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
Why the Texas Legislature should weigh in on vaccinations	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	08/27/21	3 doc(s)
Scapegoating shows facts aren't sacred to Patrick	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	08/27/21
I-45 rebuild supports growth and enhances safety	Houston Chronicle	Watts, M.	08/27/21	1 doc(s)
Tense exchanges, pleas for decorum: Texas House takes up GOP voting bill	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	08/27/21	1 TX bill
Texas House passes GOP elections bill after weeks-long stalemate	Dallas Morning News	Morris, A.	08/27/21	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Judge extends restraining order against COVID-related mask mandate in Fort Worth schools	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Ramirez Jr., D.	08/27/21	1 doc(s)
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan seeks to ban the word 'racism' from voting bill debate	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	08/27/21	1 TX bill
Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks Bexar County's mask mandate	Houston Chronicle	Garcia, L.	08/27/21	3 doc(s)
Greg Abbott, Republicans can check box with conservative voters after advancement of elections bill	Dallas Morning News	Jeffers Jr., G.	08/27/21	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
U.S. House Jan. 6 committee requests communications involving Ken Paxton, other Trump allies	Dallas Morning News	Caldwell, E.	08/27/21	4 doc(s)
PUC weighs options in first major discussion of electricity market overhaul since deregulation	Dallas Morning News	O'Hanlon, M.	08/27/21	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Texans on Medicaid can now use Uber for non-emergency medical appointments	Dallas Morning News	DiFurio, D.	08/27/21	1 TX bill
Harris County approves $30 million for more nurses to ease latest COVID-19 surge	Houston Chronicle	Despart, Z.	08/27/21	1 doc(s)
Music industry weighs vaccine mandates, but politics collide	Houston Chronicle	Hall, K.	08/27/21	1 doc(s)
Former DA LaHood seriously considering a run for Texas House	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, G.	08/27/21
Texas Parks and Wildlife votes preservation over development for Honey Creek Ranch	San Antonio Express News	Bruess, E.	08/27/21
Landgraf has opportunity to get nuclear waste bill right	Midland Reporter Telegram	Doreen, S.	08/26/21	2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Political Buzz: Santa Fe Mayor Tabor will face recall vote, eventually	Galveston Daily News	Ferguson, J.	08/26/21	1 TX bill
State may detain immigrants at Edinburg prison	McAllen Monitor	Gonzalez, V.	08/26/21	2 doc(s)
Abbott, Patrick hit with new criticism over COVID-19	Longview News-Journal	McNeely, D.	08/26/21	2 doc(s)
How a Defunct Federal Provision Helped Pave the Way for New Voting Restrictions	New York Times	Corasaniti, N.	08/27/21

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