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
How did ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ become rule for Texans requesting mail ballots during pandemic?	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	06/10/20	7 doc(s)
Reflect state, city in board appointees	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	06/10/20	2 doc(s)
Removing Rangers statue acknowledges their brutal past	Austin American Statesman	Gonzalez, J.	06/10/20	2 doc(s)
Protest alone won’t bring police reform. Here are three basic steps to real change.	Houston Chronicle	Edwards, A.	06/10/20
Houston gives George Floyd a rousing, tearful farewell	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	06/10/20
Outbreak leads Texas to hold off on revamping internet sales tax policies	Austin American Statesman	Sechler, B.	06/10/20	4 doc(s)
Texas ordered $1B in coronavirus supplies but canceled most deals over delays or faulty gear	Dallas Morning News	Morris, A.	06/10/20	1 doc(s)
Texas COVID-19 hospitalizations up 36% since Memorial Day	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	06/10/20	3 doc(s)
A homegoing: Mourners gather to remember George Floyd and call for change	Houston Chronicle	Barned-Smith, S.	06/10/20
Texas to require all police officers receive implicit bias training, in first George Floyd-inspired reform	San Antonio Express News	Goldenstein, T.	06/10/20	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Protests against police violence continue in Austin, San Marcos	Austin American Statesman	Choi, H.	06/10/20
Elgin nursing home reports 31 positive coronavirus cases	Austin American Statesman	Mulder, B.	06/10/20	1 doc(s)
Bastrop County to provide voters with hand sanitizer during July elections	Austin American Statesman	Mulder, B.	06/10/20
At least one notable Bush — George P., the Texas land commissioner — will vote for Trump in November	Dallas Morning News	Benning, T.	06/10/20
Dallas County reports 298 coronavirus cases — matching its daily high — and 7 additional deaths	Dallas Morning News	Jones, A.	06/10/20	1 doc(s)
Cornyn joins Senate GOP group working on police overhaul effort; West, Hegar question intent	Dallas Morning News	Benning, T.	06/10/20	2 doc(s)
Which Texas nursing homes have seen COVID-19 outbreaks?	Dallas Morning News	Hacker, H.	06/10/20	4 doc(s)
Protests, graduations, parties might cause Tarrant COVID cases to spike, officials say	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tinsley, A.	06/10/20	1 doc(s)
Fort Worth-area councilwoman poses with Confederate flag even as protests convulse Texas	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dent, M.	06/10/20	1 doc(s)
Could public outrage over George Floyd’s death lead to long-overdue police reform?	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	06/10/20	3 doc(s)
Supreme Court will review ERCOT’s immunity from lawsuits	Houston Chronicle	Sixel, L.	06/10/20	2 doc(s)
Houston ISD seeks feedback on proposed extension of 2020-21 calendar	Houston Chronicle	Carpenter, J.	06/10/20	1 doc(s)
Lake Houston YMCA reopened on June 1 with social distancing plan	Houston Chronicle	Shelton, C.	06/10/20	3 doc(s)
Excitement in the air as League City youth baseball, softball teams return to practice	Houston Chronicle	Avery, R.	06/10/20	1 doc(s)
Texas A&M AD confident Kyle Field will teem with fans this fall	Houston Chronicle	Zwerneman, B.	06/10/20	1 doc(s)
Houston robocallers hit with federal lawsuit, record proposed FCC fine	Houston Chronicle	Silverman, D.	06/10/20	3 doc(s)
More San Antonians with novel cornavirus enter hospitals; system still OK, officials say	San Antonio Express News	Mendoza-Moyers, D.	06/10/20	1 doc(s)
Inmates report dangerous practices inside the Texas prison with the most coronavirus deaths	San Antonio Express News	McCullough, J.	06/10/20	3 doc(s)
A&M San Antonio describes what its reopened campus will be like this fall	San Antonio Express News	Torralva, K.	06/10/20	3 doc(s)
Events — and their own words — put Texas Republicans in an election year bind	Longview News-Journal	Ramsey, R.	06/09/20
Council OKs Riverbend deal, loans and grants to rehab historical bank	Texarkana Gazette	Richter, K.	06/09/20
Texas Inmate Who Spent Nearly 40 Years on Death Row Is Granted Parole	New York Times	Vigdor, N.	06/10/20	2 doc(s)
George Floyd, From ‘I Want to Touch the World’ to ‘I Can’t Breathe’	New York Times	Fernandez, M.	06/10/20
Houston Bids Goodbye to George Floyd, Whose Killing Galvanized a Movement	New York Times	Fernandez, M.	06/10/20
George Floyd, the Athlete and Classmate, Is Remembered at Houston Funeral	Wall Street Journal	Findell, E.	06/10/20
Public hearing/formal meeting notice			06/09/20

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