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
Trumpian true believers aim to limit the vote. The Senate has the remedy.	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	03/08/21	5 doc(s)
Each crisis in city reveals its inequality, poor planning	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	03/08/21
The answer to the Texas grid problem is more free markets, not less	Dallas Morning News	Lawson, R.	03/08/21	2 doc(s)
When Travis County needed drinking water, officials turned to Mexico	Austin American Statesman	Plohetski, T.	03/08/21
Will ERCOT grid disaster lead to higher electricity rates for Texans?	Austin American Statesman	Sechler, B.	03/08/21	5 doc(s)
Austin's grocery workers stayed on the front lines of COVID-19 for a year. Then the Texas freeze hit.	Austin American Statesman	Pineda, P.	03/08/21	6 doc(s)
Even Texans with fixed electricity plans may face high energy costs due to this fee	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Samsel, H.	03/08/21	4 doc(s)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s month from hell: Power outages, COVID and Republican discontent	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dent, M.	03/08/21	1 doc(s)
Managed, maybe elevated lanes considered for I-10 as TxDOT tries out options for clogged corridor	Houston Chronicle	Begley, D.	03/08/21
Texas GOP lawmakers want to bar cities from hiring lobbyists, but delay review of state's DC office	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	03/08/21	2 TX bill(s)
A tale of two freezes: How the Texas grid stayed on in the 1989 cold snap	Houston Chronicle	Osborne, J.	03/08/21	1 doc(s)
'Breathtaking audacity' - Former Gov. Dolph Briscoe's children fight over family fortune. Hundreds of millions are stake	San Antonio Express News	Danner, P.	03/08/21
State authorities launch 'Operation Lone Star' to combat smuggling people, drugs into Texas	Austin American Statesman	Alund, N.	03/08/21
Protest against Texas governor's lifting of mask mandate set for Monday outside state Capitol	Austin American Statesman	Osborn, C.	03/08/21	1 doc(s)
'Subpar' education: University of Texas student sues over online learning	Austin American Statesman	Jones, A.	03/08/21	1 doc(s)
Bastrop County officials react to Abbott lifting mask mandate, COVID-related restrictions	Austin American Statesman	Sevilla, A.	03/08/21	2 doc(s)
Ex-ERCOT CEO rejoins agency as board member, says he wants to ask questions, not place blame	Austin American Statesman	Osborn, C.	03/08/21
Texas reports more than 2,400 new coronavirus cases; Tarrant County tops 3,000 deaths	Dallas Morning News	Keomoungkhoun, N.	03/08/21	2 doc(s)
Backup generation booms as electric reliability is rattled	Houston Chronicle	Drane, A.	03/08/21	1 doc(s)
Look to international trade to boost the Texas economy	Houston Chronicle		03/08/21
Autism academy opening in Katy - and it's hiring	Houston Chronicle	Garofolo, S.	03/08/21	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Wall Street Made Huge Profits Off Deep Freeze, at Least on Paper	Houston Chronicle	Malik, N.	03/08/21	2 doc(s)
Pentagon's decision to pass over San Antonio for Space Command HQ smells fishy	Houston Chronicle	Tomlinson, C.	03/08/21	2 doc(s)
Houston mayor, lawmakers slam troubled Concrete Cowboy for planning 'mask off' gathering	Houston Chronicle	Hensley, N.	03/08/21	1 doc(s)
Biden signs executive order promoting voting rights on 56th anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’	Houston Chronicle	Gardner, A.	03/08/21	2 doc(s)
Fact check: Mike Pence claims bill would force universal mail-in voting	Houston Chronicle	Jacobson, L.	03/08/21	1 doc(s)
Gov. Greg Abbott rejects aid from Biden administration in dispute over coronavirus testing for migrants	San Antonio Express News	Aguilar, J.	03/08/21
Freeze cost one wind farm 'tens of millions’	San Antonio Express News	Eckhouse, B.	03/08/21	1 doc(s)
'Working harder than we ever have': A year of coronavirus has left funeral home workers in San Antonio exhausted	San Antonio Express News	Hardaway, L.	03/08/21	1 doc(s)
'Keep COVID suppressed' - San Antonio's coronavirus numbers look better, and mayor aims to keep it that way	San Antonio Express News	Picon, A.	03/08/21	1 doc(s)
