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
Abbott might be doing the legal thing. That doesn’t mean he is doing the right thing	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	08/17/21	3 doc(s)
What the Fort Worth school district — and the rest of us — should do on masks, COVID	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	08/17/21	2 doc(s)
Texas' nursing shortage is costing lives. Gov. Abbott let it happen.	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	08/17/21	2 doc(s)
Texas must wake up to the fact that Hispanics will soon become the majority	Dallas Morning News	Villalba, J.	08/17/21	1 doc(s)
What you need to know about Austin ISD's COVID-19 protocols as kids head back to school	Austin American Statesman	Mendez, M.	08/17/21	3 doc(s)
Texas Supreme Court blocks lower court rulings that allowed mask mandates	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	08/17/21	4 doc(s)
Flurry of conflicting legal battles against Texas’ mask mandate ban complicates schools’ start	Dallas Morning News	Smith, C.	08/17/21	1 doc(s)
Fort Worth students return to school. Parents deal with conflicting messages on masks	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Windes, I.	08/17/21	2 doc(s)
Fort Worth school board meets Tuesday. What happens if it tries to require masks?	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	08/17/21	4 doc(s)
Houston ISD: There will be consequences for students, staff who don't comply with mask mandate	Houston Chronicle	Dellinger, H.	08/17/21	3 doc(s)
Judge in San Antonio backs local effort against Abbott, revives mask requirement in schools	San Antonio Express News	Zavala, E.	08/17/21	3 doc(s)
Save Austin Now seeks court order forcing Austin to rewrite ballot language on police staffing	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	08/17/21
UTA reduces class capacity by 50% to bolster social distancing	Dallas Morning News	Olivares, V.	08/17/21	1 doc(s)
Some U.S. House members praise Texas Democrats for ‘ingenuity and courage’ in voting rights fight	Dallas Morning News	Justin, R.	08/17/21	2 doc(s)
With medical resources ‘stretched to the greatest extent,’ COVID-19 deaths climbing in Texas	Dallas Morning News	Steele, T.	08/17/21	1 doc(s)
Ongoing court battle over mask orders leaves Dallas in ‘weird Alice in Wonderland limbo’	Dallas Morning News	Scudder, C.	08/17/21	5 doc(s)
Thousands of elderly residents neglected, abused yearly in North Texas, investigators say	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Ramirez Jr., D.	08/17/21
Gov. Abbott's executive order limiting jail releases is 'unconstitutional,' Bexar County judge rules	Houston Chronicle	Eaton, E.	08/17/21	3 doc(s)
Local arts groups steel themselves for the new season amid COVID surge	Houston Chronicle	Gray, C.	08/17/21
Former Houston Methodist employees sue hospital for wrongful termination over COVID vaccine mandate	Houston Chronicle	Downen, R.	08/17/21	3 doc(s)
'We didn't need to be here': Health workers frustrated amid third surge of COVID hospitalizations	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, L.	08/17/21	2 doc(s)
TABC warns restaurants their liquor licenses could be revoked for requiring vaccine proof from customers	San Antonio Express News	Santana, S.	08/17/21	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Strike Two: Texas judges line up against governor over mask mandates	Texarkana Gazette	Editorial	08/15/21	2 doc(s)
Texas leaders gambling our schools will defy viral spread	Waco Tribune Herald	Editorial	08/15/21	2 doc(s)
State's expansion of program wise extension of compassion	Lubbock Avalanche Journal	Editorial	08/13/21	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
El Paso massacre, voter suppression efforts both rooted in white supremacy	El Paso Times	O'Rourke, B.	08/15/21	4 doc(s)
Typhoid Mary is model for too many Texans	Waco Tribune Herald	Tatum, L.	08/15/21
Push to restrict voting access is discriminatory, harms working class	Corpus Christi Caller Times	Aguirre, V.	08/14/21	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
State should keep the Battleship Texas alive on island	Galveston Daily News	Cross, J.	08/14/21	3 doc(s)
Abbott's anti-vaxx, anti-mask laws endanger children	Galveston Daily News	Kinnear, J.	08/14/21	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Local school districts should require masks on campus	Galveston Daily News	Temple, J.	08/14/21	3 doc(s)
Fiddling while the pandemic rages	Tyler Morning Telegraph	Ramsey, R.	08/14/21	4 doc(s)
Just who has given up on personal responsibility?	Waco Tribune Herald	Gaventa, B.	08/14/21
Time for Democrats to come back to Texas	Midland Reporter Telegram	Stewart, D.	08/13/21
El Paso leaders voice support for mask mandates, but no action yet from school districts	El Paso Times	Carreon, C.	08/15/21	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
New bait for feral pigs targets fertility	McAllen Monitor	Kelley, R.	08/15/21
Taylor County's population up almost 9%, according to Census data	Abilene Reporter-News	Bethel, B.	08/14/21	2 doc(s)
Slow El Paso population growth since 2010 census might impact state House representation	El Paso Times	Jackson, A.	08/14/21	1 doc(s)
Federal judge extends temporary injunction barring Abbott's migrant transportation order	El Paso Times	Martinez, A.	08/14/21	2 doc(s)
Galveston ISD to require masks starting Aug. 23	Galveston Daily News	Heath, K.	08/14/21	2 doc(s)
Lubbock County tops 310,000 in 2020 Census, city above 257,000	Lubbock Avalanche Journal	Stucka, M.	08/14/21	2 doc(s)
Lubbock lawmakers seek to strip some Permanent University Funding from UT, A&M amid Big 12 shakeup	Lubbock Avalanche Journal	Young, A.	08/14/21	3 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Census: Hispanics gain ground in McLennan County as white population shrinks	Waco Tribune Herald	Smith, J.	08/14/21	1 doc(s)
Midland's Kevin Sparks to run for state senate	Midland Reporter Telegram	Doreen, S.	08/14/21
Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine welcomes first crop of students, faculty, staff	Amarillo Globe-News	Gay, D.	08/13/21
United ISD issues mask mandate for start of school year	Laredo Morning Times	Ocampo, C.	08/13/21
Edcouch-Elsa ISD approves legal action against Abbott, plans on mask mandate	McAllen Monitor	Wilson, M.	08/13/21	1 doc(s)
PSJA ISD votes to sue Abbott; joins other districts mandating masks	McAllen Monitor	Wilson, M.	08/13/21
Valley school boards defy Abbott on pandemic policy	McAllen Monitor	Wilson, M.	08/13/21	2 doc(s)

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