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
A school mask compromise? It’s imperfect, and it’s the best choice we’ve got	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	09/01/21	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
It's easier to buy a gun in Texas than to vote. Time to celebrate.	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	09/01/21
Remain in Mexico policy stains this nation	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	09/01/21	2 doc(s)
Virtual learning has damaged students; it’s time to get back to class	Dallas Morning News	Doggett, J.	09/01/21
Texas is reining in prior authorization that harms patients. Congress should, too	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Mazow, M.	09/01/21	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
The risks of climate change are great - so are the rewards of solving it	Houston Chronicle	Dessler, A.	09/01/21	3 doc(s)
Divisive Texas elections bill heads to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk	Austin American Statesman	Mekelburg, M.	09/01/21	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Legislative session gets testy with 6 days to go: Democrat tells Dan Patrick to put on his 'big boy pants'	Austin American Statesman	Mekelburg, M.	09/01/21	7 TX bill(s) 4 doc(s)
Court temporarily blocks lawsuits by anti-abortion group under new Texas law	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	09/01/21	1 TX bill
GOP elections bill headed to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for signature	Dallas Morning News	Morris, A.	09/01/21
Republican-backed Texas election bill heads to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	09/01/21	3 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Child care advocates want Texas to reduce ratios in day cares. Here’s why that matters	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Windes, I.	09/01/21	3 doc(s)
Controversial I-45 project still alive as TxDOT, feds given 90 days to settle differences	Houston Chronicle	Begley, D.	09/01/21	3 doc(s)
New 'constitutional carry' law expected to help push Texas gun sales even higher	Houston Chronicle	Drane, A.	09/01/21
Staff vaccine rates at issue amid COVID spike in Texas nursing homes	Houston Chronicle	Gill, J.	09/01/21	4 doc(s)
Texas Republicans pass priority voting bill after six-month siege	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	09/01/21	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
'Our days seem harder and meaner:' Adler takes aim at critics in State of the City address	Austin American Statesman	Autullo, R.	09/01/21	4 doc(s)
Abbott finds little support at Texas Legislature for bill banning mask mandates	Austin American Statesman	Mendez, M.	09/01/21	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Travis County reports first child to die from COVID-19 complications amid rise in pediatric cases	Austin American Statesman	Osbourne, H.	09/01/21	4 doc(s)
10 things: How new laws on guns, education, abortion and more will impact Texans	Dallas Morning News	Gravois, J.	09/01/21
Texas’ bills on school mask mandates stalled	Dallas Morning News	Richman, T.	09/01/21	2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Critical race theory bill advances, while transgender sports bill stalls, as lawmakers race clock	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	09/01/21	4 TX bill(s)
Dallas County reports 10 deaths, 3,872 coronavirus cases in 3-day totals	Dallas Morning News	Prosser, M.	09/01/21	2 doc(s)
More than 660 new Texas laws go into effect September 1. Here’s what you need to know	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	09/01/21
Feds say TEA has failed to fix its special education problems as it had promised	Houston Chronicle	Dellinger, H.	09/01/21
'Big boy pants': Houston Rep. Harold Dutton spurns Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, blocks GOP priorities	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	09/01/21	4 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
GOP bail bill on the way to Abbott's desk after clearing Legislature	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	09/01/21	2 TX bill(s)
Texas policies on COVID, guns, abortion and education not a good look	Houston Chronicle	Tomlinson, C.	09/01/21	2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Abortion providers scramble to respond to patients before new Texas law takes effect	San Antonio Express News	Blackman, J.	09/01/21	1 TX bill
Virtual learning proposal makes sense in face of virus wave	Lubbock Avalanche Journal	Editorial	08/31/21
Court strikes down no-mask mandate	Bryan Eagle	McNeely, D.	08/31/21	2 doc(s)
Court settlement takes Griddy customers off the hook for massive electric bills during Uri	Abilene Reporter-News	Moritz, J.	08/31/21	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
'Permitless carry' here Wednesday, but what does it mean?	Tyler Morning Telegraph	Wellerman, Z.	08/31/21
The partisan debate over voting laws is a prologue to redistricting	Longview News-Journal	Ramsey, R.	08/31/21	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Texas’ Near-Ban on Abortions Takes Effect After Supreme Court Fails to Act	New York Times	Liptak, A.	09/01/21
Texas G.O.P. Passes Election Bill, Raising Voting Barriers Even Higher	New York Times	Epstein, R.	09/01/21
G.O.P. Governors Fight Mandates as the Party’s Covid Politics Harden	New York Times	Goldmacher, S.	09/01/21
Texas GOP Lawmakers Send Voting Bill to Governor’s Desk	Wall Street Journal	Kamp, J.	09/01/21

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