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
Give Ethics Commission teeth it needs to force officials' compliance	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	04/12/12	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Warren Chisum for railroad commissioner	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	04/12/12	1 TX bill
Prosecutorial cards on the table	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	04/12/12	1 TX bill
Barry Smitherman for railroad commissioner	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	04/12/12	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Larson letter was wrongly addressed	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	04/12/12	1 doc(s)
Give DIY litigants help with forms	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	04/12/12
SWIFT sanctions can change adult probation in Tarrant County	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Reddy, V.	04/12/12
Crime victims fund heads toward insolvency	Austin American Statesman	Ward, M.	04/12/12	1 TX bill
Watchdog group, others doubt effectiveness of dental board	Austin American Statesman	Roser, M.	04/12/12	1 doc(s)
Texas sales tax revenue increases again in March	Austin American Statesman	Staff	04/12/12	1 doc(s)
Longtime legislator pushed for bilingual education	Austin American Statesman	Staff	04/12/12	1 TX bill
Dewhurst collects $1.66 millon more for Senate bid	Austin American Statesman	Alexander, K.	04/12/12
Official: $17 million in public costs for storms	Austin American Statesman	A.P. Wire	04/12/12
UT goes tobacco-free to preserve research funding	Austin American Statesman	Haurwitz, R.	04/12/12
Replace UMC Brackenridge, national consultants say	Austin American Statesman	Haurwitz, R.	04/12/12	1 doc(s)
Planned Parenthood sues Texas over women's health care	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	04/12/12	1 TX bill 5 doc(s)
Planned Parenthood sues Texas for cutting it from women’s health care	Dallas Morning News	Hoppe, C.	04/12/12	6 doc(s)
Craig James accuses Ted Cruz of trying to 'rig' Senate debate with planted question	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	04/12/12
Texas board says it’s falling short in regulating bad dentists	Dallas Morning News	Ingram, S.	04/12/12	1 doc(s)
Tom Leppert TV spot stresses job creation, disses two foes	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	04/12/12
8 Planned Parenthood groups sue Texas over ban	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tomlinson, C.	04/12/12	1 TX bill 5 doc(s)
Florida shooting case spurs critics of Texas self-defense statute	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Henry, J.	04/12/12	3 TX bill(s) 4 doc(s)
Perry: Feds erring over plan to move cargo planes	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Merchant, N.	04/12/12	1 doc(s)
Perry, Granger, Barton vow to continue fight for C-130s	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Vaughn, C.	04/12/12	1 doc(s)
Justice Department: Texas voter ID law shows evidence of bias	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tomlinson, C.	04/12/12	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Texas takes lead as states, EPA head to court over air pollution rule	Houston Chronicle	Tresaugue, M.	04/12/12	2 doc(s)
Tobacco ban at UT set to begin	Houston Chronicle	Staff	04/12/12
Planned Parenthood sues over abortions exclusion	Houston Chronicle	Ackerman, T.	04/12/12	5 doc(s)
South Texas lawmakers remember Truan	San Antonio Express News	Staff	04/12/12
Santorum departure demotes Texas	Amarillo Globe-News	Editorial	04/11/12
Retired state Sen. Carlos Truan, 76, dies Tuesday evening at his home	Corpus Christi Caller Times	Savage, J.	04/11/12	1 TX bill
El Paso's Texas Board of Education rep says he was misled on Bowie allegations	El Paso Times	Torres, Z.	04/11/12
Texas first lady Anita Perry names San Angelo a Texas Treasure	San Angelo Standard Times	Waller, M.	04/11/12
Comptroller warns of Medicaid costs	Texarkana Gazette	Avery, K.	04/11/12	2 doc(s)
Sen. Hinojosa: The late Sen. Truan stood his ground	McAllen Monitor	Hinojosa, J.	04/11/12
District 34 hopefuls support student, workforce investments	Valley Morning Star	Perez-Trevino, E.	04/11/12
Rep. Flores hits on familiar topics in Waco town hall visit	Waco Tribune Herald	Culp, C.	04/11/12	1 doc(s)
Ratliff lashes out at ‘no-tax’ mentality as holding back Texas progress	Longview News-Journal	Elswick, M.	04/11/12	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
IBWC: It does not help that TCEQ officials will not visit Mexico	Rio Grande Guardian	de la Cruz, R.	04/11/12	1 doc(s)
Tributes pour in for Carlos Truan	Rio Grande Guardian	de la Cruz, R.	04/11/12

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