Deregulation has been an expensive failure, with Texas customers left holding the bag	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	03/07/21	3 doc(s)
We're on our own now, Texans. How to fight COVID without Abbott's mask order.	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	03/07/21	1 doc(s)
Leadership in Texas fails character test	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	03/07/21	2 doc(s)
Thumbs: 'Neanderthal thinking' is not limited to Texas	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	03/06/21
Legislature can prepare Texas against gray swan events	Austin American Statesman	Luce, T.	03/07/21	2 doc(s)
Addressing disparities benefits all Texans	Austin American Statesman	Martinez Jr., O.	03/07/21	2 doc(s)
Texas must make a transformative change in child protection and foster care	Dallas Morning News	Phillips, S.	03/07/21	1 doc(s)
It’s time for Texas to finally retire the Railroad Commission and PUC to create an energy agency	Dallas Morning News	Castaneda, C.	03/07/21	2 doc(s)
Gov. Abbott failed Texas, first with blackouts, now with COVID-19	Dallas Morning News	Johnson, K.	03/07/21	1 doc(s)
We are too focused on green energy rather than adapting to climate change	Dallas Morning News	Hersh, K.	03/07/21	4 doc(s)
Community colleges will be crucial to reviving the economy	Dallas Morning News	May, J.	03/07/21
Here’s why Gov. Abbott’s order on masks won’t make Texas the ‘Wild West’ of COVID-19	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Allen, C.	03/07/21	1 doc(s)
Gov. Abbott, where’s the evidence that it’s safe to remove Texas’ mask mandate?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Davis, J.	03/07/21	2 doc(s)
My restaurant won't require masks and here's why	Houston Chronicle	Scott, S.	03/07/21	1 doc(s)
On the philosophy of Gov. Abbott, mask orders and blackouts	Houston Chronicle	Zaretsky, R.	03/07/21	1 doc(s)
When they were needed most, officials failed the vulnerable	San Antonio Express News	Rodriguez, Q.	03/07/21
What Abbott isn't saying about storm	San Antonio Express News	Martinez-Fischer, T.	03/07/21	1 doc(s)
Finally, teachers have their shot	San Antonio Express News	Preyor-Johnson, N.	03/07/21	3 doc(s)
Abbott the presidential candidate is calling the shots	San Antonio Express News	Clack, C.	03/07/21	1 doc(s)
Baylor expert: 3 more months likely all we needed to lift mask mandate safely	Houston Chronicle	McDeavitt, J.	03/06/21	1 doc(s)
Will blackout prompt criminal charges? Prosecutors have uphill climb, experts say	Austin American Statesman	Plohetski, T.	03/07/21	2 doc(s)
Preparing the Texas grid for the next polar vortex will be expensive. Next up: How to pay for it.	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	03/07/21	3 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Stung by the storm: Poll finds Texas leaders failed to anticipate severe weather, prepare public	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	03/07/21	1 doc(s)
Lifting of mask mandate worries minority workers	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Manna, N.	03/07/21	1 doc(s)
In bid to shift oil workers to clean energy, Biden faces pay gap	Houston Chronicle	Osborne, J.	03/07/21	1 doc(s)
'Don't take me back!'	Houston Chronicle	Stuckey, A.	03/07/21
'In jeopardy of losing the grid': San Antonio officials plagued by missing, faulty information during winter storm	San Antonio Express News	Fechter, J.	03/07/21
Is Abbott's plan for every senior to get the first COVID-19 vaccine by end of March a longshot?	Austin American Statesman	Mulder, B.	03/06/21	1 doc(s)
Utility commission refuses to reverse $16 billion in ERCOT overcharges	Austin American Statesman	Sechler, B.	03/06/21	2 doc(s)
Who’s next in line for the COVID-19 vaccine in Texas? Answer expected in coming days	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	03/06/21	2 doc(s)
Gov. Abbott crisscrosses Texas to distract from power grid crisis, critics charge	San Antonio Express News	Harris, C.	03/06/21	2 doc(s)
Terminated: Texas Medicaid subcontractor dumped after data breach in ransomware attack from Russia	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	03/08/21
"Speak now or forever hold your pee”	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	03/07/21
