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
Two Views: Trigger needed to keep property tax hikes in check	Austin American Statesman	Quintero, J.	12/10/18	2 doc(s)
Two Views: Texas runs a short-change con on schools, local government	Austin American Statesman	Smith, G.	12/10/18	2 doc(s)
Lethal injection: poison, not medicine	Houston Chronicle	Zivot, J.	12/10/18
How Texas misses signs that could prevent daycare injuries	Austin American Statesman	Ball, A.	12/10/18	2 doc(s)
Will shift in strategy improve Sendero’s financial health?	Austin American Statesman	Goldenstein, T.	12/10/18
Free-standing ERs’ coverage still confusing	San Antonio Express News	Deam, J.	12/10/18	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
How the lopsided ration of children to staff in daycares threatens safety	Austin American Statesman	Walsh, S.	12/10/18	2 TX bill(s) 6 doc(s)
How scores of violations aren't enough to close a daycare in Texas	Austin American Statesman	Ball, A.	12/10/18
How one state inspector brings her experience and encouragement to the job	Austin American Statesman	Ball, A.	12/10/18
CPS appeals $127K sanction	Houston Chronicle	Blakinger, K.	12/10/18
Texas must step up to stamp out unfit, illegal day cares	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	12/09/18
Pull the Plaque, Already	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	12/08/18	3 doc(s)
Ups, downs	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/08/18
Why can’t we suspend Christmas season executions?	Austin American Statesman	Castillo, C.	12/09/18
Bush’s funeral was a powerful renunciation of Trump	Austin American Statesman	Milbank, D.	12/08/18
The Bush family has been there for the nation, and this week we were there for them	Dallas Morning News	Hersh, K.	12/08/18
Bush’s funeral reminds us of the values the greatest generation bestowed on U.S.	Dallas Morning News	McKenzie, W.	12/08/18
Mourning for Bush — and America	Houston Chronicle	Pitts, L.	12/08/18
Abbott: 'Texas remains a red state’	Austin American Statesman	Tilove, J.	12/09/18	1 doc(s)
How Texas drives its children into dangerous day cares	Austin American Statesman	Ball, A.	12/09/18	1 TX bill
How to fix managed care in Texas	Dallas Morning News	Chavez, A.	12/09/18	2 doc(s)
Cruz endorses Cornyn for 2020 Senate run	Austin American Statesman	Recio, M.	12/08/18
O’Rourke’s final tally: $80 million	Dallas Morning News	Benning, T.	12/08/18
Texas lawmaker gets behind lemonade stands	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tinsley, A.	12/08/18	1 TX bill
Bush embraced easygoing life at A&M	Houston Chronicle	Morris, A.	12/08/18
Why did Texas stop looking for illegal day cares?	Austin American Statesman	Plohetski, T.	12/09/18	4 doc(s)
Hundreds of children victims of sex abuse inside day cares	Austin American Statesman	Ball, A.	12/09/18	4 doc(s)
When states count injuries, the numbers don’t add up	Austin American Statesman	Dexheimer, E.	12/09/18	5 doc(s)
Insanity defense to face test this week	Austin American Statesman	Autullo, R.	12/09/18	1 doc(s)
Chipping away at the doc shortage	Dallas Morning News	Schnurman, M.	12/09/18	2 doc(s)
Republicans’ stances on Muslims shifting	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Kennedy, B.	12/09/18	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Cleburne worried about human waste dumping near city’s drinking water	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Campbell, E.	12/09/18	1 doc(s)
Texans want bipartisanship, but they want stiff spines, too	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	12/09/18	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Race for Senate Dist. 6 down to the wire	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	12/09/18	4 doc(s)
Cruz-O’Rourke race raised almost $115M	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	12/09/18
A lack of state income tax does not a low-tax state make	Houston Chronicle	Taylor, M.	12/09/18	1 doc(s)
A week of tribute and mourning	Houston Chronicle	Barned-Smith, S.	12/09/18	1 doc(s)
Drivers win, drillers lose as oil prices approach $50 a barrel	San Antonio Express News	Druzin, R.	12/09/18
Trafficking victims are offered help	San Antonio Express News	Stoeltje, M.	12/09/18
O’Rourke raised more than $80M in losing effort	Austin American Statesman	Tilove, J.	12/08/18
Miller: End hemp ban to help farms	Dallas Morning News	McGaughy, L.	12/08/18	2 doc(s)
Early voting ends in Senate race	Houston Chronicle	Despart, Z.	12/08/18	1 doc(s)
Uresti settles with SEC over violations	San Antonio Express News	Danner, P.	12/08/18	2 doc(s)
History Gives George Bush His Due	Wall Street Journal	Noonan, P.	12/08/18

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