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
Dallas teachers want to work, but coronavirus has made many wary of getting back into the classroom	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	07/27/20	4 doc(s)
Vaccine news a ray of light in dark days of pandemic	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	07/27/20	1 doc(s)
Fix school-meal funding shortfall	San Antonio Express News	Glosson, S.	07/27/20
Medical City, Texas Health to resume elective surgeries in Dallas-Fort Worth as COVID cases fall	Dallas Morning News	Campbell, E.	07/27/20	7 doc(s)
Non-religious private school in Fort Worth suburb asks to open next month	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Campbell, E.	07/27/20	2 doc(s)
Like it or not, Pete Sessions likely headed back to Congress	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	07/27/20
Dallas County reports 800 new coronavirus cases, 1 death	Dallas Morning News	Branham, D.	07/27/20	3 doc(s)
As Tropical Depression Hanna moves inland, as impact in Houston ebbs	Houston Chronicle	Gill, J.	07/27/20
Hanna takes rainy swipe at Corpus, Rio Grande Valley; no deaths or extensive damage reported	San Antonio Express News	Merchant, N.	07/27/20
Bexar sees respite from double-digit deaths and high number of daily new cases	San Antonio Express News	Zavala, E.	07/27/20	3 doc(s)
Don’t mess with Texas’ representation	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	07/26/20	2 doc(s)
Dallas County COVID-19 cases ‘vastly’ exceed contact tracers	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	07/26/20	2 doc(s)
Parents, we’re with you in wanting schools to open. But a COVID-19 delay makes sense	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	07/26/20	2 doc(s)
How is this American? Trump using anti-terror forces for ‘own personal militia’	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	07/26/20	1 doc(s)
Is Texas ready for high voter turnout this fall?	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	07/26/20	1 doc(s)
In the battle over our racially charged history, Dallas has an opportunity to get it right	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	07/25/20
Thumbs up, thumbs down	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	07/25/20
A welcome compromise on sales tax vote	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	07/25/20	1 doc(s)
Texas should put STAAR on hold this school year	Austin American Statesman	Ramos, A.	07/26/20	3 doc(s)
Dallas city, county and philanthropic leaders must come together to expand COVID-19 testing	Dallas Morning News	Luce, T.	07/26/20
Removing the name of a segregationist from a science building at UT Austin will help us recruit STEM scholars of color	Dallas Morning News	Jogee, S.	07/26/20
Should social workers partner with police? Prevent the mental health crises in the first place	Houston Chronicle	Dettlaff, A.	07/26/20	4 doc(s)
There’s a better way to give voters options without costly runoffs	Austin American Statesman	Dixon, P.	07/25/20	1 doc(s)
COVID death toll in nursing homes is a disgrace. Congress must act.	Austin American Statesman	Tran, T.	07/25/20	2 doc(s)
I served as an election judge in Dallas. Here’s what I saw and what we can do better in November	Dallas Morning News	Cattanach, J.	07/25/20	2 doc(s)
Texas has a strong record against sex trafficking, but Congress has work to do	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Jensen, J.	07/25/20	3 doc(s)
Texas has reached a coronavirus plateau. Is that good enough?	Austin American Statesman	Cobler, N.	07/26/20	3 doc(s)
Hurricane Hanna makes landfall on Padre Island, COVID-19 complicates storm response	Dallas Morning News	McGuinness, D.	07/26/20	2 doc(s)
‘We are desperate,’ North Texas hospitals seek donors of plasma that can help the most critical COVID patients	Dallas Morning News	Tarrant, D.	07/26/20	2 doc(s)
Fort Worth parents in ‘impossible position’ with schools restarting online amid COVID	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tinsley, A.	07/26/20	5 doc(s)
CARES Act was meant to stop COVID-19 evictions. But in Fort Worth, it’s often ignored	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dent, M.	07/26/20	1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
As COVID cases exploded, workers on Texas' $295 million contact tracing deal did little to no work	Houston Chronicle	Root, J.	07/26/20	3 doc(s)
Metro Health waited to hire enough COVID-19 trackers until virus had pummeled San Antonio	San Antonio Express News	Chasnoff, B.	07/26/20	3 doc(s)
