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
Texas’ state budget is in a shambles. Let’s not make it worse with shortsighted decisions	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	07/23/20	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Trump wrong to shut Chinese consulate in Houston	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	07/23/20	1 doc(s)
George P. Bush to FEMA: Don’t discontinue partial home repairs and put lives at risk this hurricane season	Houston Chronicle	Bush, G.	07/23/20	2 doc(s)
Texas has the workforce and leadership to invest in hydrogen	Houston Chronicle	Hebner, R.	07/23/20
Their unions make police untouchable	San Antonio Express News	Buck, S.	07/23/20	2 doc(s)
Tesla picks Austin for $1 billion auto factory	Austin American Statesman	Novak, S.	07/23/20	4 doc(s)
South Texas’ COVID-19 agony exposes tensions between Gov. Greg Abbott, area officials	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	07/23/20	4 doc(s)
Dallas County sets grim record of 30 deaths from COVID-19 as Texas posts its own one-day high of 197	Dallas Morning News	Branham, D.	07/23/20	4 doc(s)
Daughter of Dallas woman who died of COVID invites Abbott to funeral, demands action	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Weinberg, T.	07/23/20	4 doc(s)
Houston, long a target for Chinese hackers, may face reckoning over consulate closure	Houston Chronicle	Osborne, J.	07/23/20	1 doc(s)
Travelers must wear masks at S.A. airport. But message has been mixed	San Antonio Express News	Diamond, R.	07/23/20	2 doc(s)
Group sues UT-Austin on behalf of white students who say they were unfairly denied admission	Austin American Statesman	Korte, L.	07/23/20	3 doc(s)
With retirement of Texas Supreme Court justice, Abbott gets a court slot to fill	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	07/23/20	3 doc(s)
Abbott directs $118 million in federal funding for higher education	Austin American Statesman	Korte, L.	07/23/20	5 doc(s)
Travis County coronavirus data trends downward, but caution urged	Austin American Statesman	Wilson, M.	07/23/20	3 doc(s)
Abbott’s approval plummets amid pandemic, poll says	Austin American Statesman	Tilove, J.	07/23/20	1 doc(s)
New poll shows MJ Hegar within single digits of John Cornyn and Biden a nose ahead of Trump	Dallas Morning News	Gillman, T.	07/23/20	2 doc(s)
Group of Texas bars plans to open illegally in statewide protest Saturday against Gov. Abbott’s shutdown order	Dallas Morning News	Hallock, J.	07/23/20	2 doc(s)
Catholic schools opt to open before Dallas County told them to	Dallas Morning News	Smith, C.	07/23/20	3 doc(s)
Texas wins Tesla’s new U.S. assembly plant, with Elon Musk promising ‘an ecological paradise’	Dallas Morning News	O'Donnell, P.	07/23/20	2 doc(s)
Texas sees record 197 coronavirus deaths along with high in hospitalizations	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Stevenson, S.	07/23/20	2 doc(s)
Dallas County reports fewer new coronavirus cases, but deaths set a record Wednesday	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Stevenson, S.	07/23/20	3 doc(s)
Tarrant County passes 23,000 COVID-19 cases with single-day record, plus 6 new deaths	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Stevenson, S.	07/23/20	1 doc(s)
Texas State Bar president under fire for Facebook post on Black Lives Matter	Houston Chronicle	Curriden, M.	07/23/20
Poll: Few Americans support full reopening of schools	Houston Chronicle	Binkley, C.	07/23/20	1 doc(s)
COVID not done wreaking havoc on oil & gas industry	Houston Chronicle	Chapa, S.	07/23/20	2 doc(s)
TEA releases new guidance for Texas schools on online-only classes, start of year	Houston Chronicle	Webb, S.	07/23/20	2 doc(s)
UT San Antonio offers cybersecurity certificate for non-cyber workers	San Antonio Express News	Malik, A.	07/23/20
San Antonio reports 1,688 new coronavirus cases; mayor blames July 4 gatherings	San Antonio Express News	Selcraig, B.	07/23/20	3 doc(s)
As Texas hits 4,400 COVID-19 deaths, local leaders again press Abbott for lockdown authority	San Antonio Express News	Blackman, J.	07/23/20	3 doc(s)
State grant to Tech biolab demonstrates facility’s importance in virus battle	Amarillo Globe-News	Editorial	07/22/20
Football, volleyball delay should affect smaller schools, too	Beaumont Enterprise	Editorial	07/22/20	2 doc(s)
We're working hard to keep the most vulnerable safe	Galveston Daily News	Masters, J.	07/22/20
UIL delaying start of Class 5A-6A football season	Bryan Eagle	Perkins, J.	07/22/20	1 doc(s)
Why Democrats and civil rights groups say Trump's latest census order could harm Texas	Corpus Christi Caller Times	Moritz, J.	07/22/20	4 doc(s)
UIL pushes back sports start dates for 6A, 5A schools; La Marque, Hitchcock can start on time	Galveston Daily News	Lacombe, J.	07/22/20	1 doc(s)
Texas Gov.'s office labels Hidalgo County's shelter-at-home order 'simply a recommendation'	Laredo Morning Times	Dunphy, M.	07/22/20	2 doc(s)
UIL modifies Texas’ fall sports schedule	Lubbock Avalanche Journal	Cubit, A.	07/22/20	1 doc(s)
Abbott talks with local officials on virus response	McAllen Monitor	Staff	07/22/20
McLennan County health authority orders in-person school delayed until September	Waco Tribune Herald	Crum, B.	07/22/20	3 doc(s)
UIL delays football, volleyball seasons for 6A, 5A by five weeks	Longview News-Journal	Staff	07/22/20	2 doc(s)
East Texas fall school plans taking shape but subject to change	Longview News-Journal	Staff	07/22/20	3 doc(s)
U.S. Orders China to Close Houston Consulate, Citing Efforts to Steal Trade Secrets	New York Times	Myers, S.	07/23/20
U.S. Orders China to Close Houston Consulate	Wall Street Journal	Viswanatha, A.	07/23/20
Public hearing/formal meeting notice			07/22/20

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