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
Palmer for SBOE Position 6	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	09/17/20
Castañeda for Railroad post	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	09/17/20
Our sister’s suicide shows the need for mental health care among emergency physicians	Dallas Morning News	Feist, J.	09/17/20	1 doc(s)
Houston’s Latinos have a long way to go but let’s celebrate how far we have come	Houston Chronicle	Medina, D.	09/17/20
How to vote safely in a pandemic	San Antonio Express News	Berggren, R.	09/17/20
Travis County coronavirus cases higher among children, college students	Austin American Statesman	Taboada, M.	09/17/20	2 doc(s)
Are you registered? These high schoolers are making sure young people are prepared to vote	Dallas Morning News	Thompson, E.	09/17/20	1 doc(s)
Harris County to spend $1.5M on vendor to print mail ballots, expecting record usage	Houston Chronicle	Despart, Z.	09/17/20	4 doc(s)
Houston Democrats to USPS leaders: Why are dozens of post offices rejecting voter materials?	Houston Chronicle	Banks, G.	09/17/20	2 doc(s)
UT Health San Antonio to build teaching hospital, strengthen partnership with UHS	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, L.	09/17/20
New coronavirus test, backed by San Antonio’s Graham Weston, to be tried on Somerset ISD students and teachers	San Antonio Express News	Jefferson, G.	09/17/20	1 doc(s)
Wendy Davis and Chip Roy differ over coronavirus response	Austin American Statesman	Tilove, J.	09/17/20	1 doc(s)
As schools reopen, Texas teachers report hundreds of coronavirus safety violations	Austin American Statesman	Taboada, M.	09/17/20	1 doc(s)
Texas court rejects death sentence in intellectual disability case	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	09/17/20	2 doc(s)
UT will maintain automatic admission cutoff at top 6%	Austin American Statesman	Mekelburg, M.	09/17/20	1 doc(s)
Dallas County reports 6 COVID-19 deaths, 311 coronavirus cases; eight-county area tops 2,000 deaths	Dallas Morning News	Weber, J.	09/17/20
‘Texas is going to be red forever,’ GOP leader says in rallying crowd at ‘MAGA Meetup’	Dallas Morning News	Briseno, A.	09/17/20
More jobs are coming to Fort Worth thanks to a deal with bootmaker Ariat	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Ranker, L.	09/17/20
Poverty fell in 2019, progress likely to be undone by pandemic	Houston Chronicle	Carballo, R.	09/17/20
Texas nursing home infections ‘moving in the right direction again’ after long slog	Houston Chronicle	Foxhall, E.	09/17/20	1 doc(s)
Last Houston school districts announce timelines for reopening campuses	Houston Chronicle	Webb, S.	09/17/20
Houston area rate of uninsured highest in nation among big cities — and getting worse	Houston Chronicle	Wu, G.	09/17/20	3 doc(s)
Judge sides with teachers’ unions in suit over outside school management arising from a San Antonio case	San Antonio Express News	Malik, A.	09/17/20	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Poverty rates for San Antonio and Texas dropped sharply in 2019 — before the pandemic	San Antonio Express News	O'Hare, P.	09/17/20
Metro Health: Diabetes most common condition for people hospitalized with COVID-19	San Antonio Express News	Riker, M.	09/17/20	2 doc(s)
National Republicans reserve $2.2M in San Antonio TV air time	San Antonio Express News	Harris, C.	09/17/20
Oyster farming a win-win for Texas	Victoria Advocate	Editorial	09/16/20	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Latino families are suffering	Rio Grande Guardian	Castro, J.	09/16/20
Texas' US Senate candidates John Cornyn, MJ Hegar to debate Oct. 9 in Austin	Corpus Christi Caller Times	Moritz, J.	09/16/20
Joe Biden backs Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones in Texas congressional race to replace Will Hurd	El Paso Times	Dearman, E.	09/16/20
UTMB wins award for Health Education Center	Galveston Daily News	Staff	09/16/20
Waiting for Abbott: Island festivals, events in limbo as city waits for new COVID rules	Galveston Daily News	Heath, K.	09/16/20
TISD Board honors veteran, OKs remote learning plan	Texarkana Gazette	Bell, A.	09/16/20	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Court ruling forces McLennan County to call back 8,000 ballots, add Green Party candidates	Waco Tribune Herald	Copeland, M.	09/16/20	2 doc(s)
Knox County Hospital District continues insurance claims battle	Wichita Falls Record News	Kowalick, C.	09/16/20	2 doc(s)
Hinojosa: All Texans should remember Dr. Hector P. Garcia	Rio Grande Guardian	Montoya, L.	09/16/20	2 TX bill(s)
Public hearing/formal meeting notice			09/16/20

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