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
Finally, a testing center comes to Dallas’ hardest-hit ZIP code	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	07/24/20
Timing of Fort Worth ‘Rockin’ the River’ concerts amid COVID-19 surge was a sour note	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	07/24/20	1 doc(s)
UT must go beyond symbolism to show Black students matter	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	07/24/20	3 doc(s)
Abbott owes Texans, media some answers	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	07/24/20	1 doc(s)
Texas Rep. Jon Rosenthal: Don’t cherry-pick the corona-virus data. We can’t rush reopening.	Houston Chronicle	Rosenthal, J.	07/24/20	7 doc(s)
Time for Abbott to break away on pandemic	San Antonio Express News	Henson, J.	07/24/20	1 doc(s)
Tesla’s Texas sales to come from outside state despite Austin factory	Austin American Statesman	Sechler, B.	07/24/20	1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Tesla’s new Travis County factory will serve as a new ‘enormous anchor’ for tech sector	Austin American Statesman	Carlson, K.	07/24/20	1 doc(s)
Coronavirus death toll in Texas tops 4,500	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	07/24/20	2 doc(s)
North Texas could see ‘tidal wave’ of evictions as moratoriums start to run out	Dallas Morning News	DiFurio, D.	07/24/20	5 doc(s)
Texans lose if Trump excludes undocumented immigrants from reapportionment, critics say	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Hernandez, K.	07/24/20	7 doc(s)
Beyond politics, effects of Chinese consulate’s closing ‘will be a setback’	Houston Chronicle	Takahashi, P.	07/24/20	1 doc(s)
They got evicted in the middle of the pandemic. They don’t know where to go next.	Houston Chronicle	Smith, S.	07/24/20	2 doc(s)
In a first, Bexar County will attempt to seat a jury via Zoom video conference	San Antonio Express News	Zavala, E.	07/24/20	1 doc(s)
Texas Railroad Commission accused of violating state open meetings rules	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	07/24/20	4 doc(s)
Dallas County reports fewer than 1,000 new coronavirus cases for 3rd straight day, 12 more deaths	Dallas Morning News	Branham, D.	07/24/20	1 doc(s)
Bloomberg-backed gun safety group endorsing Democrats in 14 North Texas statehouse races	Dallas Morning News	Morris, A.	07/24/20	3 doc(s)
Tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico expected to strengthen before hitting Texas	Dallas Morning News	Jimenez, J.	07/24/20
Judge asks Abbott to close slew of businesses as Dallas County reports 12 COVID deaths	Dallas Morning News	Stevenson, S.	07/24/20	3 doc(s)
Tarrant County reports 9 new coronavirus deaths; hospitalizations creeping up again	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Stevenson, S.	07/24/20	1 doc(s)
Texas AG Ken Paxton named co-chair of national Lawyers for Trump coalition	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	07/24/20
The more we stay home, the less the coronavirus spreads	Houston Chronicle	Healy, M.	07/24/20	2 doc(s)
In Rio Grande Valley, it’s prayers, graves and sorrow	Houston Chronicle	Hennessy-Fiske, M.	07/24/20	1 doc(s)
Citing pandemic, Harris County clerk seeks extra week of early voting for November election	Houston Chronicle	Despart, Z.	07/24/20	3 doc(s)
Wearing masks could help you avoid major illness even if you get coronavirus, experts say	Houston Chronicle	Lin, R.	07/24/20	1 doc(s)
Medical officials warn schools could suffer widespread COVID-19 outbreaks	Houston Chronicle	Nix, K.	07/24/20	1 doc(s)
Fifteen more coronavirus deaths reported in Bexar County as infections climb by more than 1,00	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	07/24/20	1 doc(s)
The coronavirus is keeping Texas prisoners who've been approved for parole behind bars	San Antonio Express News	McCullough, J.	07/24/20	3 doc(s)
It is time to take a fresh look at old bar rules	Galveston Daily News	Matthews, D.	07/23/20	2 doc(s)
It’s Up to Us: Don’t expect stores, officers to enforce Abbott’s mask mandate, which he’s liable to reverse at any moment; just do the right thing and	Lufkin Daily News	Editorial	07/23/20	2 doc(s)
Tips on voting in Texas	Longview News-Journal	McNeely, D.	07/23/20	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Universities and COVID	Rio Grande Guardian	Perryman, M.	07/23/20
Rural Texas Needs More Nurses	Rio Grande Guardian	Swanson, D.	07/23/20	3 doc(s)
Quinnipiac Poll: Joe Biden opens 1-point lead over Donald Trump in Texas	Abilene Reporter-News	Moritz, J.	07/23/20	2 doc(s)
City officials, medical professionals, address second COVID-19 surge in Amarillo area	Amarillo Globe-News	Gay, D.	07/23/20	1 doc(s)
Amazon to bring 750 jobs to El Paso with big distribution center	El Paso Times	Kolenc, V.	07/23/20
Districts in Galveston County spend millions on pandemic preparations	Galveston Daily News	DeGrood, M.	07/23/20	5 doc(s)
Political Buzz: Republicans hold big cash leads going into November	Galveston Daily News	Ferguson, J.	07/23/20	1 doc(s)
Pointing to Valley virus surge, Dems call on Abbott to lock down portions of state	McAllen Monitor	Wilson, M.	07/23/20	2 doc(s)
Attorney General rules HHSC should release COVID-19 nursing home data	Victoria Advocate	Venable, K.	07/23/20	3 doc(s)
Red vs. Red in Texas, With Republicans Battling One Another After Mask Order	New York Times	Fernandez, M.	07/24/20
Covid S.O.S. in Hidalgo	Wall Street Journal	Editorial	07/24/20
Tesla Prepares for Hiring Boom as Elon Musk Targets Manufacturing Expansion	Wall Street Journal	Higgins, T.	07/24/20
Public hearing/formal meeting notice			07/23/20

The Legislative Reference Library is located on the second floor of the State Capitol building in Room 2N.3. For more information, please call the Library at 512 463-1252.