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
Words matter on election ballots	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	11/06/17
How bureaucrats are limiting Texas’ access to health care	Austin American Statesman	Borel, D.	11/06/17
How Texas can chart a new course in mobility	Austin American Statesman	Weiland, J.	11/06/17
Now can we talk about guns?	Dallas Morning News	Lindenberger, M.	11/06/17
Limiting tobacco sales is proper	San Antonio Express News	Uresti, C.	11/06/17	1 doc(s)
Texans should think about state’s economic future	San Antonio Express News	Flamm, K.	11/06/17	1 doc(s)
Gunman storms into church, kills 26 in Texas’ deadliest mass shooting	Austin American Statesman	Plohetski, T.	11/06/17
One family devastated as 3 members killed	Dallas Morning News	McGaughy, L.	11/06/17
'Horrific Tragedy'	Dallas Morning News	Cardona, C.	11/06/17
Rampage renews debate over guns	Dallas Morning News	Cobler, N.	11/06/17	1 doc(s)
26 murdered at Baptist church in tiny town southeast of San Antonio	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Staff	11/06/17
26 slain at church in Texas' deadliest mass shooting	Houston Chronicle	Staff	11/06/17
Massacre strikes Texas town as they worshipped	San Antonio Express News	Christenson, S.	11/06/17
State and national leaders react to church shooting	Austin American Statesman	Staff	11/06/17
Julián Castro will decide whether to run for president by end of 2018	Austin American Statesman	Tilove, J.	11/06/17
Travis County voters to decide on $185 million bonds	Austin American Statesman	Goldenstein, T.	11/06/17
DPS trooper dies after being struck by vehicle in Temple	Austin American Statesman	Taboada, M.	11/06/17
Police: We’ll take other IDs	Dallas Morning News	Limon, E.	11/06/17	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Paxton: Texans with guns can stop mass shooting	Dallas Morning News		11/06/17
Sunday Streets steps onto one of Houston's most diverse neighborhoods	Houston Chronicle	Begley, D.	11/06/17
Divers come back empty-handed in search in murder case	Houston Chronicle	Blakinger, K.	11/06/17	2 doc(s)
Paltry showing expected to continue through Election Day	Houston Chronicle	Elliott, R.	11/06/17	1 doc(s)
Texas Democrat Julian Castro says 'I might' run for president	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	11/06/17	1 TX bill
Austin company planting medical pot crop after getting state license	Austin American Statesman		11/04/17	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
The ACLU wants to play a big role in Dallas' district attorney race	Dallas Morning News	Ragland, J.	11/04/17	1 doc(s)
State begins defense of Texas abortion law	Houston Chronicle	Matos, A.	11/04/17	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Leander named as permanent site for Texas Bullion Depository	Houston Chronicle	Cobler, P.	11/04/17	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Grateful fans throng downtown for Astros victory parade	Houston Chronicle	Hixenbaugh, M.	11/04/17
Texas Attorney General Paxton seeks answers on Equifax	San Antonio Express News	Ehlinger, S.	11/04/17
O’Rourke planning 100 BBQ events in Texas to boost Senate campaign	San Antonio Express News	Wallace, J.	11/04/17
SB 4 records suggest lack of transparency by some city officials	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	11/05/17	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Texas slush fund	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	11/05/17	6 doc(s)
Astros aren't the only happy ending Houston needs after Harvey	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	11/05/17	4 doc(s)
New mammography law could save lives	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	11/04/17	1 TX bill
We can police mentally ill homeless people with empathy, not jail	Dallas Morning News	Selby, N.	11/05/17	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Texas Democrats need to try a little harder to put the state in play	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	11/05/17
Little Rosa should never have happened	Houston Chronicle	Garcia, S.	11/05/17	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Denied help. Denied hope.	Austin American Statesman	Chang, J.	11/05/17	3 doc(s)
Woman may be first sex offender evicted as towns adopt exclusion zones	Austin American Statesman	Dexheimer, E.	11/05/17	1 TX bill 5 doc(s)
Did mayor, councilmen vote against residents’ wishes on ‘sanctuary cities’ lawsuit?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Caplan, J.	11/05/17	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Small Houston charter school pays top dollar to leader, owns luxury condo	Houston Chronicle	Carpenter, J.	11/05/17	1 doc(s)
State’s border security planes fly over San Antonio neighborhoods	San Antonio Express News	Morris, A.	11/05/17
Leander lands first state-administered gold depository in U.S.	Austin American Statesman	Osborn, C.	11/04/17	1 TX bill
Longer white-tail deer season in North Zone among rule changes being discussed	Houston Chronicle	Tompkins, S.	11/05/17	1 doc(s)
Tarsha Jackson uses son's struggles as her catalyst for criminal justice reform	Houston Chronicle	Lewis, B.	11/05/17	1 TX bill
MUD measures on Tuesday's ballot anything but clear	Houston Chronicle	Drew, J.	11/05/17	1 TX bill
Early voting roundup	San Antonio Express News	Scherer, J.	11/05/17	1 doc(s)
In town hall, Abbott defends the Alamo and Confederate statues	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	11/04/17	2 doc(s)
Is Donald Trump the reason two powerful Texas lawmakers are retiring?	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	11/04/17
Here’s a way to keep a burned-out brake light from changing your life	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tinsley, A.	11/04/17	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
San Antonio’s Bates Energy loses in Kansas court	San Antonio Express News	Danner, P.	11/04/17	2 doc(s)
U.S. lawyers renew legal fight over Jane Doe abortion	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	11/04/17	2 doc(s)
Texas Church Shooting Leaves at Least 26 Dead, Officials Say	New York Times	Montgomery, D.	11/06/17
At Least 26 Dead in South Texas Church Shooting	Wall Street Journal	Gold, R.	11/06/17
A Broke, and Broken, Flood Insurance Program	New York Times	Walsh, M.	11/05/17
Revised Data Shows Community Colleges Have Been Underappreciated	New York Times	Carey, K.	11/05/17
Children’s Health Bill Clears House as States Struggle to Keep Programs Afloat	New York Times	Pear, R.	11/04/17

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