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
Confederate statues don’t preserve history; they distort it. Dan Patrick should stop defending them.	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	08/24/20	2 doc(s)
Outdoor classes hold promise for in-person learning amid COVID-19	Houston Chronicle	Birdwell, T.	08/24/20	2 doc(s)
Money and liability are driving football decisions	San Antonio Express News	Grenardo, D.	08/24/20
Tesla’s factory will be good for Texas, but the subsidies were likely a waste of money	Dallas Morning News	Farren, M.	08/22/20	9 doc(s)
How a state senator is pushing an unproven coronavirus cure	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	08/24/20	2 doc(s)
Patrick: Texans’ low profile at GOP convention a sign of confidence	Austin American Statesman	Tilove, J.	08/24/20	1 doc(s)
Here’s what’s behind all those backlogged coronavirus cases across Texas	Dallas Morning News	Branham, D.	08/24/20	3 doc(s)
Laura overshadows Marco as storms head toward SE Texas	Houston Chronicle	Leinfelder, A.	08/24/20	1 doc(s)
Extreme weather threatens coronavirus pandemic response in hard-hit states	Houston Chronicle	Hawkins, D.	08/24/20	1 doc(s)
Veterans see mail-in ballots as ‘most sacred of the sacred’	San Antonio Express News	Christenson, S.	08/24/20	2 doc(s)
Texas Gov. Abbott issues state disaster declaration over likely hurricanes	Austin American Statesman	Mekelburg, M.	08/24/20	1 doc(s)
Dallas County reports 332 coronavirus cases, 2 deaths	Dallas Morning News	Branham, D.	08/24/20	3 doc(s)
Two Texans, a congressman and an abortion rights foe, to speak at Republican National Convention	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	08/24/20
Texas, Louisiana prepare for back-to-back hurricanes	Dallas Morning News	Jimenez, J.	08/24/20	1 doc(s)
Texas COVID data ‘far more accurate’ as state clears backlogged tests, Abbott says	Houston Chronicle	Harris, C.	08/24/20	2 doc(s)
Another nine Bexar County residents with novel coronavirus die but hospitalization numbers drop again	San Antonio Express News	Stoeltje, M.	08/24/20	3 doc(s)
1 in 5 nursing homes short on PPE and staff in virus rebound	Dallas Morning News	Alonso-Zaldivar, R.	08/23/20	2 doc(s)
No, governor, police budget isn’t your fight	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	08/23/20	1 doc(s)
Six months in, Texas’ failure to correctly count coronavirus cases is pathetic	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	08/23/20	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Texas lags in census count, and it will cost	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	08/23/20	7 doc(s)
Thumbs up, thumbs down	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	08/22/20	1 doc(s)
Bishop Burns: We can’t let COVID-19 keep people in prison beyond their sentences	Dallas Morning News	Burns, E.	08/23/20	1 doc(s)
We asked Houstonians about Harvey and they have not forgotten the hurricane’s lessons	Houston Chronicle	Jones, M.	08/23/20	2 doc(s)
Sun, sand and tankers? Port Aransas battles big oil and gas ambitions	Houston Chronicle	Parker, R.	08/23/20	1 doc(s)
Will 2020’s election be the end of our democracy?	San Antonio Express News	Friedman, T.	08/22/20	1 doc(s)
Tesla deal generates tax dollars for Texas	San Antonio Express News	Bennett, T.	08/22/20	4 doc(s)
Austin’s police funding moves have it on an island in red-state Texas	Austin American Statesman	Jankowski, P.	08/23/20	1 doc(s)
Central Texas schools launch amid a pandemic. Here’s how education has changed.	Austin American Statesman	Taboada, M.	08/23/20
Only 12 Texas nursing homes approved to restart family visits	Dallas Morning News	Hacker, H.	08/23/20
Health experts ‘cautiously optimistic’ by Texas’ COVID declines. School may change that	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Weinberg, T.	08/23/20	1 doc(s)
Critics: Mayor fails to heed his task forces	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	08/23/20	9 doc(s)
