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
New World Order	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/03/18
About that ‘ 100 percent’ college claim	San Antonio Express News	Espinoza, J.	12/03/18
Bush hailed across party and global lines as man of decency	Austin American Statesman	Superville, D.	12/03/18
From chats with Abbott to campus visits, new UT chancellor keeping busy	Austin American Statesman	Haurwitz, R.	12/03/18
Statesman sues Texas Department of Family and Protective Services over day care death records	Austin American Statesman	Walsh, S.	12/03/18	1 doc(s)
4 things to know about Texas law after video shows men wrongly accused of shoplifting at a Frisco mall	Dallas Morning News	Chiquillo, J.	12/03/18	1 doc(s)
He’s been called one of Texas’ worst lawmakers. Now he says it’s time for ‘more honey’	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tinsley, A.	12/03/18
574 Texans OK’d for medical pot	Houston Chronicle	Morris, A.	12/03/18	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
At Bush’s church, pause taken to remember ‘a remarkable life’	San Antonio Express News	Gordon, M.	12/03/18
Legislative report: Harvey recovery has cost $2.7 billion so far — most paid by feds	Austin American Statesman	Collier, K.	12/03/18	1 doc(s)
George H.W. Bush’s life embodiment of Texas spirit	Austin American Statesman	Lozano, J.	12/03/18
Freeways are the only fair way, say leaders in Collin County, where the last three highways have been fully tolled	Dallas Morning News	Leszcynski, R.	12/03/18
Republican leaders urge Tarrant County GOP to stop 'disgusting' efforts to oust Muslim vice chairman	Dallas Morning News	Sarder, S.	12/03/18	2 doc(s)
Sandra Bland documentary makes her more than a grim statistic	Houston Chronicle	Darling, C.	12/03/18	3 doc(s)
Industry combats modern slavery	Houston Chronicle	Ackerman, T.	12/03/18	2 doc(s)
Bush was accidental catalyst of new GOP	Houston Chronicle	Balz, D.	12/03/18
Honorary locomotive to carry Bush to grave	Houston Chronicle	Martin, B.	12/03/18
Oil exports top priority at port	San Antonio Express News	Druzin, R.	12/03/18
Report: Opioid epidemic urgent in Texas	San Antonio Express News	Evans, M.	12/03/18	1 doc(s)
Bush ceremonies from Texas to D.C. to be held this week	San Antonio Express News	Foxhall, E.	12/03/18
Joanna Cattanach concedes to Morgan Meyer after recount in Dallas County Texas House race	Dallas Morning News	Barragan, J.	11/30/18
Bush’s life of public service found a home in Texas	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	12/02/18
George H.W. Bush confronted tyranny and showed us the power of compassion	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	12/02/18
His loyalties clear enough; are Tarrant County GOP’s?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	12/02/18	1 doc(s)
George H.W. Bush was a Texan, a patriot, and an underrated president	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/02/18
Easing day care immunizations bad policy	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	12/02/18	4 doc(s)
Thumbs up to Texas mandating a UT-A&M football game	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/01/18	1 TX bill
Hating on the state’s most prosperous city	Austin American Statesman	Watson, K.	12/02/18	5 TX bill(s)
Trump takes First Step toward prison reform, re-arrest reduction	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Pierson, K.	12/02/18	2 doc(s)
Battle for Texas moves to suburbs	San Antonio Express News	Brodesky, J.	12/02/18
‘A peaceful, loving man’: Roger Williams on family friend George H.W. Bush	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Kennedy, B.	12/03/18
Commission was supposed to study how to better fund Texas schools. Instead, it’s focused on property tax relief.	Austin American Statesman	Chang, J.	12/02/18	4 doc(s)
Plan to merge prosecutors’ offices might be losing support	Austin American Statesman	Goldenstein, T.	12/02/18
Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94	Austin American Statesman	Graczyk, M.	12/02/18
George H.W. Bush dies at 94: president, family man, war hero	Dallas Morning News	Gillman, T.	12/02/18
Fort Worth leaders, friends recall former President George H.W. Bush as ‘warm, caring’	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	English, S.	12/02/18
A Statesman Remembered	Houston Chronicle	Tolson, M.	12/02/18
Ken Paxton sues San Antonio, alleging ‘anti-sanctuary’ law was violated	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	12/01/18	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Texas files its first 'sanctuary cities' lawsuit against San Antonio	Dallas Morning News	Barragan, J.	12/01/18	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
McKesson, nation's sixth largest company, is moving corporate HQ from California to Irving	Dallas Morning News	Repko, M.	12/01/18
Working to transform schools from the top	Houston Chronicle	Carpenter, J.	12/01/18	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Transmission is latest front in fossil fuels v. renewables battle	Houston Chronicle	Sixel, L.	12/01/18	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Texas Attorney General Paxton sues San Antonio over sanctuary cities law	San Antonio Express News	Zelinski, A.	12/01/18	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Texas GOP delivers rebuke after challenge to Muslim party official	Austin American Statesman	Tilove, J.	12/02/18	2 doc(s)
Texas House Republicans endorse Bonnen for speaker	Austin American Statesman	Silver, J.	12/02/18
Bush was political patriarch to enduring American dynasty	Austin American Statesman	Weissert, W.	12/02/18
With only one Bush left in office, what does the future hold for the family's political dynasty?	Dallas Morning News	Barragan, J.	12/02/18
Almost 600,000 Texas kids at high risk of not being counted in the 2020 census, report warns	Dallas Morning News	Manuel, O.	12/02/18	6 doc(s)
Fixing bad information on identity theft, the next Texas House speaker and tuna lawsuit updates	Dallas Morning News	Lieber, D.	12/02/18	1 doc(s)
Here’s what politicians, singers and friends are saying about George H.W. Bush’s death	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	English, S.	12/02/18
Texas Republican on Tarrant push to remove Muslim: ’We are not the party of bigots’	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tinsley, A.	12/02/18	1 doc(s)
Bush remembered in San Antonio as ‘unfailingly kind’ and ‘a true American statesman’	San Antonio Express News	McGuinness, D.	12/02/18	3 doc(s)
Take Ten: Odds are against Texas beating Oklahoma again	Austin American Statesman	Bohls, K.	12/01/18	1 TX bill
Gift of $20 million will go to UT business honors program	Austin American Statesman	Haurwitz, R.	12/01/18
Texas has billions in its rainy day fund, and lawmakers made a move to keep it that way	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	12/01/18	5 TX bill(s)
East Dallas’ ‘3G’ intersection is a mess, and the fight over its future doesn’t need more twists, turns	Dallas Morning News	Grigsby, S.	12/01/18	1 doc(s)
Votes trickle in for Senate District 6 race to replace Garcia	Houston Chronicle	Despart, Z.	12/01/18	2 doc(s)
Bush Found ‘Kindred Spirits’ at Texas A&M, His Final Resting Place	New York Times	Rojas, R.	12/03/18
George H.W. Bush’s Uncommon Grace	New York Times	Bruni, F.	12/03/18
George H.W. Bush, America’s 41st President and Father of 43rd, Dies	Wall Street Journal	Seib, G.	12/03/18
George Herbert Walker Bush	Wall Street Journal	Editorial	12/03/18
George H.W. Bush to Lie in State in the Capitol Rotunda	Wall Street Journal	McBride, C.	12/03/18
Houston Recalls Legacy of George Bush, Its Lone Star Yankee and Senior Booster	New York Times	Fernandez, M.	12/02/18
Politicians and Family React to George Bush’s Death	New York Times	Mervosh, S.	12/02/18
Austin Votes to Keep the Books Closed	Wall Street Journal	Davidson, J.	12/01/18

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