planning a comeback	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	09/07/19
Texas sues drugmaker Johnson & Johnson over its fentanyl marketing	San Antonio Express News	Goldenstein, T.	09/07/19	3 doc(s)
This Texas State Capitol made of Legos is no toy	Austin American Statesman	Barnes, M.	09/08/19
Sen. Ted Cruz steers clear of Dan Patrick-NRA dispute	Austin American Statesman	Tilove, J.	09/08/19
Texas Legislature changes boiler certificate display rules	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	09/08/19	1 TX bill
To change gun laws, change the face of gun ownership	Austin American Statesman	Tilove, J.	09/08/19	1 TX bill
Fact-checking figures about gun violence in Texas	Austin American Statesman	Mekelburg, M.	09/08/19	4 doc(s)
Voters in Fort Bend experience life under a new regime	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	09/08/19
San Antonio Native American group hosts sunrise ceremony at the Alamo	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	09/08/19	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
2 Texas mussel species don’t need special protections, study finds	Austin American Statesman	Roldan, R.	09/07/19	2 doc(s)
It would take you 1 billion years to match what UT’s new supercomputer can calculate in 1 second	Austin American Statesman	Cobler, N.	09/07/19
Gorsuch welcomes new Texas Supreme Court justice	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	09/07/19
Creating equity in schools starts with understanding the past	Austin American Statesman	Takata, A.	09/07/19	2 doc(s)
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's stand on background checks could break gridlock on gun issue	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	09/07/19	1 doc(s)
'Show me the money' becomes the mantra for area arts groups, who reap the benefits of bigger grants	Dallas Morning News	Granberry, M.	09/07/19
Houston federal judge, incensed about overheated inmates, orders prison warden to answer questions in court	Houston Chronicle	Banks, G.	09/07/19	2 doc(s)
Fort Bend ISD, county remain at odds over 95 remains, but district still moving forward	Houston Chronicle	Lewis, B.	09/07/19	1 TX bill
Pelosi and Schumer, in Push for Gun Safety Legislation, Urge Trump to Defy N.R.A.	New York Times	Stolberg, S.	09/09/19
More House Republicans Ask: Why Win Re-election When You Can Retire Instead	New York Times	Davis, J.	09/07/19
Something Strange Is Going On With All Those Retiring Texans	New York Times	Hooks, C.	09/07/19
Defying N.R.A., Texas Lieutenant Governor Favors Background Checks on Private Gun Sales	New York Times	Vigdor, N.	09/07/19
States to Launch Google, Facebook Antitrust Probes	Wall Street Journal	McKinnon, J.	09/07/19

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