Amid coronavirus pandemic, 2nd South Texas county judge tells residents to stay at home	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	07/25/20	4 doc(s)
Austin Convention Center ready for coronavirus patients, but officials hope it stays empty	Austin American Statesman	Wilson, M.	07/25/20	2 doc(s)
Restaurant coalition with Austin members asks Congress to help save industry	Austin American Statesman	Odam, M.	07/25/20	3 doc(s)
5-year-old is among latest coronavirus victims as Dallas County again reports case total under 750	Dallas Morning News	Steele, T.	07/25/20	4 doc(s)
Why the next 45 days are crucial for restaurant survival in Dallas-Fort Worth	Dallas Morning News	Blaskovich, S.	07/25/20	5 doc(s)
Hundreds of Texas bar owners plan to open Saturday as a statement to Gov. Abbott	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Lopez, B.	07/25/20	2 doc(s)
A Fort Worth appeals court grants a terminally ill baby a new trial, an extended life	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Mitchell, M.	07/25/20	4 doc(s)
Finally, baseball. Texas Rangers are playing again after being delayed by coronavirus	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Wilson, J.	07/25/20
Harris County, Houston order schools to delay in-person classes until at least Sept. 8	Houston Chronicle	Carpenter, J.	07/25/20	7 doc(s)
Valero's HQ fully staffed despite COVID-19	San Antonio Express News	Mendoza, M.	07/25/20
New GOP chairman wants to drive the narrative on race and politics	Austin American Statesman	Tilove, J.	07/26/20
Virus concerns grow as Hanna makes landfall	Austin American Statesman	Jones, T.	07/26/20	1 doc(s)
For Texas Dems, is this the year?	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	07/26/20
What Van Halen and M&Ms can teach us about how to fight higher taxes in August. It’s in the details	Dallas Morning News	Lieber, D.	07/26/20	1 TX bill
Jenkins urges Abbott to get tougher as Dallas County soars to 1,267 coronavirus cases, another high	Dallas Morning News	Marfin, C.	07/26/20	1 doc(s)
Kessler Theater owner hopes new concert venue relief bill will be a lifeline for Texas music	Dallas Morning News	Granberry, M.	07/26/20	3 doc(s)
Appeals court reverses ruling that would’ve let Fort Worth hospital take 17-month-old Tinslee Lewis off life support	Dallas Morning News	Steele, T.	07/26/20	2 doc(s)
Disabilities advocates: Texas mail ballot system disenfranchises people with disabilities	Dallas Morning News	Barragan, J.	07/26/20	4 doc(s)
As Dallas-area teams prepare for return of HS fall sports, they’ll have to adapt to new rules, realities of a ‘surreal’ season	Dallas Morning News	Hoyt, J.	07/26/20	3 doc(s)
How to keep the recovery going in Dallas and beyond? It’s all about the virus	Dallas Morning News	Schnurman, M.	07/26/20	2 doc(s)
The TRS pension fund has an army of investment managers. How is that working out for teachers?	Dallas Morning News	Burns, S.	07/26/20	2 doc(s)
Billionaire on ‘Open Texas’ task force laments the year that cut his net worth in half and crippled his Omni hotel business	Dallas Morning News	Walters, N.	07/26/20	3 doc(s)
Fort Worth-area parents upset about online-only school for 6 weeks plan Monday protest	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tinsley, A.	07/26/20	4 doc(s)
Anti-Trump Republicans could play a decisive role in 2020 election in Texas	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	07/26/20	1 doc(s)
The Georgia play: How a tiny Houston oil company went to battle with the former Soviet state	Houston Chronicle	Osborne, J.	07/26/20	1 doc(s)
Nine more people with novel coronavirus die in Bexar County; cases total soars past 35,000	San Antonio Express News	Mendoza-Moyers, D.	07/26/20	1 doc(s)
Rural hospitals prepare 'for the worst' as COVID surges through Texas	San Antonio Express News	Foxhall, E.	07/26/20	2 doc(s)
Houston, Miami, other cities face mounting health care worker shortages as infections climb	San Antonio Express News	Hauslohner, A.	07/26/20	1 doc(s)
Experimental antler restrictions paying early dividends for Texas mule deer hunters	San Antonio Express News	Wyatt, M.	07/26/20	1 doc(s)
‘Preacher of relationships’ — San Antonio banker J. Bruce Bugg Jr. is an adviser to the governor, a force in the financial world, a patron of the arts	San Antonio Express News	Jefferson, G.	07/26/20	2 doc(s)
Brehm’s last official act is typically graceless	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, G.	07/26/20	1 doc(s)
St. David’s South Austin testing new antiviral for coronavirus	Austin American Statesman	Villalpando, N.	07/25/20	1 doc(s)
