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
Time with family is time well spent	Austin American Statesman	Israel, C.	12/19/18
Texas child care standards are too low and the Legislature must step in	Dallas Morning News	Mannes, T.	12/19/18	1 doc(s)
Judge’s ACA ruling is raw court activism	Houston Chronicle	Bagley, N.	12/19/18	5 doc(s)
Closing schools can inflict unforeseen costs on kids	Houston Chronicle	Green, T.	12/19/18
Williamson County approves $16 million incentive package for Apple	Austin American Statesman	Cobler, N.	12/19/18	1 doc(s)
UT report: Schwertner probe inconclusive	Austin American Statesman	Plohetski, T.	12/19/18	1 doc(s)
Advocacy groups demand child care fixes after Statesman investigation	Austin American Statesman	Ball, A.	12/19/18	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
'Send a pic?' UT concludes investigation, releases messages Texas senator allegedly sent student	Dallas Morning News	Allen, R.	12/19/18	1 doc(s)
Ruling lifts hold on fire pay parity	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	12/19/18	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Health care now at center stage for ’20 election	San Antonio Express News	Diaz, K.	12/19/18	2 doc(s)
Rep. Joe Pickett retiring due to health; brought humor, Model T to Capitol	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	12/19/18
Texas doesn't have a state income tax and Plano lawmaker Jeff Leach wants to make sure it never does	Dallas Morning News	Barragan, J.	12/19/18	1 TX bill
Dallas GOP donor threatens Abbott, pledges to make 100,000 robocalls defending Confederate plaque	Dallas Morning News	McGaughy, L.	12/19/18	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Texas secession was a key theme in Russian disinformation campaign during 2016 elections, report says	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Armus, T.	12/19/18	2 doc(s)
Indicted Paxton needs to stop blatant assault on rule of law	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	12/19/18	2 doc(s)
ACLU sues Paxton, Texas schools over Israel boycott law	Houston Chronicle	Webb, S.	12/19/18	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Ex-guard guilty of planting evidence in inmate’s cell	Houston Chronicle	Blakinger, K.	12/19/18
A health care system built from scratch would be different	Houston Chronicle	Tomlinson, C.	12/19/18	1 doc(s)
Straus proposes $5B more for schools	San Antonio Express News	Morris, A.	12/19/18	1 doc(s)
UT’s probe of legislator leaves more questions	San Antonio Express News	Zelinski, A.	12/19/18	1 doc(s)
Smithee, Price offer House Republican Caucus reactions	Amarillo Globe-News	Clark, D.	12/18/18
Alice native David Whitley named new Texas Secretary of State	Corpus Christi Caller Times	Acosta, T.	12/18/18
State Rep. Joe Pickett of El Paso cites cancer battle in plan to resign from Texas House	El Paso Times	Mekelburg, M.	12/18/18
TC seeks $15 million in upgrades	Texarkana Gazette	Middleton, J.	12/18/18
Presumptive Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen visits Tyler	Tyler Morning Telegraph	Mansfield, E.	12/18/18
Desai: Biggest predictor of success for a student is their level of poverty	Rio Grande Guardian	Whitlock, R.	12/18/18
Educators, advocates, claim charter schools cut into funding pie of public schools	Rio Grande Guardian	Taylor, S.	12/18/18	1 doc(s)
School officials: State of Texas is shirking its responsibility for public education funding	Rio Grande Guardian	Taylor, S.	12/18/18
She Wouldn’t Promise Not to Boycott Israel, So a Texas School District Stopped Paying Her	New York Times	Fortin, J.	12/19/18

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