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