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
Not yet time for satellite election sites	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	09/14/20	1 doc(s)
Texas should extend voting by mail to all	Dallas Morning News	Straus, J.	09/14/20	4 doc(s)
There is no such thing as the Latino vote	Dallas Morning News	Pineda, R.	09/13/20
UT’s Steven Weinberg wins $3M Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics	Austin American Statesman	Mekelburg, M.	09/14/20
VFW posts at risk of permanent closure under Abbott coronavirus order	Austin American Statesman	Cobler, N.	09/14/20	4 doc(s)
Trump has stacked federal courts in Texas and beyond with conservative judges, but GOP, Cornyn want more	Dallas Morning News	Benning, T.	09/14/20	1 doc(s)
How a big Texas tax break created not-so-affordable housing	San Antonio Express News	Dexheimer, E.	09/14/20	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
UT San Antonio researchers find “smart device” hacks are way up during pandemic	San Antonio Express News	Malik, A.	09/14/20
Asset or albatross? Some GOP candidates ponder whether to embrace or avoid Donald Trump	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	09/13/20
Path of the pandemic: How the coronavirus came to Texas	Dallas Morning News	Ambrose, S.	09/13/20	2 doc(s)
Austin assembles community members for police review panel	Austin American Statesman	Bradshaw, K.	09/14/20	2 doc(s)
Dallas County reports 156 coronavirus cases, 3 deaths	Dallas Morning News	Branham, D.	09/14/20	3 doc(s)
Sweeping police reform efforts continue in Texas as racial tensions rise	Dallas Morning News	Briseno, A.	09/14/20	1 TX bill
They boat, swim and fish in this creek. Now Granbury plans to build sewage plant there	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Samsel, H.	09/14/20
Republican Wesley Hunt tries to use health care to break through in race against Lizzie Fletcher	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	09/14/20
Houston-area COVID hospitalizations fall below key threshold for first time since May	Houston Chronicle	Despart, Z.	09/14/20	5 doc(s)
Texas’ future looks very different from its past	Houston Chronicle	Tomlinson, C.	09/14/20	2 doc(s)
Veteran San Antonio judges Mery, Skinner vying for district court seat	San Antonio Express News	Zavala, E.	09/14/20
Bexar County’s verified coronavirus death toll breaks 1,000 as Metro Health seeks to erase backlog	San Antonio Express News	Lingle, B.	09/14/20	3 doc(s)
Tarrant County announces 11 COVID-19 deaths; Dallas County adds 165 coronavirus cases, six deaths	Dallas Morning News	Scudder, C.	09/13/20
A third of Texas' congressional seats could be competitive this election	Dallas Morning News	Barton, J.	09/13/20
North Texas firefighters head west to battle wildfires raging across California	Dallas Morning News	Scudder, C.	09/13/20
Texans in state homes still don’t have visitors. Their parents worry they don’t know why	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Najmabadi, S.	09/13/20	2 doc(s)
Dallas County reports 1 coronavirus death and 259 additional cases, 64 of them from backlog	Dallas Morning News	Weber, J.	09/12/20
Texas’ foster kids deserve safe homes	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	09/13/20	4 doc(s)
Want to make a real difference in our democracy? Here’s how	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	09/12/20
Your money or your vote	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	09/13/20
As Texas Gov. Abbott pushes defunding police pledge, it’s about politics, not policy	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Rusak, R.	09/13/20	1 doc(s)
Black Lives Matter includes Black trans women	Houston Chronicle	Watters, D.	09/13/20	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Claims of Dem stasis are greatly exaggerated. Behold the great blue yonder.	Houston Chronicle	Parker, R.	09/13/20
In Texas Senate race, Hegar jabs and Cornyn sidesteps	Austin American Statesman	Tilove, J.	09/13/20
Democrats and Republicans nationwide are going all in on these Fort Worth area races	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dickson, G.	09/13/20
Court rejects Texas Democrats’ bid to extend mail-in balloting to younger voters	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	09/12/20	3 doc(s)
UT faces $162M coronavirus hit	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	09/12/20	1 doc(s)
Assistant Texas AG fired over tweets was repeatedly warned about behavior in past	Dallas Morning News	McGaughy, L.	09/12/20
Federal appeals court rejects Texas Democrats challenge to mail ballot age restrictions	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Weinberg, T.	09/12/20	3 doc(s)
State suspends placement of foster kids at troubled center in San Antonio	San Antonio Express News	Stoeltje, M.	09/12/20	2 doc(s)
Jay Kimbrough, Rick Perry’s Mr. Fix It, dies at 72	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	09/13/20
Will Democrats be safe and sorry for virtual approach to 2020?	Austin American Statesman	Tilove, J.	09/13/20
Greg Abbott’s law-and-order campaign is a smart play for suburban Fort Worth voters	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Kennedy, B.	09/13/20	2 doc(s)
Quanell X calls for HCC Chancellor Cesar Maldonado's resignation over racial discrimination lawsuit	Houston Chronicle	Britto, B.	09/13/20
AG Paxton seeks quick appeal on mail-in ballots as applications are set to go out	Houston Chronicle	Banks, G.	09/13/20	4 doc(s)
Sex ed rewrite: State board moves to expand contraception lessons, but leaves out LGBTQ	Houston Chronicle	Harris, C.	09/13/20	2 doc(s)
Judge calls HCC’s delay in responding to records requests ‘untenable’	Houston Chronicle	Britto, B.	09/13/20
Texans with greatest medical needs losing access to care despite 2019 reforms, advocates say	Houston Chronicle	Blackman, J.	09/13/20	1 TX bill
Texas Democratic chair urges Biden to make serious campaign investment in this state	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, G.	09/13/20
Activists launch petition drive to neuter San Antonio police union	San Antonio Express News	Fechter, J.	09/13/20	2 doc(s)
State board approves new charter operators in Austin, Hays districts	Austin American Statesman	Cobler, N.	09/12/20	1 doc(s)
Texas sending more help to California for wildfires	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	09/12/20
White House COVID-19 report suggests Texas cut hours, capacity at college bars if cases rise	Dallas Morning News	Ambrose, S.	09/12/20	5 doc(s)
Shelley Luther puts COVID-19 orders on ballot in Texas Senate race, claiming credit for Gov. Abbott’s reversals	Dallas Morning News	Morris, A.	09/12/20	3 doc(s)
SBOE gives preliminary approval to teaching middle schoolers about birth control beyond abstinence	Dallas Morning News	Briseno, A.	09/12/20	3 doc(s)
Hypnosis helped put this Texan on death row, his lawyers say. The Supreme Court could soon decide his fate	Dallas Morning News	McGaughy, L.	09/12/20	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Houston judge rejects Paxton request to halt Harris County mail ballot plan	Houston Chronicle	Despart, Z.	09/12/20	6 doc(s)
Records: Texas assistant AG who lost job over tweets was fired, had been warned about social media	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	09/12/20
Turner pulls out of housing task force that recommended eviction grace period ordinance	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	09/12/20	1 doc(s)
Two new charter school operators approved to open in San Antonio next year	San Antonio Express News	Malik, A.	09/12/20	2 doc(s)
Texas Border Communities Struggle to Rebuild After a Summer of Woes	Wall Street Journal	Findell, E.	09/14/20
Conflicting Virus Data in Texas Raises Distrust of the Government	New York Times	Walker, A.	09/13/20
Big Voting Decisions in Florida, Wisconsin, Texas: What They Mean for November	New York Times	Saul, S.	09/13/20
States are in a desperate search for help battling the fires.	New York Times	Staff	09/12/20

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