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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
Our recommendation for Texas House District 108 Dallas Morning News  Editorial 09/24/20  
We recommend Gene Wu for Texas House District 137 Houston Chronicle  Editorial 09/24/20  
We recommend Akilah Bacy for Texas House District 138 Houston Chronicle  Editorial 09/24/20  
Support S.A. workforce, pre-K, transit propositions San Antonio Express News  Editorial 09/24/20 2 doc(s)
COVID outlook at schools made me quit teaching San Antonio Express News  Patrick, A. 09/24/20 5 doc(s)
GOP leaders revolt against Abbott, ask court to void order extending early voting Austin American Statesman  Lindell, C. 09/24/20 3 doc(s)
Will the Supreme Court vacancy shake up the Texas Senate race? Austin American Statesman  Cobler, N. 09/24/20  
Texas school coronavirus cases rising, new data show Austin American Statesman  Taboada, M. 09/24/20 1 doc(s)
Study says many Latinos don’t vote because they aren’t sought, and they aren’t sought because they don’t vote Dallas Morning News  Corchado, A. 09/24/20 1 doc(s)
In Spanish, Cornyn ad says he ‘strongly supports legalization of Dreamers,' but immigrant advocates scoff Dallas Morning News  Gillman, T. 09/24/20 7 doc(s)
TxDOT leaves a tip for restaurant chain: Don’t mess with our trademark Houston Chronicle  Begland, T. 09/24/20 2 doc(s)
2 deaths reported at cockroach-infested group home where Houston police found dozens living Houston Chronicle  Hensley, N. 09/24/20  
Unreliable Texas COVID data spotlights 'decades worth of underfunding' Houston Chronicle  Blackman, J. 09/24/20 2 doc(s)
School district in San Antonio begins mass coronavirus testing for students, staff San Antonio Express News  Picon, A. 09/24/20  
City not counting or tracing some COVID cases San Antonio Express News  Chasnoff, B. 09/24/20 2 doc(s)
Fact-checking William Barr on fraudulent ballots in Texas Austin American Statesman  O'Rourke, C. 09/24/20  
Texas Historical Commission rejects plan to move Alamo monument Austin American Statesman  Moritz, J. 09/24/20 2 doc(s)
Jay Hartzell named UT-Austin president Austin American Statesman  Mekelburg, M. 09/24/20  
In new ad GOP’s Genevieve Collins casts rival Colin Allred as tool of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Dallas Morning News  Jeffers Jr., G. 09/24/20  
Texas tops 15,000 COVID-19 deaths; Dallas County reports 346 more cases, two new deaths Dallas Morning News  Weber, J. 09/24/20 3 doc(s)
Texas lawmakers target Gov. Abbott’s early voting extension in court Dallas Morning News  Briseno, A. 09/24/20 6 doc(s)
Policing, criminal justice issues at forefront in Dallas County race for Texas House Dallas Morning News  Barragan, J. 09/24/20  
Group of Republicans asks Texas Supreme Court to block early voting expansion Fort Worth Star-Telegram  Dickson, G. 09/24/20 3 doc(s)
Six Texas lawmakers seek to block Gov. Abbott's extension of early voting Houston Chronicle  Goldenstein, T. 09/24/20 3 doc(s)
Man condemned in Houston killings ordered off death row because of intellectual disability Houston Chronicle  Ketterer, S. 09/24/20 2 doc(s)
More contagious coronavirus now virtually only strain in Houston Houston Chronicle  Ackerman, T. 09/24/20  
School outbreak figures lower than feared Houston Chronicle  Meckler, L. 09/24/20 2 doc(s)
Trump says new TikTok headquarters could land in Texas, but questions about the deal remain Houston Chronicle  Rosenzweig-Ziff, D. 09/24/20 1 doc(s)
University of Houston to aid southern states in carbon-saving research funded by DOE grant Houston Chronicle  Douglas, E. 09/24/20 1 doc(s)
Army North concludes mission assisting with the coronavirus surge in Texas San Antonio Express News  Christenson, S. 09/24/20  
No new coronavirus deaths in San Antonio, officials report San Antonio Express News  Foster-Frau, S. 09/24/20 3 doc(s)
University of Texas-Austin confirms Jay Hartzell as new president San Antonio Express News  Britto, B. 09/24/20  
Governor’s measured approach continues to be best bet for reopening state’s economy Amarillo Globe-News  Editorial 09/23/20  
High-Speed Rail in Texas: Backers say they are ready, others aren't so sure Texarkana Gazette  Editorial 09/23/20 4 doc(s)
Texas Tech vet school achieves accreditation milestone Amarillo Globe-News  Clark, D. 09/23/20  
TWIA committee waits for more data Beaumont Enterprise  Dick, J. 09/23/20 1 doc(s)
UTEP, UT System cancel deal to buy 460 acres of former Asarco smelter land for expansion El Paso Times  Kolenc, V. 09/23/20  
TAMIU’s 50th anniversary: The first decade Laredo Morning Times  Dreher, L. 09/23/20  
40K in 2020: Texas Tech says goal met with record fall enrollment Lubbock Avalanche Journal  Staff 09/23/20  
Senate District 30 candidates speak at Wichita County Republican Women's lunch Wichita Falls Record News  Choate, T. 09/23/20  
Kilgore College fall enrollment drops 11%; LeTourneau down slightly Longview News-Journal  Barton, K. 09/23/20  
Democratic candidates discuss 2020 election Lufkin Daily News  Huff, J. 09/23/20  
Candidates share platforms in virtual voter forum Lufkin Daily News  Juarez, G. 09/23/20  
A Texas Tycoon Throws Millions at the Covid-19 Testing Puzzle Wall Street Journal  Copeland, R. 09/24/20  

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