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
Recap of Statesman endorsements for July 14 runoff election	Austin American Statesman	Ed.	07/14/20
Still on the fence today about who to support in today’s primary runoffs? Our recommendations can help	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	07/14/20
Our Election Day recommendations: No on Fort Worth crime tax, West in Senate runoff	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	07/14/20
We recommend	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	07/14/20
Suggestions for today’s final voting	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	07/14/20
Conservatives will defeat themselves if they don’t wake up to social media reform	Dallas Morning News	Bush, R.	07/14/20	1 doc(s)
Austin budget calls for 3.5% tax hike, $11.3M cut to police funding	Austin American Statesman	Autullo, R.	07/14/20	1 TX bill
Supreme Court rejects Texas GOP bid for in-person convention	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	07/14/20	6 doc(s)
Officials expect prompt results for Tuesday elections	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	07/14/20	2 doc(s)
UT making sweeping changes in response to athlete requests but keeps ‘The Eyes of Texas’	Austin American Statesman	Davis, B.	07/14/20	1 doc(s)
What you need to know for Tuesday’s primary runoff elections in Texas	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	07/14/20	4 doc(s)
Local officials to take over coronavirus testing from federal government in Dallas County, Jenkins says	Dallas Morning News	Steele, T.	07/14/20	4 doc(s)
Trump insists he’s ahead in Texas, despite 5-point deficit in new Dallas Morning News poll	Dallas Morning News	Gillman, T.	07/14/20	1 doc(s)
Medical City, Texas Health suspend elective surgeries in D-FW as COVID-19 cases soar	Dallas Morning News	Schnurman, M.	07/14/20	2 doc(s)
UT Arlington has eyes on fall reopening, expects more coronavirus cases on campus	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Lopez, B.	07/14/20	3 doc(s)
Some Texas schools may not reopen for in-person classes in August. Here’s how.	Houston Chronicle	Carpenter, J.	07/14/20	5 doc(s)
UT-Austin to create monuments to pioneering Black students, improve diversity	Houston Chronicle	Britto, B.	07/14/20	3 doc(s)
Novel coronavirus cases soar past 20,000 in San Antonio area; 11 more people with the virus die	San Antonio Express News	Eaton, E.	07/14/20	3 doc(s)
San Antonio could see ‘phenomenal’ turnout for runoffs amid novel coronavirus pandemic, intense July heat	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	07/14/20	1 doc(s)
Reopening efforts slowed economic skid in Austin, Dallas Fed says	Austin American Statesman	Sechler, B.	07/14/20	6 doc(s)
The Texas GOP mulls ideas on English, COVID and a couple thousand other things	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	07/14/20	2 doc(s)
Amid coronavirus woes, hospitalizations in Texas hold above 10,000	Austin American Statesman	Cobler, N.	07/14/20	3 doc(s)
Some say UT isn’t doing enough to distance from racist history	Austin American Statesman	Korte, L.	07/14/20	3 doc(s)
John Cornyn raised $3.5 million in 2nd quarter, has $14.5M for reelection bid against Hegar or West	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	07/14/20
Ted Cruz, Dan Patrick criticize liberal boycott of Goya Foods despite past support of Nike boycott	Dallas Morning News	Cobler, P.	07/14/20
Texas GOP leaders move state convention online after court losses	Dallas Morning News	Morris, A.	07/14/20	3 doc(s)
University of Texas making changes after Black athlete demands; football field renamed	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Hill Jr., C.	07/14/20	2 doc(s)
Burleson schools, Tarleton State finalize agreement to help college-bound seniors	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Gosset, B.	07/14/20
Houston economic recovery began in June, executives worry it won’t last in July	Houston Chronicle	Douglas, E.	07/14/20	1 doc(s)
Saint Arnold forced to temporarily close beer garden and restaurant	Houston Chronicle	Balter, E.	07/14/20	2 doc(s)
Republican committees in 8 Texas counties vote to censure Gov. Abbott over COVID response	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	07/14/20	4 doc(s)
