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
To get a grip on panhandling, we need to follow our heads as well as our hearts	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	08/17/20	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Texas must fight the other outbreak plaguing nursing homes — loneliness	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	08/17/20	5 doc(s)
3 Cedar Park police officers shot, in stable condition	Austin American Statesman	Plohetski, T.	08/17/20
Backlog in state reporting adds more than 5,000 coronavirus cases in Dallas County	Dallas Morning News	Branham, D.	08/17/20	3 doc(s)
As hospital counts drop, community spread numbers suggest Houston still isn't containing COVID	Houston Chronicle	Morris, M.	08/17/20	3 doc(s)
Critical sea turtle program on Padre Island threatened with cuts	San Antonio Express News	MacCormack, J.	08/17/20	2 doc(s)
Texas AD Chris Del Conte tells season ticket holders to plan on 25% stadium capacity	Austin American Statesman	Davis, B.	08/17/20	2 doc(s)
UT drum major says she won’t lead ‘The Eyes of Texas’ when football returns	Dallas Morning News	Briseno, A.	08/17/20	1 doc(s)
As Texas Dems grumble about convention snub, Dallas’ Allred and Neave score ‘keynote’ honors — with 15 others	Dallas Morning News	Gillman, T.	08/17/20
UT to seat football venue at 25 percent capacity	Houston Chronicle	Moyle, N.	08/17/20	2 doc(s)
The answer is blowing in the wind (and sun)	Houston Chronicle	Sixel, L.	08/17/20
‘Don’t let your guard down,’ San Antonio mayor says as coronavirus numbers continue to improve	San Antonio Express News	Selcraig, B.	08/17/20	4 doc(s)
Wanted: A state plan to prevent COVID evictions	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	08/16/20	4 doc(s)
Threat to postal service is a threat to democracy	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	08/16/20	3 doc(s)
Coronavirus and racism both thrive when we don’t look out for each other	Austin American Statesman	Abramson, J.	08/16/20	3 doc(s)
Here’s how Texas must prepare for long battle with COVID-19 mental health issues	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Straus, J.	08/16/20	1 doc(s)
Making up later for the education lost now	San Antonio Express News	Brodesky, J.	08/16/20	1 doc(s)
Runaway pandemic: Coronavirus cases spike in San Marcos	Austin American Statesman	Chang, J.	08/16/20
With a lift from the Yang Gang, Donna Imam hopes to dispatch John Carter	Austin American Statesman	Tilove, J.	08/16/20
Experiment or essential education? Texas colleges head back to school in the time of coronavirus	Dallas Morning News	Ayala, E.	08/16/20	3 doc(s)
Texas has postponed the release of thousands of inmates exposed to COVID-19	Dallas Morning News	McGaughy, L.	08/16/20	7 doc(s)
Fort Worth school officials worry about the ‘COVID slide.’ Here’s what you should know.	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Allen, S.	08/16/20	3 doc(s)
More than $1 million has been raised in 5 Tarrant House races targeted by Democrats	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tinsley, A.	08/16/20
COVID's true toll in Texas is higher than reported, data shows	Houston Chronicle	Lamm, S.	08/16/20	3 doc(s)
‘Cause for concern’: Remote option sought for COVID-19 investigators	San Antonio Express News	Chasnoff, B.	08/16/20	1 doc(s)
Austin funeral home matriarch dies of coronavirus	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	08/15/20	1 doc(s)
Postal Service warns Texas of mail-in voting delays in November	Austin American Statesman	Mekelburg, M.	08/15/20	2 doc(s)
Texas GOP lawmakers vow action against Austin after APD funding decision	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	08/15/20
USPS: Texas deadlines for mail ballots create ‘risk’ that some votes will go uncounted in November	Dallas Morning News	Barragan, J.	08/15/20
Biden is supposedly targeting Texas — but you wouldn’t know it from Democratic convention lineup	Dallas Morning News	Gillman, T.	08/15/20
U.S. Postal Service warns Texas some mail-in ballots may not arrive in time for election	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Weinberg, T.	08/15/20
Postal Service warns 46 states their voters could be disenfranchised by delayed mail-in ballots	Houston Chronicle	Ingraham, C.	08/15/20	1 doc(s)
National teachers union files lawsuit against Cy-Fair ISD to halt school reopenings	Houston Chronicle	Webb, S.	08/15/20	3 doc(s)
