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 biotech facility at Texas A&M is “ready to save the world,” which is only partly hyperbole	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	07/09/20
With the pandemic, it is fair to wonder about the value of online classes	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	07/09/20
Turner, Houston First did the right thing in canceling GOP convention in city	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	07/09/20	4 doc(s)
Harris County court hearings and jury selection risk coronavirus spread, here’s what we should do	Houston Chronicle	McCann, P.	07/09/20	5 doc(s)
Coronavirus in Texas: Houston cancels contract for GOP convention	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	07/09/20	4 doc(s)
Austin teachers union calls on district to keep classes online: ‘We are begging you’	Austin American Statesman	Korte, L.	07/09/20	2 doc(s)
COVID-19 test results taking days to return in Austin area	Austin American Statesman	Chang, J.	07/09/20	4 doc(s)
Rising coronavirus deaths likely to worsen in Texas, experts warn	Austin American Statesman	Cobler, N.	07/09/20	5 doc(s)
Houston cancels in-person Texas GOP convention amid coronavirus epidemic	Dallas Morning News	Morris, A.	07/09/20	2 doc(s)
With schools ordered to open next month, Texas teachers ask, ‘It is worth risking our lives?’	Houston Chronicle	Webb, S.	07/09/20	3 doc(s)
City cancels state GOP convention in Houston as party vows legal fight	Houston Chronicle	McGuinness, D.	07/09/20	4 doc(s)
As San Antonio hospitals near capacity, BAMC sits out COVID crisis	San Antonio Express News	Christenson, S.	07/09/20	3 doc(s)
San Antonio sees highest single-day novel coronavirus death count; 845 new cases but slightly fewer people in hospitals	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	07/09/20	3 doc(s)
UT will restructure its response to sexual assault, harassment after student outcry	Austin American Statesman	Korte, L.	07/09/20	4 doc(s)
Early voting turnout high in Travis County despite pandemic	Austin American Statesman	Flores, N.	07/09/20	3 doc(s)
Austin Convention Center being prepped as field hospital for coronavirus patients	Austin American Statesman	Bradshaw, K.	07/09/20	3 doc(s)
A pandemic definition of “presence”	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	07/09/20	4 doc(s)
When is a bar a restaurant and a restaurant a bar? That’s an enforceable question in Texas	Dallas Morning News	Arnold, K.	07/09/20	3 doc(s)
Dallas County reports 16 new coronavirus deaths, 1,029 cases as hospitalizations and ER visits remain high	Dallas Morning News	Jones, A.	07/09/20	1 doc(s)
Texas sets new COVID-19 records Wednesday in key metrics	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	07/09/20	3 doc(s)
Democrats see record fundraising for effort to flip control of Texas House	Dallas Morning News	Barragan, J.	07/09/20
Dallas County Republican asks education commissioner to suspend STAAR for 2020-21	Dallas Morning News	Smith, C.	07/09/20	2 doc(s)
UIL updates summer workout guidelines that includes required masks, locker room access	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Gosset, B.	07/09/20	2 doc(s)
Texas reports 9,979 more COVID-19 cases and a new single-day record 98 deaths	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Lopez, B.	07/09/20	5 doc(s)
UIL to allow certain offense vs. defense drills in football	Houston Chronicle	Coleman, A.	07/09/20	1 doc(s)
How an air filter made by University of Houston researchers could trap and kill COVID-19 germ	Houston Chronicle	Wu, G.	07/09/20	3 doc(s)
Texas reports record 112 COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday	Houston Chronicle	Blackman, J.	07/09/20	2 doc(s)
For first time, independent experts to analyze racial profiling data from 2,000 Texas police agencies	Houston Chronicle	Dexheimer, E.	07/09/20	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Houston sues Bush, Texas General Land Office over Harvey recovery takeover	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	07/09/20	4 doc(s)
TSU center assembles group of Black researchers to inform police reform efforts	Houston Chronicle	Britto, B.	07/09/20	6 doc(s)
The key to working out in a mask? Slow down.	Houston Chronicle	Garcia, J.	07/09/20	1 doc(s)
UT announces new measures to combat sexual misconduct on campus	San Antonio Express News	Britto, B.	07/09/20	6 doc(s)
Surge in virus hospitalizations strains hospitals in several states	San Antonio Express News	Partlow, J.	07/09/20	1 doc(s)
Governor rates our support amid right-wing rebellion, craziness	Waco Tribune Herald	Whitaker, B.	07/08/20	4 doc(s)
Texas scrambling to staff hospitals across the state as COVID-19 numbers escalate	Corpus Christi Caller Times	Moritz, J.	07/08/20	2 doc(s)
UTEP to work with international students to meet ICE's F-1 visa rule to avoid deportation	El Paso Times	Smith, M.	07/08/20	1 doc(s)
Commissioner mandates Texas schools reopen in the fall	Galveston Daily News	Ferguson, J.	07/08/20	3 doc(s)
TEA announces back-to-school health regulations	Victoria Advocate	Douty, S.	07/08/20	2 doc(s)
Waco schools likely to exceed state guidelines on masking, distancing this fall	Waco Tribune Herald	Crum, B.	07/08/20	6 doc(s)
TEA: Schools must open in fall, follow Abbott's mask rules; distance learning to be option	Longview News-Journal	Barton, K.	07/08/20	3 doc(s)
Houston Mayor Cancels Texas G.O.P. Convention, Calling It ‘Public Health Risk’	New York Times	Goodman, J.	07/09/20
Trump Criticizes CDC Guidelines for Reopening Schools	Wall Street Journal	Lucey, C.	07/09/20
Recession Forces Spending Cuts on States, Cities Hit by Coronavirus	Wall Street Journal	Harrison, D.	07/09/20
Public hearing/formal meeting notice			07/08/20

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