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
How Russian trolls toiled for Trump in Texas	Austin American Statesman	Young, J.	12/27/18	1 doc(s)
Remove pot from Schedule I list	San Antonio Express News	Baca, A.	12/27/18	4 doc(s)
Thoughts on why college coaches call their athletes ‘kids’	Austin American Statesman	Haurwitz, R.	12/27/18
Austin congressman critical of “extreme climate agenda” retires	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	12/27/18
Utility towers start power struggle in Pearland	Houston Chronicle	Sixel, L.	12/23/18	1 doc(s)
Houston’s courts set for total judicial turnover	Houston Chronicle	Rogers, B.	12/23/18
LCRA declines to reveal water science behind Bastrop County groundwater case	Austin American Statesman	De Los Santos, C.	12/27/18
Texas must improve women's care to cut deaths among pregnant women, new moms, experts tell lawmakers	Dallas Morning News	Stone, B.	12/27/18	2 doc(s)
Sid Miller's sense of franchise cost him a Texas Ethics Commission fine	Dallas Morning News	Reynolds, R.	12/27/18	1 doc(s)
Cannabis drug offers hope for some Texans	San Antonio Express News	Najarro, I.	12/27/18	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Chinatown crimes continue to worry residents, businesses	Houston Chronicle	Najarro, I.	12/23/18
Reminder to judges to eschew politics	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	12/26/18
Pardons for the Prostituted	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	12/25/18
ACA ruling without legal foundation	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	12/24/18
Executions ‘R’ Us	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/23/18
Don’t delay fight against opioid abuse	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	12/23/18	1 doc(s)
Carbon dividend is best investment in Earth	Austin American Statesman	Sutaria, K.	12/26/18
No roads to nowhere	Dallas Morning News	Turnbull, K.	12/26/18
Survivor: Get vaccinated against meningitis	Dallas Morning News	Schanbaum, P.	12/26/18
For kids’ sake, end daylight saving time	Houston Chronicle	Sanborn, B.	12/25/18
For something special, an end to taxpayer-funded lobbying	Austin American Statesman	Quintero, J.	12/24/18
Vaccines did not cause Rachel’s autism	Houston Chronicle	Hotez, P.	12/23/18
Majority rule lacks the science	San Antonio Express News	Preston, A.	12/23/18	1 doc(s)
How Dallas is holding police accountable	Dallas Morning News	Fullinwider, J.	12/22/18
Paxton lawsuit about a political agenda, not the law	San Antonio Express News	Segovia, A.	12/22/18
Tax on alcohol imports losing money	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	12/26/18	1 doc(s)
DWI program is clean slate for grads	Houston Chronicle	Barned-Smith, S.	12/26/18
Online voter registration on the table this session	Austin American Statesman	Cobler, P.	12/25/18	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Census: Texas leads in growth	Austin American Statesman	Osborn, C.	12/25/18
County GOP looks to regroup	Houston Chronicle	Despart, Z.	12/24/18
Texans challenge census citizenship question	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	12/23/18	3 doc(s)
Why doesn’t state take prison temps?	Dallas Morning News	McGaughy, L.	12/23/18	7 doc(s)
Proving ‘demography is not destiny’	Houston Chronicle	Carpenter, J.	12/23/18	4 doc(s)
Straus leaving House but not Austin	San Antonio Express News	Morris, A.	12/23/18
Erwin Center workers to lose UT jobs but can apply at new arena	Austin American Statesman	Haurwitz, R.	12/22/18
Enrollment in Obamacare slips by slight margin	Austin American Statesman	Sechler, B.	12/22/18	2 doc(s)
Retailers sue over tobacco age limit	San Antonio Express News	Danner, P.	12/22/18	1 doc(s)
State Rep. Israel trying again on bill banning 'conversion therapy’	Austin American Statesman	Sprague, D.	12/26/18	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
State income tax is dead, dead, dead (maybe)	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	12/26/18	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Education focus of new state Rep. Talarico	Austin American Statesman	Sanders, A.	12/26/18
How being a good parent changes	Austin American Statesman	Harris, C.	12/26/18