Republican Sen. Cornyn has won over minority voters before. But in 2020?	Houston Chronicle	Wermund, B.	08/15/20
Bexar elections chief gets virtual blank check to expand access, ensure voting safety in November elections	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	08/15/20
Round Rock schools keep Aug. 20 start date	Austin American Statesman	Sprague, D.	08/16/20	2 doc(s)
Austin virus rules extended to December	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	08/16/20	4 doc(s)
Fact-check: Are Republican voters in Texas on average 20 years older than Democratic voters?	Austin American Statesman	Mekelburg, M.	08/16/20	5 doc(s)
Pressing Williamson County sheriff’s office for answers, family rallies for Javier Ambler	Austin American Statesman	Price, T.	08/16/20
Dallas County reports fourth-deadliest week of pandemic as daily average cases rise	Dallas Morning News	Ramirez, M.	08/16/20	2 doc(s)
Man gets 20 years in prison for repeatedly molesting boy at Grape-vine rec center	Dallas Morning News	Steele, T.	08/16/20
Dallas ISD to resume athletic activities Aug. 24 — over two weeks earlier than county orders would have allowed	Dallas Morning News	Riddle, G.	08/16/20	4 doc(s)
Dallas County surpasses 58,000 COVID cases, sees increase from previous week	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Stevenson, S.	08/16/20	2 doc(s)
Why Tarrant County expects to see massive surge in COVID cases over next several days	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Stevenson, S.	08/16/20	2 doc(s)
Texans are going to be nearly invisible at the 2020 Democratic National Convention	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	08/16/20
As kids return to school and football players’ hopes soar, health officials worry there’s not enough coronavirus testing going on	Houston Chronicle	Weber, P.	08/16/20	4 doc(s)
Community leaders call for museum to honor Sugar Land 95	Houston Chronicle	Powell, N.	08/16/20	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Tax-break program to cost Texas $1 billion a year by 2022. Tesla soon will be a beneficiary	San Antonio Express News	Mendoza-Moyers, D.	08/16/20	6 doc(s)
‘In this together’ — 13 more coronavirus deaths reported in Bexar County, but growth in cases slows	San Antonio Express News	Mendoza-Moyers, D.	08/16/20	3 doc(s)
In rare occurrence, voters to have no say in choosing Travis County judge candidates	Austin American Statesman	Osbourne, H.	08/15/20
State adds 313 more to the Texas coronavirus death toll	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	08/15/20	2 doc(s)
Texas Workforce Commission investigating hundreds of attempts to defraud Texans on unemployment	Dallas Morning News	DiFurio, D.	08/15/20	1 doc(s)
Dallas County reports 885 new coronavirus cases; weekly average on the upswing after recent declines	Dallas Morning News	Jones, A.	08/15/20	1 doc(s)
Why are Dallas County’s COVID-19 numbers going down before the rest of the state’s?	Dallas Morning News	Marfin, C.	08/15/20	4 doc(s)
What are the rules for visiting my loved one in a Texas nursing home during the coronavirus pandemic?	Dallas Morning News	Marfin, C.	08/15/20	2 doc(s)
COVID study cautious about fall projections in DFW despite decreased hospitalizations	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Stevenson, S.	08/15/20	1 doc(s)
Dallas County preparing report on school return as high COVID cases, deaths persist	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Stevenson, S.	08/15/20	1 doc(s)
COVID hospitalizations continue to drop in Tarrant County but new cases, deaths steady	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Stevenson, S.	08/15/20	1 doc(s)
Texas investigating identity theft cases for unemployment benefits	Houston Chronicle	Douglas, E.	08/15/20	2 doc(s)
Jerry Falwell Jr.'s downfall should give white evangelical voters pause	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	08/15/20
San Antonio reports 150 new cases of coronavirus, 18 more deaths	San Antonio Express News	O'Hare, P.	08/15/20	1 doc(s)
3 Texas Police Officers Are Shot, and a Standoff Follows	New York Times	Morales, C.	08/17/20
‘We’re Clearly Not Doing Enough’: Drop in Testing Hampers Coronavirus Response	New York Times	Stolberg, S.	08/15/20
Postal Service Warns States It May Not Meet Mail-In Ballot Deadlines	New York Times	Corasaniti, N.	08/15/20
Untested for Covid-19, Nursing-Home Inspectors Move Through Facilities	Wall Street Journal	Mathews, A.	08/15/20

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