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
Texas won’t fix its foster care system by displacing immigrant kids	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	06/07/21	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
‘Constitutional carry’ shouldn’t mean irresponsible carry	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	06/07/21	1 TX bill
One Texan's 'election integrity' is another's 'voter suppression.' Got question on voting? We've got answers.	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	06/07/21	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Thumbs up, thumbs down	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	06/05/21	1 TX bill
Are Fort Worth voters happy with city’s direction? What Saturday night’s results mean	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Ranker, L.	06/07/21
Tarrant County reports 5 coronavirus deaths, 61 cases; Texas adds 637 more cases	Dallas Morning News	Keomoungkhoun, N.	06/07/21	3 doc(s)
Democrats must regroup after ‘brutal’ legislative session but now face difficult midterm elections	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	06/07/21	1 TX bill
Curious Texas: Why doesn’t Sandbranch have running water?	Dallas Morning News	Keomoungkhoun, N.	06/07/21
Mattie Parker is the new Fort Worth mayor. Here’s why that’s important to Republicans	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Kennedy, B.	06/07/21
Houston's historic preservation ordinance gets OK from Texas Supreme Court	Houston Chronicle	McGuinness, D.	06/07/21
States rebound from bleak forecasts to pass record budgets	Houston Chronicle	Lieb, D.	06/07/21	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Alamo site's history dates back 10,000 years, connects indigenous hunter-gatherers and mission inhabitants to present-day San Antonians	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	06/07/21	2 doc(s)
Why let Texans decide when GOP lawmakers have the answers?	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	06/06/21	1 doc(s)
A SWOT analysis of the Dallas economy	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	06/06/21	3 doc(s)
Did Texas Legislature do enough to keep electricity flowing as the summer heat nears?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	06/06/21	4 TX bill(s)
Democrats can't walk out forever. We need For The People Act to protect Texans' voting access	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	06/06/21	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Legislature, pandering to the far right, left needs unmet	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	06/06/21	4 TX bill(s)
Serve voters by moving city elections to November	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	06/05/21	1 TX bill
Legislature missed chance to add oversight to charter schools	Austin American Statesman	DeMatthews, D.	06/06/21	3 doc(s)
Community colleges deserve more attention. But making them free isn’t the answer.	Austin American Statesman	Dennis, M.	06/06/21	1 doc(s)
Dallas Fed: The secret to building economic mobility is strong local partnerships	Dallas Morning News	Norman, A.	06/06/21	1 doc(s)
Texas voting bill isn’t ‘Jim Crow 2.0,’ and Democrats should like much of what’s in it	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Allen, C.	06/06/21	1 TX bill
Each generation of queer Americans has had its 'Godzilla' hunting them down	Houston Chronicle	Reagler, R.	06/06/21	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
We helped design ERCOT, here's how to prevent another major Texas electricity failure	Houston Chronicle	Gee, R.	06/06/21	4 TX bill(s)
As Pride Month begins, Republicans double down on restricting transgender	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Vanden Heuvel, K.	06/05/21	2 doc(s)
Kamala Harris is ready for the fight to save voting rights	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Capehart, J.	06/05/21	3 doc(s)
Texas Democrats aren't heroes preserving democracy	San Antonio Express News	Lowry, R.	06/05/21	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Legislature is gone (for now). Here's what it did, and left undone, in the session	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	06/06/21	6 TX bill(s)
From abortion to guns, here's how the GOP moved Texas further right	Austin American Statesman	Cobler, N.	06/06/21	3 TX bill(s)
One region, two economies: As Dallas-Fort Worth aims for a record recovery, the pandemic deepens the divide between haves and have-nots	Dallas Morning News	Schnurman, M.	06/06/21	3 doc(s)
For big cities like Dallas, the post-pandemic reality is workers can live anywhere	Dallas Morning News	Halkias, M.	06/06/21	1 doc(s)
Republicans wield power 'unapologetically' to steamroll Democrats in Texas Legislature	San Antonio Express News	Wallace, J.	06/06/21
Two injured in Alamo Plaza shooting early Saturday morning; suspect in custody	San Antonio Express News	Hardaway, L.	06/06/21
