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
Texas needs parental controls and age limits for social media	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	12/16/24	2 TX bill(s)
Districts alone can't reverse trend of guns in schools	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	12/15/24	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Texas children can’t learn with empty stomachs	Dallas Morning News	Rose, T.	12/16/24	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Fix the real housing problems in Texas, not the imaginary ones	San Antonio Express News	Zlotnick, G.	12/16/24	1 doc(s)
Earthquakes and blowouts undermine case for carbon storage in Texas	Austin American Statesman	Volz, D.	12/16/24	3 doc(s)
Dallas officials delay ‘Shingle Mountain’ rezoning until city tackles new state law	Dallas Morning News	Pacheco, M.	12/16/24	1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
These new Texas laws go into effect in 2025, including one for car registrations	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Jackson, T.	12/16/24	4 TX bill(s)
What Elon Musk's DOGE effort to cut government waste could mean for federal employees in Texas	Houston Chronicle	Yu, I.	12/16/24
Nearly 500 acres of South Texas land meant for a new park is in limbo after failed SpaceX land swap	Houston Chronicle	Leinfelder, A.	12/16/24	4 doc(s)
Freshmen applications boom at University of Texas at Austin, hitting all-time high of 90K	Houston Chronicle	Ketterer, S.	12/16/24	1 doc(s)
Defense lawyers think the criminal case against Pete Arredondo is a loser. Here's why.	San Antonio Express News	O'Hare, P.	12/16/24	11 doc(s)
Execution date set for Collin County man convicted in 2004 killing of Farmersville mother	Dallas Morning News	Rogers, C.	12/16/24
Dallas Hero threatens lawsuit if city does not remove homeless encampments in 60 days	Dallas Morning News	Chhetri, D.	12/16/24	2 doc(s)
Texas A&M provides highest return on investment of the state's public institutions, think tank says	San Antonio Express News	Moore, E.	12/16/24	1 doc(s)
Ted Cruz blames ‘leftism,’ another Republican blame sex toys	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/14/24	1 TX bill
AG Paxton has sued Biden 100 times. Here’s why that’s great for the Texas economy	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Salter, A.	12/15/24
Critics of new Texas Bible education aren’t telling you the whole story	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Russell, K.	12/15/24	8 doc(s)
Trains are wreaking havoc in Houston. We can change that.	Houston Chronicle	Spieler, C.	12/15/24
School choice opened doors to a teaching dream; a voucher program in Texas would provide opportunity	San Antonio Express News	Feliciano, D.	12/14/24
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton files first lawsuit against out-of-state abortion provider	Austin American Statesman	Wagner, B.	12/14/24	8 doc(s)
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues NY doctor for allegedly prescribing abortion drugs	Dallas Morning News	Richie, S.	12/14/24	3 doc(s)
A migrant caravan just set out from Mexico. Why that’s no longer a crisis.	Dallas Morning News	Sheridan, M.	12/14/24	1 doc(s)
HISD Superintendent Mike Miles earned $126K bonus in first annual evaluation from Board of Managers	Houston Chronicle	Menchaca, M.	12/14/24
Milby High School student killed by train remembered by classmates, family at vigil	Houston Chronicle	Partain, C.	12/14/24
Meet some of the Texans who will have the ear of Donald Trump as president	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	12/15/24
Texas probes Character.ai and other tech firms over safety of minors	Dallas Morning News	Tiku, N.	12/15/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
A split in Texas Republicans has Austin in a mess. But Democrats are split, too	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Kennedy, B.	12/15/24	2 doc(s)
Cotton Holdings hosts over-the-top tailgate for UT-A&M showdown	Houston Chronicle	Aguilar, M.	12/15/24
Welcome to Starbase, Texas: SpaceX headquarters could soon be its own city, Elon Musk says	Austin American Statesman	Simmerman, A.	12/14/24	2 doc(s)
AG Ken Paxton sues New York doctor for allegedly mailing abortion pills to Texas patient	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	12/14/24	5 doc(s)
Texas Space Commission delays decisions on $2.9B in grant requests until the new year	San Antonio Express News	Lingle, B.	12/14/24	2 doc(s)
January kicks off early wildfire season in Texas. How are cities easing the threat?	San Antonio Express News	Wasson, M.	12/14/24	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Liquefy your body? The complicated debate over water cremation in Texas, explained	San Antonio Express News	Babbar, T.	12/14/24	3 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Texas Attorney General Sues New York Doctor for Mailing Abortion Pills	New York Times	Belluck, P.	12/14/24
U.S. Considered Border Buoys Months Before Texas Put Them In	New York Times	Goodman, J.	12/14/24
Your Home-Insurance Bill Has Only One Way to Go: Up	Wall Street Journal	Eaglesham, J.	12/14/24
Texas Sues New York Doctor, Challenging Abortion Provider Shield Laws	Wall Street Journal	Calfas, J.	12/14/24

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