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
One key issue	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/11/17	1 doc(s)
Board changes could be advantageous for South San community	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	12/11/17
Good news for Alamo Colleges District	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	12/11/17
TWO VIEWS: Why 2017 is the year obscenity in Texas and America	Austin American Statesman	Smith, G.	12/11/17
TWO VIEWS: This was the year Texas bucked restrictive local policies	Austin American Statesman	Quintero, J.	12/11/17	1 TX bill
Joseph Hutcheson's death shows why Lupe Valdez isn't qualified to be governor	Dallas Morning News	Hood, J.	12/11/17
M.J. Hegar isn’t your father’s congressional candidate. Here’s why.	Austin American Statesman	Recio, M.	12/11/17
Ted Cruz does what Texas Legislature could not: expand ‘school choice’	Austin American Statesman	Chang, J.	12/11/17	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Texas colleges, universities brace for hard changes	Houston Chronicle	Ellis, L.	12/11/17	5 doc(s)
In Harvey's wake, some worry about state insurer's pace at paying claims from Ike	Houston Chronicle	Webb, S.	12/11/17	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
How Abbott, Trump might influence Bexar County voters	San Antonio Express News	Scherer, J.	12/11/17
PolitiFact: Most Texas high school graduates don’t get college degrees	Austin American Statesman	Selby, W.	12/11/17	3 doc(s)
Dropping two lanes from the Drag not a black-and-white question	Austin American Statesman	Wear, B.	12/11/17	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Candidates nearly set for important election contests in North Texas	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	12/11/17
Ag commissioner candidates spar over banana Nutella crepes	Houston Chronicle	Zelinski, A.	12/11/17
Democrats' field growing crowded as filing for 2018 races ends Monday	Houston Chronicle	Ward, M.	12/11/17
Conservative group quietly championing criminal justice reform	Houston Chronicle	Rogers, B.	12/11/17
Texas salesman dreams of building a Ferris wheel to top them all	Houston Chronicle	Webner, R.	12/11/17
Budget-writers are making up for lost opportunity in demanding more Alamo openness	San Antonio Express News	Fikac, P.	12/11/17	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Rising student loan defaults troubling	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	12/10/17
Thumbs up, thumbs down	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/09/17
UT System competing against California-A&M alliance to run Los Alamos	Austin American Statesman	Haurwitz, R.	12/10/17	3 doc(s)
‘The ultimate opportunity’: TCU’s Chris Del Conte leaving Fort Worth to lead Texas athletics	Austin American Statesman	Bohls, K.	12/10/17
Upcoming court ruling could derail — or at least delay — prosecution of AG Ken Paxton	Dallas Morning News	McGaughy, L.	12/10/17	8 doc(s)
'Immediate jeopardy': How safe are kids at state-monitored Timberlawn psych hospital?	Dallas Morning News	Ambrose, S.	12/10/17	4 doc(s)
Wendy Davis talks about her movie, sexual harassment and another run for governor	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Montgomery, D.	12/10/17	1 TX bill
Garcias abound in District 29 race to succeed Gene Green	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	12/10/17
Build, flood, rebuild: flood insurance’s expensive cycle	Houston Chronicle	Osborne, J.	12/10/17	10 doc(s)
Embattled U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold draws 9 challengers	Austin American Statesman	Silver, J.	12/09/17
State permits bring big savings to Uber, Lyft compared to Austin fees	Austin American Statesman	Wear, B.	12/09/17	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Medicaid paid $5.5 million to cover health care services for dead Texans	Dallas Morning News	Rice, S.	12/09/17	1 doc(s)
Jerry Patterson will take on Bush for land commissioner	Houston Chronicle	Ward, M.	12/09/17
Nature ruled, man reacted. Hurricane Harvey was Houston’s reckoning	Houston Chronicle	Carroll, S.	12/09/17	7 doc(s)
Citing Alamo trouble, Jerry Patterson challenges Land Commissioner George P. Bush	San Antonio Express News	Fikac, P.	12/09/17	1 doc(s)
Abbott names Austin lawyer Dustin Howell to new court bench	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	12/10/17	1 TX bill
Abbott promise on postpartum depression goes unmet	Austin American Statesman	Selby, W.	12/10/17	5 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Data breach exposes social security numbers, birth dates of hundreds of Texas students	Dallas Morning News	Martin, K.	12/10/17
Bathroom bill effect: Fidelity, other Texas businesses to urge employees to vote in primaries	Dallas Morning News	Schnurman, M.	12/10/17	2 TX bill(s)
Deadline for 2018 primary ballot: Monday. Here’s who is already in the race	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tinsley, A.	12/10/17
Donald Trump may prefer McDonald’s but wife Melania chose Whataburger when in Texas	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tinsley, A.	12/10/17
District attorney who prosecuted Jeff Wood now wants him off death row	Houston Chronicle	McCollough, J.	12/10/17	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Lake Houston recovery campaign relies on community involvement	Houston Chronicle	Feuk, M.	12/10/17	1 TX bill
After Harvey, we must challenge the city's preference for growth	Houston Chronicle	Falkenberg, L.	12/10/17	2 doc(s)
Canseco leads crowded field in District 21 poll	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, G.	12/10/17
Fight over transgender rights likely to flare up again	San Antonio Express News	Caruba, L.	12/10/17	2 TX bill(s) 4 doc(s)
Congress, state House races poised to be the most competitive in 2018	San Antonio Express News	Morris, A.	12/10/17
Officials study how to restrict water use by proposed Florence quarry	Austin American Statesman	Osborn, C.	12/09/17	1 doc(s)
Jerry Patterson to challenge George P. Bush for land commissioner	Austin American Statesman	Silver, J.	12/09/17
Task force founder retires from chasing fugitives to protect judges	Austin American Statesman	Wilson, M.	12/09/17
Ted Cruz, other oil-state Republicans meet with Trump on biofuel mandate concerns	Dallas Morning News	Benning, T.	12/09/17	1 doc(s)
George P Bush draws unlikely GOP challenge from predecessor	Dallas Morning News	Weissert, W.	12/09/17	4 doc(s)
Lupe Valdez on her grass-roots campaign: Gov. Greg Abbott may have the money, but 'I have all the people'	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	12/09/17
New allegations spur Dan Patrick to assure Texans that Senate will deter sexual harassment	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	12/09/17	1 doc(s)
O’Rourke to Democrats: Don’t shut down the government like Ted Cruz	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Drusch, A.	12/09/17	4 doc(s)
Feds dispute Uresti’s take on steamy text messages	San Antonio Express News	Danner, P.	12/09/17	1 doc(s)
The Alabama Senate Race May Have Already Been Decided	New York Times	Douglas, S.	12/11/17

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