'We are disappointed': Despite national highs, Texas remains a buzzkill for marijuana advocates	Austin American Statesman	Sechler, B.	06/05/21	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Round Rock, Hays cancel fall online classes after remote learning bill falls short	Austin American Statesman	Mendez, M.	06/05/21	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Texas GOP chairman Allen West resigns, considers challenge to Gov. Greg Abbott in 2022 primary	Dallas Morning News	Gillman, T.	06/05/21
Texas' restrictive new abortion law faces uncertain path	Houston Chronicle	Blackman, J.	06/05/21	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
With voting bill, Texas Democrats are fighting a battle in war they lost on Election Day	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	06/06/21
State officials to release $5 billion in federal coronavirus aid for public schools	Austin American Statesman	Mendez, M.	06/06/21	3 doc(s)
Bastrop County Emergency Operations Center wraps up COVID response, resumes normal operations	Austin American Statesman	Drummond, C.	06/06/21	1 doc(s)
Huffines right on Texas’ high taxes	Austin American Statesman	Mulder, B.	06/06/21	2 doc(s)
Asian American, Pacific Islander super PAC pledges to invest millions in Texas	Dallas Morning News	Briseno, R.	06/06/21
‘It just kept going’: COVID-19 forced surviving Dallas small businesses to get smaller, for now	Dallas Morning News	DiFurio, D.	06/06/21	1 doc(s)
Dallas County adds 1 new coronavirus death, 98 more cases; Tarrant County reports 4 deaths	Dallas Morning News	Marfin, C.	06/06/21	3 doc(s)
Mattie Parker defeats Deborah Peoples in Fort Worth, becomes youngest mayor of a major city	Dallas Morning News	Caplan, A.	06/06/21
George P. Bush's campaign undermined by awkward embrace of Trump	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	06/06/21
Texas roadway deaths 'going the wrong way' as 2021 looks to be risky year for driving	Houston Chronicle	Begley, D.	06/06/21	3 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
COVID Help Desk: When is the NRG Park vaccination site closing?	Houston Chronicle	Wu, G.	06/06/21	1 doc(s)
Clubs, pool parties, bars: Houston was carefree on Memorial Day, but COVID experts aren't worried	Houston Chronicle	Garcia, J.	06/06/21	5 doc(s)
‘Forget the Alamo’? Old stories die hard, but authors do their best to bust the myth.	Houston Chronicle	Galehouse, M.	06/06/21	3 doc(s)
Residents track air quality in Sunnyside	Houston Chronicle	Britto, B.	06/06/21	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Abbott's war on cities is self-defeating - they're Texas' future	San Antonio Express News	Jefferson, G.	06/06/21	3 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Everyday Texans overlooked in state lawmakers' response to power outages during winter storm	San Antonio Express News	Ferman, M.	06/06/21	2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Judge overturns California’s 32-year ban on assault weapons	San Antonio Express News	Thompson, D.	06/06/21	1 doc(s)
Another COVID surprise: Texas’ large nonprofit health companies got financially stronger during the pandemic	Austin American Statesman	Schnurman, M.	06/05/21
Wind and solar power is rapidly growing in Texas, but ERCOT limits how much goes to the grid	Austin American Statesman	Webb, S.	06/05/21	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Dallas HS valedictorian delivers abortion rights call	Austin American Statesman	Wallace, T.	06/05/21	1 TX bill
Texas GOP Chairman Allen West steps down from post as he considers run for governor	Austin American Statesman	Mekelburg, M.	06/05/21
‘Pandemic is not over’: New Austin-Travis County health chief stresses herd immunity through more vaccinations	Austin American Statesman	Osbourne, H.	06/05/21	2 doc(s)
Hedge Funds, Tech Spur Texas Wealth Boom as California Fades	Dallas Morning News	Case, B.	06/05/21	1 doc(s)
Donald Trump to headline high-dollar Dallas fundraiser for Make America Great Again Action PAC	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	06/05/21
Dallas County reports 1 coronavirus death, 82 additional cases	Dallas Morning News	Steele, T.	06/05/21	3 doc(s)
Abbott says Biden ’100% wrong’ on mask mandate and owes apology for ‘Neanderthal’ gibe. Who’s right?	Dallas Morning News	Gillman, T.	06/05/21	4 doc(s)
Tarrant reports most new COVID-19 cases in 10 days; 2 deaths, including man in 20s	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Stevenson, S.	06/05/21	3 doc(s)
Allen West resigning as Texas GOP chairman after just 11 months	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	06/05/21
Convicted killer of 2 in San Antonio is off Death Row, resentenced to life in prison	San Antonio Express News	Beltran, J.	06/05/21
Texas Lawmakers Tackle Costs of Winter Freeze, Say More Action Needed	Wall Street Journal	Blunt, K.	06/07/21
A Gun Rights Win in California With Sights Set on the Supreme Court	New York Times	Liptak, A.	06/06/21
Congress Needs to Defend Vote Counting, Not Just Vote Casting	New York Times	Editorial	06/06/21
‘Forget the Alamo’ Review: Legends of the Fall	Wall Street Journal	Graybill, A.	06/05/21

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