Group launches campaign to promote Project Connect, but well-funded opposition looms	Austin American Statesman	Jankowski, P.	07/25/20	1 doc(s)
F1 United States Grand Prix canceled; COTA chairman calls 2020 ‘a complete loss’	Austin American Statesman	Burkhart, R.	07/25/20
Howdy, Hanna: Tropical storm’s periphery could deliver rain to parched Austin	Austin American Statesman	Bradshaw, K.	07/25/20	2 doc(s)
It was once hoped summer weather might help kill COVID-19. In Texas, the heat could be making it worse	Dallas Morning News	Jimenez, J.	07/25/20	2 doc(s)
Crisis nurses, first deployed to New York, now on coronavirus front lines in Texas	Dallas Morning News	Hennessy-Fiske, M.	07/25/20
Mask study Gov. Abbott cites as reason for no COVID-19 shutdown has limits, author says	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	07/25/20	6 doc(s)
Three more weeks of summer: First day of classes in Dallas ISD is Sept. 8, after trustees change school calendar	Dallas Morning News	Smith, C.	07/25/20	3 doc(s)
5-year-old boy among Dallas County coronavirus deaths reported Friday, 659 new cases	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Stevenson, S.	07/25/20	1 doc(s)
Dallas County closes adult businesses after Gov. Abbott fails to respond to request	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Stevenson, S.	07/25/20	2 doc(s)
Fans at Globe Life Field for Texas Rangers, ballpark opener? No. Fanfare? Heck, yes	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Wilson, J.	07/25/20	1 doc(s)
Critics complain those most impacted by I-45 rebuild left out of group to improve $7B project	Houston Chronicle	Begley, D.	07/25/20	3 doc(s)
His approval faltering, Republicans in battleground Houston districts start to distance from Trump	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	07/25/20	1 doc(s)
Legislators: Texas should allow nursing home visits to resume	Houston Chronicle	Foxhall, E.	07/25/20	3 doc(s)
Some Texas school districts enforcing disciplinary action for students who cough on others	Houston Chronicle	Medley, A.	07/25/20	2 doc(s)
With extra $600 in unemployment set to expire, many face hardship as pandemic worsens in Texas	Houston Chronicle	Douglas, E.	07/25/20	5 doc(s)
In Rural Texas, Skeptics Prevail Even With Virus Mounting	Houston Chronicle	Black, T.	07/25/20	3 doc(s)
San Antonio will leverage traffic lights to expand fiber network for students	Houston Chronicle	Malik, A.	07/25/20	5 doc(s)
South Texas prepares for Tropical Storm Hanna amid pandemic	Houston Chronicle	Lozano, J.	07/25/20	2 doc(s)
NRG’s $3.6B deal for Direct Energy worries consumer advocates	Houston Chronicle	Sixel, L.	07/25/20	1 doc(s)
McConnell says stimulus deal could take ‘a few weeks,’ putting millions with expiring jobless aid in limbo	Houston Chronicle	Werner, E.	07/25/20	3 doc(s)
Bexar County reports 299 new COVID cases, 15 more deaths	San Antonio Express News	O'Hare, P.	07/25/20	2 doc(s)
Bexar County Republican Party Chair refuses — again — to canvass votes so state officials step in	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	07/25/20
Mask mandate appears to be helping in Texas, but experts ask Gov. Greg Abbott not to rule out a shutdown	San Antonio Express News	Walter, E.	07/25/20	7 doc(s)
Masks help fight COVID, but more aid needed to heal economy	San Antonio Express News	Tomlinson, C.	07/25/20	3 doc(s)
Hurricane’s Choice for Texans: Shelter From the Virus or the Storm	New York Times	Sandoval, E.	07/27/20
‘You Do the Right Things, and Still You Get It’	New York Times	Fink, S.	07/27/20
Tropical Storm Hanna, Hurricane Douglas Threaten Parts of U.S.	Wall Street Journal	Calfas, J.	07/27/20
Will Texas Shut Down Again Amid Surge in Covid-19 Cases?	Wall Street Journal	Findell, E.	07/27/20
How to Actually Talk to Anti-Maskers	New York Times	Warzel, C.	07/26/20
Trump’s Covid Failures Reshape Race and Lift Biden	New York Times	Nagourney, A.	07/26/20
Hurricane Hanna Hits Texas Region Struggling With Coronavirus	New York Times	Sandoval, E.	07/26/20
What Arizona’s Tenuous Virus Plateau Could Teach Us	New York Times	Romero, S.	07/26/20
16 States Go Ahead With ‘Back to School’ Sales Tax Holidays	New York Times	Carrns, A.	07/25/20
A Climate Plan in Texas Focuses on Minorties. Not Everyone Likes It.	New York Times	Flavelle, C.	07/25/20
C.D.C. Calls on Schools to Reopen, Down-playing Health Risks	New York Times	Goodnough, A.	07/25/20
Trump Tailors Exaggerations and False Claims to Election Battlegrounds	New York Times	Qiu, L.	07/25/20
Why Houston Apartment Evictions Are Mounting	Wall Street Journal	Parker, W.	07/25/20

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