Try teen as adult? Judge’s call	Dallas Morning News	Chiquillo, J.	12/26/18	3 doc(s)
Historic swearing-in ceremony	Houston Chronicle	Nix, K.	12/26/18
Metcalf bills address toll road ‘fairness, accountability’	Houston Chronicle	Dominguez, C.	12/26/18	2 TX bill(s)
Dems eye repeat runs in county districts	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	12/26/18	1 doc(s)
States take aim at robocalls	San Antonio Express News	Marfin, C.	12/26/18	2 doc(s)
Oil brings UT’s endowment to $31 billion, passing Yale	San Antonio Express News	McDonald, M.	12/26/18
Planned oil export platform causes debate	San Antonio Express News	Druzin, R.	12/26/18	1 doc(s)
A final commitment to the homeless	San Antonio Express News	Torralva, K.	12/26/18	2 doc(s)
Leon Valley couple sues over raid of home by DPS, sheriff’s deputies	San Antonio Express News	Zavala, E.	12/25/18	1 doc(s)
Haul out the political stocking stuffers	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	12/24/18
2 Dems ready to take longtime GOP seats in the Texas House	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	12/24/18
An uncertain future for holiday custom	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	12/24/18
Perception that TB is gone raises alarm for legislation	San Antonio Express News	Evans, M.	12/24/18	4 doc(s)
Squabbles over holiday decor are why we have the Legislature	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	12/23/18	3 TX bill(s)
Meet the people Behind Austin’s holiday traditions	Austin American Statesman	Rosenthal, A.	12/23/18
Wendy Davis backs group to prepare female leaders	Austin American Statesman	Flores, N.	12/23/18
HP defense does its part, totaling nine sacks	Dallas Morning News	Philippou, A.	12/23/18
Meet top tipsters on all-star team	Dallas Morning News	Lieber, D.	12/23/18	1 doc(s)
Who’s No. 1? Austin, not Dallas, tops charts	Dallas Morning News	Schnurman, M.	12/23/18
UIL deems rollout successful	Dallas Morning News	Riddle, G.	12/23/18
When roads see ice, this is TxDOT’s price	Dallas Morning News	Jimenez, J.	12/23/18
Online retailers start or get set to collect sales tax	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Rosenberg, J.	12/23/18	2 doc(s)
Sticking it to the poor is ugly path to profits	Houston Chronicle	Tomlinson, C.	12/23/18
Area DA nearing end of career	Houston Chronicle	Lewis, B.	12/23/18	1 doc(s)
Ruling boosts HISD budget	Houston Chronicle	Carpenter, J.	12/23/18	3 doc(s)
Lawmaker’s new office has bloody history	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	12/22/18	2 doc(s)
Sid Miller fined $500 for 2015 rodeo trip	Austin American Statesman	Silver, J.	12/22/18	2 doc(s)
Obamacare rejection puts judge in spotlight	Dallas Morning News	Krause, K.	12/22/18	6 doc(s)
Attention, Texans: Buy your liquor before Tuesday	Dallas Morning News	Staff	12/22/18	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Texas ag chief fined for using taxpayer funds to go to rodeo	Dallas Morning News	Platoff, E.	12/22/18	1 doc(s)
Abbott pardons 6 before holidays	Dallas Morning News	McGaughy, L.	12/22/18	2 doc(s)
Prison reform law will release thousands of federal inmates	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Drusch, A.	12/22/18
Date is set to fill state House seat	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	12/22/18	2 doc(s)
Arrests of bar workers test new protocol	Houston Chronicle	Jordan, J.	12/22/18	1 doc(s)
Harlandale ISD rebukes TEA report	San Antonio Express News	Teitz, L.	12/22/18	4 doc(s)
Missions park will stay open, but rangers will be sent home	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	12/22/18
Death date looms for Byrd killer	San Antonio Express News	Staff	12/22/18	1 doc(s)
UT regents choose ex-legislator as board chair	San Antonio Express News	Najmabadi, S.	12/22/18	1 doc(s)
With Tech Expansion, Austin Is Still Weird. It’s Just More Wired Now, Too.	New York Times	Fernandez, M.	12/26/18
Texas’ One-Stop Shopping for Judge in Health Care Case	New York Times	Liptak, A.	12/25/18
The False Stereotype of Two Americas	Wall Street Journal	Currid-Halkett, E.	12/23/18

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