3 years after Harvey, Houston again braces for tropical uncertainty	Houston Chronicle	McGuinness, D.	08/23/20
What Trump’s save-the-suburbs pledge means in Texas’s ‘only political battleground’	Houston Chronicle	Wermund, B.	08/23/20	4 doc(s)
‘Everybody is getting sick’	San Antonio Express News	Foster-Frau, S.	08/23/20	3 doc(s)
SeaWorld, Six Flags are open for business — with smaller crowds and questions about safety	San Antonio Express News	Diamond, R.	08/23/20	4 doc(s)
Austin jobless rate dips for 3rd month in a row, down to 6.7%	Austin American Statesman	Sechler, B.	08/22/20	1 doc(s)
Amid outbreak, Austin apartment market sees first rent drop in 10 years	Austin American Statesman	Novak, S.	08/22/20
‘A winning message’: GOP lawmakers seize on Austin vote to cut police spending	Austin American Statesman	Cobler, N.	08/22/20
Recovery interrupted: Texas lost over 12,000 private jobs in July	Dallas Morning News	Schnurman, M.	08/22/20	2 doc(s)
Texans who lost jobs because of COVID can now get $300 more in benefits per week	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Weinberg, T.	08/22/20	1 doc(s)
Grand Prairie fire is out, but concerns about air quality, water contamination remain	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Samsel, H.	08/22/20	2 doc(s)
The coronavirus pandemic is still raging in Texas. Its mental health toll will only get worse.	Houston Chronicle	Smith, S.	08/22/20	1 doc(s)
With campaign funds dwindling, Texas House Speaker Bonnen boosted taxpayer-funded salary of aides	Houston Chronicle	Root, J.	08/22/20	2 doc(s)
Fans of Alamo happy to walk its grounds again, but some fear long-planned renovation of plaza may falter	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	08/22/20	2 doc(s)
Tony Gonzales wins GOP nomination in San Antonio-area congressional district	San Antonio Express News	Harris, C.	08/22/20
Tarrant County adds record 22 COVID-19 deaths; Dallas County reports 1,086 new cases, six deaths	Dallas Morning News	Marfin, C.	08/23/20	1 doc(s)
Our test of the post office last week resulted in a terribly disappointing final score	Dallas Morning News	Lieber, D.	08/23/20	1 doc(s)
Is Texas GOP’s ‘We Are the Storm’ slogan connected to the QAnon conspiracy theory?	Dallas Morning News	Cobler, P.	08/23/20	1 doc(s)
Salon owner Shelley Luther announces run for Texas Senate seat	Dallas Morning News	Marfin, C.	08/23/20	4 doc(s)
With no end to the shutdown in sight, Texas bar owners and employees are on the brink of losing everything	Dallas Morning News	Oxner, R.	08/23/20	5 doc(s)
Dallas-area schools planning to play independent football schedules after SPC cancels fall sports	Dallas Morning News	Riddle, G.	08/23/20
Trumps floats sending the law to polls, but lacks the power	Dallas Morning News	Long, C.	08/23/20	1 doc(s)
Profiteering? Health insurers bank big profits during COVID-19 and still raise rates for next year	Dallas Morning News	Schnurman, M.	08/23/20	3 doc(s)
Texas private high school league cancels fall sports due to coronavirus pandemic	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Gosset, B.	08/23/20
Tarrant County passes 500 coronavirus deaths with single-day high 22 reported Saturday	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Stevenson, S.	08/23/20	1 doc(s)
The Republican convention is this week. Count on law-and-order talk, and fireworks	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Kennedy, B.	08/23/20	1 doc(s)
Shelley Luther, who defied coronavirus shutdown, to run for Dallas-Fort Worth seat	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Kennedy, B.	08/23/20	5 doc(s)
Texas nursing homes to get more machines to test for COVID, feds say	Houston Chronicle	Foxhall, E.	08/23/20	2 doc(s)
‘Boys State’ offers a charming look at young Texas leaders	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	08/23/20
Everything you need to know about voting by mail in Texas	Houston Chronicle	Wu, G.	08/23/20	5 doc(s)
Your dog may be able to smell COVID on you, Texas A&M-Texarkana expert reveals	Houston Chronicle	Gray, L.	08/23/20
