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
As people fled Hurricane Laura, Team Rubicon raced in to help	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	08/28/20
Three years after Harvey, close call with Laura should scare Houston into action	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	08/28/20	4 doc(s)
He was a bad dancer. An avid reader. His death is more than an overdose statistic.	Houston Chronicle	Goni-Lessan, A.	08/28/20	3 doc(s)
Remember the Alamo. Support the Alamo Plan	Houston Chronicle	Wilson, W.	08/28/20	1 doc(s)
GOP event in Bee Cave under investigation over possible violation to coronavirus orders	Austin American Statesman	Cobler, N.	08/28/20	2 doc(s)
‘Very different party’: George W. Bush’s absence from RNC shows again how GOP has changed under Donald Trump	Dallas Morning News	Benning, T.	08/28/20
How Tarrant County plans to fix voting issues, prepare for surge in mail-in ballots	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Weinberg, T.	08/28/20	5 doc(s)
Laura thrashes Louisiana, but damage is less than predicted	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Deslatte, M.	08/28/20
East Texas residents return home to find region largely spared the worst of Hurricane Laura	Houston Chronicle	Begley, D.	08/28/20
How Trump’s law and order rhetoric applies to Texas, and how it doesn’t	Houston Chronicle	Wermund, B.	08/28/20	2 doc(s)
Austin City Council accepts state grants for police, delays vote on one	Austin American Statesman	Autullo, R.	08/28/20
Bars challenge Texas coronavirus closure rules in court	Austin American Statesman	Hall, K.	08/28/20	8 doc(s)
You’ll be able to submit your mail ballot via drive-through in Travis County	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	08/28/20	3 doc(s)
Cornyn predicts Trump will win Texas. `Why? Because he has me’	Dallas Morning News	Gillman, T.	08/28/20
Dallas County adds 219 coronavirus cases, pushing total past 70,000; death toll grows by five	Dallas Morning News	Ramirez, M.	08/28/20	2 doc(s)
Tarrant County reports 247 coronavirus cases; 6 of 9 new deaths are in Arlington	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Stevenson, S.	08/28/20	1 doc(s)
TSU’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law now in compliance	Houston Chronicle	Britto, B.	08/28/20	5 doc(s)
Texas launching digital textbook repository for college students	Houston Chronicle	Britto, B.	08/28/20	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Travis County GOP under investigation for COVID-19 order violations	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	08/28/20	3 doc(s)
Jobless claims fall by 9,000 after spike last week	Houston Chronicle	Carballo, R.	08/28/20	5 doc(s)
Dan Crenshaw goes patriotic, not partisan	Houston Chronicle	Morris, T.	08/28/20
Thirteen more coronavirus deaths reported in Bexar County, but hospital numbers continue to improve	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	08/28/20	3 doc(s)
Working Around: New TABC rules make it easier for bars to reopen as restaurants	Texarkana Gazette	Editorial	08/27/20	3 doc(s)
Officials urge evacuations in final hours before Laura landfall	Beaumont Enterprise	Bain, K.	08/27/20
Texas A&M emergency vet team heads to coast as Hurricane Laura arrives	Bryan Eagle	Fielder, R.	08/27/20
Bryan-College Station community celebrates Rep. Bill Flores at luncheon	Bryan Eagle	Wiley, K.	08/27/20	1 doc(s)
Gov. Abbott: 'Power of Hurricane Laura is unprecedented' as it barrels toward Texas	Corpus Christi Caller Times	Moritz, J.	08/27/20
City of Galveston might allow people home as soon as Thursday morning	Galveston Daily News	Heath, K.	08/27/20
East Texas area prepares for effects of Hurricane Laura; city of Tyler, Smith County issue disaster declarations	Tyler Morning Telegraph	Wellerman, Z.	08/27/20	3 doc(s)
New state program picks San Perlita school district	Valley Morning Star	Del Valle, F.	08/27/20	1 doc(s)
Longview ISD exploring plan to provide COVID-19 testing of all students, faculty weekly	Longview News-Journal	Barton, K.	08/27/20	1 doc(s)
Public hearing/formal meeting notice			08/27/20

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