U.S. Army to open unit within Acres Homes’ United Memorial Medical Center	Houston Chronicle	Ackerman, T.	07/14/20
Texas geriatric inmates being deprived of protection from COVID, lawyers argue in hearing	Houston Chronicle	Banks, G.	07/14/20	3 doc(s)
California orders new closures as U.S. reopenings retreat	San Antonio Express News	Witte, G.	07/14/20	1 doc(s)
Texas GOP votes to move convention online after legal defeat at Supreme Court	San Antonio Express News	Scherer, J.	07/14/20	6 doc(s)
Family, friends mourn slain McAllen police officers	San Antonio Express News	D'Gyves, E.	07/14/20
Texas COVID-19 hospitalizations drop for first time in two weeks	San Antonio Express News	Blackman, J.	07/14/20	2 doc(s)
Time running out for Texans being able to turn tide of virus	Lubbock Avalanche Journal	Editorial	07/12/20	5 doc(s)
New normal won’t be new and may not be ‘normal’	Amarillo Globe-News	Wendler, W.	07/12/20
Hughes' challenger proposes debates	Texarkana Gazette	Richter, K.	07/13/20	1 doc(s)
Parents face decisions as school year looms	Texarkana Gazette	Worsham, C.	07/13/20
July runoff election is Tuesday; higher than usual turnout expected	Victoria Advocate	Theophil, M.	07/13/20
Primary runoff Tuesday includes congressional, judicial races	Waco Tribune Herald	Staff	07/13/20	2 doc(s)
UTPB, MC will assist international students navigate regulations	Midland Reporter Telegram	Lewis, J.	07/13/20	1 doc(s)
Coronavirus Update	Rio Grande Guardian	Hinojosa, J.	07/13/20
Tributes pour in for fallen McAllen police officers	Rio Grande Guardian	Montoya, L.	07/13/20
Voting in San Angelo, Tom Green County: Important dates and other information	San Angelo Standard Times	Staff	07/12/20
Family, friends mourn slain McAllen police officers	McAllen Monitor	D'Gyves, E.	07/12/20
Abbott orders flags flown at half-staff as tribute to McAllen officers	Valley Morning Star	Staff	07/12/20
UIL updates eligibility requirements	Valley Morning Star	McColloch, A.	07/12/20	3 doc(s)
Election day for primary runoffs is Tuesday	Wichita Falls Record News	Kowalick, C.	07/12/20
Lee High graduate, former railroad commissioner calls for name change	Midland Reporter Telegram	Doreen, S.	07/12/20
As officials resist mask order, Abbott urges Longview leaders to enforce it to 'stay open'	Longview News-Journal	Staff	07/12/20	1 doc(s)
The planned Texas Republican convention: When politics and a pandemic collide	Corpus Christi Caller Times	Moritz, J.	07/11/20	7 doc(s)
Dr. Ricardo Cigarroa, a dose of reality during the coronavirus crisis, now sick with COVID-19	Laredo Morning Times	Wallace, J.	07/11/20
Laredo Mayor: City has to exhaust local resources before state can lend COVID capacity assistance	Laredo Morning Times	San Miguel, L.	07/11/20	2 doc(s)
Gov. Abbott extends disaster declaration	Tyler Morning Telegraph	Staff	07/11/20	2 doc(s)
Waco-area officials: Federal, state government failed Black people in COVID-19 response	Waco Tribune Herald	Crum, B.	07/11/20	2 doc(s)
Candidates bear down as Election Day nears, McLennan County early turnout tops 8%	Waco Tribune Herald	Witherspoon, T.	07/11/20
Ashby, others call for governor to cancel STAAR	Lufkin Daily News	Juarez, G.	07/11/20	2 doc(s)
Survey: Texas A&M students divided on fate of Sul Ross statue	Bryan Eagle	Miller, A.	07/10/20
Voting and paying taxes: Two things that remain despite pandemic	Galveston Daily News	Mathews, D.	07/10/20	1 doc(s)
Fifteenth person in McLennan County dies of COVID-19 as governor puts pause on elective surgeries	Waco Tribune Herald	Saegert, R.	07/10/20	6 doc(s)
Evans: Texas is in danger of having economy shut down	Midland Reporter Telegram	Randle, C.	07/10/20	1 doc(s)
Texas must reevaluate policies guiding re-opening of public schools in COVID hotspots	Rio Grande Guardian	Lucio Jr., E.	07/10/20	2 doc(s)
Texans responding to mask order with indifference, aggression, physical altercations	Lufkin Daily News	Juarez, G.	07/10/20	1 doc(s)
‘I Can’t Keep Doing This:’ Small-Business Owners Are Giving Up	New York Times	Flitter, E.	07/14/20
Primaries in Alabama and Maine, and Runoff Elections in Texas: What to Watch For	New York Times	Peters, J.	07/14/20
The Case for Reopening Schools	Wall Street Journal	Ed.	07/14/20
Public hearing/formal meeting notice			07/13/20

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