High school football season to have new look in pandemic era	San Antonio Express News	Hinojosa, D.	08/23/20	2 doc(s)
‘We can’t let our guard down,’ mayor cautions San Antonians as coronavirus numbers continue to improve	San Antonio Express News	Mendoza-Moyers, D.	08/23/20	2 doc(s)
Catholic schools hanging on by a prayer	San Antonio Express News	A.P. Wire	08/23/20	1 doc(s)
Texas A&M earmarks $60M for military tech complex	Austin American Statesman	Carlson, K.	08/22/20
Conservatives, GOP candidates sue to block early voting extension	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	08/22/20	3 doc(s)
Texas coronavirus deaths surpass 11,000	Austin American Statesman	Cobler, N.	08/22/20	2 doc(s)
Box office crash: COVID-19 to have negative impact on football gate receipts, booster club efforts in Central Texas	Austin American Statesman	Cantu, R.	08/22/20	3 doc(s)
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton loses bid to remove fourth judge from fraud case	Dallas Morning News	McGaughy, L.	08/22/20	5 doc(s)
Two hurricanes could simultaneously develop in the Gulf of Mexico, and one could hit Texas	Dallas Morning News	Jimenez, J.	08/22/20
State agencies announce plans to track COVID-19 cases at Texas public schools	Dallas Morning News	Smith, C.	08/22/20	2 doc(s)
Conservatives file suit to prevent early voting extension	Dallas Morning News	Briseno, A.	08/22/20	5 doc(s)
Dallas County reports 3 deaths and 714 more coronavirus cases, including 454 from state backlog	Dallas Morning News	Steele, T.	08/22/20	1 doc(s)
For hungry Texas Democrats, national convention offered mostly ‘B roll’ cameos	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	08/22/20
Feds approve grant to provide Texans $300 of additional unemployment help	Dallas Morning News	Barragan, J.	08/22/20	2 doc(s)
High school football returns in Dallas-Fort Worth with rules set amid coronavirus pandemic	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Gosset, B.	08/22/20
New coronavirus cases, deaths dropped this week in Tarrant County	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Stevenson, S.	08/22/20	1 doc(s)
Dallas County still inundated with unreported COVID-19 cases from earlier this summer	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Stevenson, S.	08/22/20	1 doc(s)
Over 50 children and 130 employees have had COVID at Tarrant County child care centers	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Weinberg, T.	08/22/20	4 doc(s)
As Tropical Storm Marco targets Texas, Tropical Storm Laura bears watching as well	Houston Chronicle	Leinfelder, A.	08/22/20
Texas Supreme Court allows GLO to resume Harvey home repairs in Houston	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	08/22/20	4 doc(s)
Texas GOP defends ‘We are the Storm’ slogan as critics decry QAnon link	Houston Chronicle	Blackman, J.	08/22/20
Houston economy reverses course, shedding jobs in July as region struggles to contain COVID	Houston Chronicle	Douglas, E.	08/22/20	3 doc(s)
Judge orders DA to turn over documents to attorneys for former narcotics officers	Houston Chronicle	Barned-Smith, S.	08/22/20	3 doc(s)
‘Fast and furious’: Wolff warns that coronavirus can surge in San Antonio, just like in June	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	08/22/20	3 doc(s)
Biden-Harris adviser, a political insider from a labor union dynasty, has San Antonio tie	San Antonio Express News	Ayala, E.	08/22/20
San Antonio’s employment rate decreased in July	San Antonio Express News	Lingle, B.	08/22/20	2 doc(s)
Louisiana Braces As Hurricane Marco Approaches With a Stronger Storm Right Behind It	New York Times	Rojas, R.	08/24/20
New Coronavirus Cases Below 50,000 in U.S. for Sixth Straight Day	Wall Street Journal	Prang, A.	08/24/20
Austin Produced Willie Nelson and Others. Can Its Music Scene Survive Covid-19?	Wall Street Journal	Findell, E.	08/24/20
Texas Republicans Say New Slogan Was Inspired by Poem, Not QAnon	New York Times	Rosenberg, M.	08/23/20

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