Fact-check: Are Texas gas pipelines 'naturally insulated' from freezing weather?	Austin American Statesman	Mulder, B.	03/07/21	1 doc(s)
Senate passes Biden’s COVID relief bill along party lines, sending legislation with $1,400 stimulus checks to House	Austin American Statesman	Wu, N.	03/07/21	1 doc(s)
Will February’s winter storms result in an uptick in COVID-19 cases? Health experts say it’s hard to say	Dallas Morning News	Marfin, C.	03/07/21
Angered and frustrated by Texas’ electricity scandal? Here’s what you can do to fix it	Dallas Morning News	Lieber, D.	03/07/21
Dallas County reports 25 COVID-19 deaths, 372 more cases, ending fifth-deadliest week of pandemic	Dallas Morning News	Marfin, C.	03/07/21	3 doc(s)
Texas regulators will not correct $16 billion in electricity ‘overcharges.’ Why?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Samsel, H.	03/07/21	3 doc(s)
The way forward: How do we fix mental health in Texas?	Houston Chronicle	Stuckey, A.	03/07/21
Greg Abbott's demagoguery and deflections are putting Texans at risk	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	03/07/21	2 doc(s)
Texas’ problem is us, not the weather	Houston Chronicle	Tomlinson, C.	03/07/21	2 doc(s)
Texas A&M virologist Ben Neuman: Now's not the time to 'hold the parade for the end of COVID'	Houston Chronicle	Gray, L.	03/07/21	4 doc(s)
Have recent events dented your Texas pride? If so, you're not alone.	Houston Chronicle	Gray, L.	03/07/21	1 doc(s)
The $450 million Alamo project is on life support	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	03/07/21	3 doc(s)
Abbott trusts Texans to self-govern, except when he doesn't	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, G.	03/07/21	2 doc(s)
State boosts funding for schools that have seen attendance declines amid the pandemic	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	03/06/21	1 doc(s)
Abbott plays to what he hopes is his base as Texans deal with real problems	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	03/06/21	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Gov. Greg Abbott wants Texans to be able to sue social media for censorship	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	03/06/21	2 TX bill(s)
Texas to get $27 billion from $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill	Dallas Morning News	Thompson, E.	03/06/21	2 doc(s)
Biden, Abbott say there will be enough vaccines by May. When can you expect one in Dallas County?	Dallas Morning News	Jimenez, J.	03/06/21	6 doc(s)
Abbott, Texas Republicans want to prohibit ‘political censorship’ by social media platforms	Dallas Morning News	Briseno, A.	03/06/21	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Dallas County reports 26 deaths from COVID-19; Tarrant County adds 37 deaths	Dallas Morning News	Steele, T.	03/06/21	3 doc(s)
Texas bill would stop conservative speech from being ‘canceled’ online	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	03/06/21	1 TX bill
CDC warns Texas to expect increase in COVID cases, deaths after mask order lifts	Houston Chronicle	Wermund, B.	03/06/21	3 doc(s)
As Gov. Abbott opens Texas, in-person court proceedings allowed to resume	Houston Chronicle	Ketterer, S.	03/06/21	2 doc(s)
New PUC chairman gives market monitor cold shoulder, calls repricing 'dangerous'	Houston Chronicle	Drane, A.	03/06/21	4 doc(s)
San Antonio reports 287 new COVID cases, three more deaths	San Antonio Express News	O'Hare, P.	03/06/21	4 doc(s)
Alamo 'reset' has potential to get plaza project completed	San Antonio Express News	Ayala, E.	03/06/21	2 doc(s)
Abbott and Hughes faced the press — now for a solution	Longview Morning Journal	Anderson, J.	03/06/21
Covid-19 Aid Bill Heads Back to House After Tense Senate Vote	Wall Street Journal	Peterson, K.	03/08/21
Divided Senate Passes Biden’s Pandemic Aid Plan	New York Times	Cochrane, E.	03/07/21
As states loosen restrictions and variants spread, Fauci warns that the U.S. could be headed for yet another virus spike.	New York Times	Paz, I.	03/07/21
A Vexing Question for Democrats: What Drives Latino Men to Republicans?	New York Times	Medina, J.	03/06/21
Texas Opts Not to Fix $16 Billion Power Overcharge	Wall Street Journal	Gold, R.	03/06/21

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