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
A Loss to Both Sides	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	12/04/17
Opponents: Proposed quarry near Florence threatens water supply	Austin American Statesman	Osborn, C.	12/04/17
Report: State cuts led to drop in therapy for young children on Gulf Coast	Houston Chronicle	Zelinski, A.	12/04/17	2 doc(s)
State’s future will be affected by speaker’s race	San Antonio Express News	Fikac, P.	12/04/17
UH, UH-Downtown cheered for completion programs	Houston Chronicle	Ellis, L.	12/04/17
Texas schools teaching Mexican-American studies even without state-approved textbook	Houston Chronicle	Matos, A.	12/04/17	3 doc(s)
Survivor: Protecting kids is No. 1 priority	Dallas Morning News	Ballor, C.	12/02/17
Congress must act now, reauthorize CHIP	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	12/03/17	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Wrong Way on Schools	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	12/03/17	1 doc(s)
Get the ball rolling to expand medical marijuana in Texas	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	12/03/17	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
'Out of whack’	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/03/17	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
More work left to be done on special ed	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	12/03/17	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Hits and Misses	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	12/02/17
Thumbs up, down	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/02/17
Fight for $15	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/02/17	2 doc(s)
Why legislators shouldn’t interfere with Texas cities	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Greene, R.	12/03/17
How we become political, and the cheapening of political language	Houston Chronicle	Trowbridge, R.	12/03/17
The Grit of ‘Hometown Texas’	Houston Chronicle	Holley, J.	12/03/17
Public mistrust of political leaders at a new high	San Antonio Express News	Apodaca, R.	12/03/17
More toll lanes on I-35 would make our traffic nightmares even worse	Austin American Statesman	Oakey, B.	12/02/17	2 doc(s)
Fewer being arrested, yet more sit in county jails	Dallas Morning News	Aspinwall, C.	12/03/17	4 doc(s)
400,000 Texas kids face loss of health care	Houston Chronicle	Matos, A.	12/03/17	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Tax dollars settled Farenthold lawsuit	Austin American Statesman	Hicks, N.	12/02/17
Banned book list a page-turner	Dallas Morning News	McGaughy, L.	12/02/17	2 doc(s)
Texas issues typhus alert	Houston Chronicle	Ackerman, T.	12/02/17	1 doc(s)
Texas House takes on sexual harassment	Houston Chronicle	Matos, A.	12/02/17	1 doc(s)
Sid Miller links foe to ‘yuppie’ crepe joint	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	12/03/17
Cruz makes bid for re-election official	Dallas Morning News	Svitek, P.	12/03/17	1 doc(s)
Pension heroes saved the city	Dallas Morning News	Schnurman, M.	12/03/17	1 TX bill
Harmful bacteria found in water near gas wells	Dallas Morning News	Mosier, J.	12/03/17	3 doc(s)
Ed board veteran to retire in a year	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	12/03/17	2 TX bill(s)
Texas issues alert on flea-borne typhus	Dallas Morning News	Scudder, C.	12/03/17	1 doc(s)
Death penalty sought in officer’s slaying	Dallas Morning News	Scudder, C.	12/03/17
Who’s the best bet for Barton’s seat? Wright has name recognition, but watch a former Navy pilot	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Kennedy, B.	12/03/17
Supreme Court judge helps choking man	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tinsley, A.	12/03/17
Can Texas schools be good and bad at the same time?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Smith, D.	12/03/17	8 doc(s)
Scientist describes air quality in The Woodlands as ‘poor’	Houston Chronicle	Marshall, J.	12/03/17	3 doc(s)
Competition sounded like a great idea at the time	Houston Chronicle	Handy, R.	12/03/17	2 doc(s)
Volunteers fulfill Christmas wishes of fostered kids	Houston Chronicle	Elliott, R.	12/03/17
Congress is forgetting the needs of 400,000 children in Texas	Houston Chronicle	Falkenberg, L.	12/03/17	3 doc(s)
Teens too young to go on trial	San Antonio Express News	Downen, R.	12/03/17	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Is a ‘Must’ Worth the Risk?	San Antonio Express News	Zuvanich, A.	12/03/17	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
East Side Project Faces Opposition	San Antonio Express News	Webner, R.	12/03/17
Martinez Fischer to seek old seat	San Antonio Express News	Druzin, R.	12/03/17
Patrick seeks legal opinion on guns in churches	Austin American Statesman	Juarez, S.	12/02/17	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
GOP changes way speaker is selected	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	12/02/17	2 doc(s)
State House panel updates policy amid harassment complaints	Austin American Statesman	Silver, J.	12/02/17	1 doc(s)
Man linked to judge attack tampering with witnesses, U.S. alleges	Austin American Statesman	Hicks, N.	12/02/17	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
FBI steps up search for tips	Dallas Morning News	Corchado, A.	12/02/17
Nearly 894,000 Texans apply for FEMA help	Dallas Morning News	Lozano, J.	12/02/17	1 doc(s)
New policy to address sexual harassment	Dallas Morning News	Wang, J.	12/02/17	1 doc(s)
State failed 3-year-old girl, says protective services chief	Dallas Morning News	Madry, K.	12/02/17	2 doc(s)
GOP changes way it will pick speaker	Dallas Morning News	Barragan, J.	12/02/17	2 doc(s)
Former chief of staff files to run for Joe Barton’s seat	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Mitchell, M.	12/02/17
Green endorses Garcia for seat in Congress	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	12/02/17
Harris County Republicans spar over tax policies	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	12/02/17
Suicide at jail stumps police	Houston Chronicle	Barned-Smith, S.	12/02/17
Woodlands Board bids farewell to Fillault, welcomes Stromatt	Houston Chronicle	Marshall, J.	12/02/17
Murder prompts custody battle one year later	Houston Chronicle	Blakinger, K.	12/02/17
Texas House revises sexual harassment policy following reports of flaws	Houston Chronicle	Smith, M.	12/02/17	2 doc(s)
TEA approves plan for Kashmere High	Houston Chronicle	Webb, S.	12/02/17	3 doc(s)
Official forecasts lower cost for Harvey	San Antonio Express News	Fikac, P.	12/02/17
Patrick seeks opinion on guns in churches	San Antonio Express News	Morris, A.	12/02/17	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Straus won’t endorse successor	San Antonio Express News	Fikac, P.	12/02/17	2 doc(s)
Tax fund used to settle sex case	San Antonio Express News	Viebeck, E.	12/02/17	2 doc(s)
Women Line Up to Run for Office, Aiming a ‘Primal Scream’ at Trump	New York Times	Tackett, M.	12/04/17
Developers said their homes were out of a flood zone. Then Harvey came.	New York Times	Schwartz, J.	12/03/17

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