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
Number of Texans who don't have a high school level education is unacceptable	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	01/12/18	2 doc(s)
Trump’s Medicaid Work Requirement Will Backfire	New York Times	Bernstein, J.	01/12/18
Report: Texas schools illegally denied special education to students	Austin American Statesman	Goldenstein, T.	01/12/18	6 doc(s)
Are bag bans legal? Texas Supreme Court will decide	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	01/12/18	4 doc(s)
Kids denied special ed services, inquiry finds	Dallas Morning News	Ayala, E.	01/12/18	4 doc(s)
Inquiry launched under sanctuary cities ban	Dallas Morning News	Barragan, J.	01/12/18	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Texas’ highest courts launch review of mental health and incarceration	Austin American Statesman	Autullo, R.	01/12/18	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
‘AJ1’: Texas men endure emotional roller-coaster day in support of teammate Andrew Jones	Austin American Statesman	Davis, B.	01/12/18
Texas athletics receives $20 million pledge for future student-athlete health center	Austin American Statesman	Halliburton, S.	01/12/18
Medicaid work requirements clear White House hurdle	Austin American Statesman	Goldstein, A.	01/12/18	5 doc(s)
Democrat raises more than $900,000 in bid for Texas attorney general	Austin American Statesman	Tilove, J.	01/12/18
Key Texas lawmaker supports Medicaid policy change	Austin American Statesman	Herrera, S.	01/12/18	2 doc(s)
Gov. Abbott sets campaign cash record going into re-election bid	Austin American Statesman	Tilove, J.	01/12/18
Dem gov candidate Andrew White wants end to death penalty	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	01/12/18	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Flame torches, water balloons among items banned from Capitol grounds	Austin American Statesman	Wilson, M.	01/12/18	1 doc(s)
Texas hasn’t applied for new Medicaid work requirements	Dallas Morning News	Wang, J.	01/12/18	1 doc(s)
Abbott’s got $43.3M with months to go	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	01/12/18
City, bus agency strike deal	Dallas Morning News	Ayala, E.	01/12/18	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
A life of love and service	Dallas Morning News	Ramirez, M.	01/12/18
DPS bans items in bid to end protest violence	Dallas Morning News	Barragan, J.	01/12/18	1 doc(s)
Paxton opponent raises nearly $1M	Dallas Morning News	McGaughy, L.	01/12/18
City cancels MLK parade that was to include Abbott	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Mitchell, M.	01/12/18
Texas female prison population rises as male population decreases	Houston Chronicle	Blakinger, K.	01/12/18	2 doc(s)
Abbott reports record $43.3 million in re-election war chest	Houston Chronicle	Ward, M.	01/12/18
Conservative group's involvement in local race shows Montgomery County's strategic value	Houston Chronicle	Snyder, M.	01/12/18
Dozens of items now banned from protests on Texas Capitol grounds	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	01/12/18	1 doc(s)
Forum brings together GOP candidates in crowded race for Texas’ 21st Congressional District	San Antonio Express News	Scherer, J.	01/12/18
Police chief stands by decision in immigration case	San Antonio Express News	Buch, J.	01/12/18	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Medicaid work requirements, if adopted, would affect few Texans	San Antonio Express News	Morris, A.	01/12/18	1 doc(s)
San Antonio bans tobacco sales to young adults under 21	San Antonio Express News	O'Hare, P.	01/12/18	1 doc(s)
Abbott claims newly announced $43.3 million war chest sets a record	San Antonio Express News	Fikac, P.	01/12/18
Early primary elections are unfair to voters	Beaumont Enterprise	Editorial	01/11/18
Texas Illegally Excluded Thousands From Special Education, Federal Officials Say	New York Times	Rosenthal, B.	01/12/18
Trump Administration Sends Mixed Messages on Welfare Work Rules	Wall Street Journal	Radnofsky, L.	01/12/18
Public hearing/formal meeting notice			01/11/18

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