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
Texas Jewish families faced agonizing waits to bury loved ones. This law will change that.	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	09/13/21	1 TX bill
Another Texas casualty of Abbott's lax COVID response? It's the economy, stupid.	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	09/13/21	2 doc(s)
Could Texas’ new heartbeat law lead to lawsuits against companies providing abortion insurance?	Dallas Morning News	Wolf, M.	09/13/21	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Fort Worth parents seek second injunction against mask mandate in school district	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Cardona, M.	09/13/21	3 doc(s)
Abbott orders resources deployed as Tropical Storm Nicholas takes aim at Texas coast	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Hartley, J.	09/13/21	1 doc(s)
Who's enforcing Gov. Abbott's ban on school mask rules? Not Abbott.	Houston Chronicle	McKinley, E.	09/13/21	2 TX bill(s) 4 doc(s)
More than a commuter school: UH-Downtown gets rebranding under new president	Houston Chronicle	Britto, B.	09/13/21
Percentage of vaccinated patients with COVID in San Antonio hospitals creeps up	San Antonio Express News	O'Hare, P.	09/13/21	2 doc(s)
Hunkering down against COVID, San Antonio's charter schools are in the mask minefield	San Antonio Express News	Perez, D.	09/13/21	3 doc(s)
Heavy rain expected this week as Tropical Storm Nicholas bears down on Texas	Houston Chronicle	Morris, M.	09/13/21	1 doc(s)
Texans, people of color face higher rates of food insecurity, USDA survey shows	San Antonio Express News	Kelly, S.	09/13/21	1 doc(s)
As COVID drags on and schools suffer, kids’ anxiety is rising. Here’s what we can do	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	09/12/21	1 doc(s)
Thumbs: Governor Abbott don't know much about women's biology	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	09/11/21	1 doc(s)
Watch for others in the crossfire of Texas' abortion laws	Austin American Statesman	Grumet, B.	09/12/21	2 TX bill(s)
First child saved by an Amber Alert has this cool connection to kidnapper’s prosecutor	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Allen, C.	09/12/21	1 doc(s)
Texans deserve a bail system based on risk, not riches	Houston Chronicle	Pressley, N.	09/12/21	2 TX bill(s)
I was in the military when 9/11 changed my idea of service	Houston Chronicle	delaCruz, A.	09/11/21
Dallas police secretly dropped investigation into officer who shot protester with pepper-ball gun	Dallas Morning News	Jaramillo, A.	09/12/21
New Texas elections law carries costs and threat of litigation for all 254 counties	Dallas Morning News	Morris, A.	09/12/21	1 TX bill
Seed for Texas abortion ban was planted 20 years ago, in Louisiana	Houston Chronicle	Blackman, J.	09/12/21	1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Gov. Greg Abbott: Biden vaccine plan an 'assault on private business'	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	09/11/21	1 TX bill 7 doc(s)
Austin companies, Texas groups try to sort out Biden's new COVID-19 vaccine mandate	Austin American Statesman	Hawkins, L.	09/11/21	2 doc(s)
Not one vigilante lawsuit yet, but new Texas law has cut abortion to a trickle and kept courts busy	Dallas Morning News	Campbell, E.	09/11/21	1 TX bill 5 doc(s)
Texas AG Paxton sues Richardson ISD over mask mandate. Will Dallas ISD be next?	Dallas Morning News	Richman, T.	09/11/21	4 doc(s)
North Texas fallen, injured law enforcement and other officials recognized for service	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	09/11/21	1 TX bill
Texas attorney general Ken Paxton sues six school districts over mask mandates	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	09/12/21	3 doc(s)
Embalmers pour fluids from corpses down drains, but Austin Water didn't know that was happening	Austin American Statesman	Osbourne, H.	09/12/21
‘He loved his family’: Caleb Wallace dies after battle with COVID-19, pregnant wife says	Austin American Statesman	Tufts, J.	09/12/21	2 doc(s)
Texas economy faces hurdles, but growth still in the forecast	Austin American Statesman	Sechler, B.	09/12/21	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
How rural population decline might reshape Texas' political landscape in 2022	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	09/12/21	3 doc(s)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is wrong about pregnancy, abortion timeline	Austin American Statesman	Sherman, A.	09/12/21	1 TX bill
AI may be the next big thing in tech, and Dallas-Fort Worth is lagging far behind	Dallas Morning News	Schnurman, M.	09/12/21	1 doc(s)
Biden’s vaccine rules to set off barrage of legal challenges	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Tucker, E.	09/12/21	2 doc(s)
Sources say Houston and TCU were ‘this close’ to receiving an invite to the Pac-12	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Engel, M.	09/12/21
Get vaccinated and get $50? Texans like that idea. Tarrant leaders will consider it	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Kennedy, B.	09/12/21	2 doc(s)
Unvaccinated Texans have a choice, but choices come with consequences	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	09/12/21	4 doc(s)
Will our MAGA paradise attract business? Political posturing aside, wouldn't bet on it	San Antonio Express News	Jefferson, G.	09/12/21	1 TX bill
Former Councilwoman Elisa Chan eyes Larson's Texas House seat	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, G.	09/12/21
Could Texas abortion ban strategy be double-edged sword?	San Antonio Express News	Whitehurst, L.	09/12/21	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
What do Biden’s new COVID-19 requirements mean for North Texas businesses? Here’s what we know	Dallas Morning News	DiFurio, D.	09/11/21	3 doc(s)
California PR firm will pay for its Texas employees to relocate following abortion law	Dallas Morning News	Walters, N.	09/11/21	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Chicago takes out Dallas Morning News ad to bait businesses after new Texas abortion, voting laws	Dallas Morning News	Wolf, M.	09/11/21	1 TX bill
‘Roe baby’ whose conception sparked landmark abortion ruling comes forward to share her name — and her story	Dallas Morning News	Bella, T.	09/11/21	1 doc(s)
Newsom campaign theme: Don’t let California become Texas	Dallas Morning News	Ronayne, K.	09/11/21
‘Don’t wait’: Jenkins says Biden’s new COVID vaccine mandates will help region recover from pandemic	Dallas Morning News	Scudder, C.	09/11/21	1 doc(s)
Coronavirus death toll in Dallas, Tarrant, Collin and Denton counties passes 10,000	Dallas Morning News	Steele, T.	09/11/21	2 doc(s)
GOP governors threaten to sue over mandates,\; Biden says 'have at it'	Dallas Morning News	Timsit, A.	09/11/21	2 doc(s)
Texas Republicans quietly reduced penalties for honest voting mistakes	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	09/11/21	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
'Ike Dike' study headed to Congress	Houston Chronicle	Foxhall, E.	09/11/21	2 doc(s)
Houston's move to Big 12 makes dollars, and sense	Houston Chronicle	Solomon, J.	09/11/21
UH has joined the Big 12. What's next?	Houston Chronicle	Duarte, J.	09/11/21
The University of Houston's historic step to the Big 12	Houston Chronicle	Duarte, J.	09/11/21
Biden's new COVID orders clear way for Houston public hospital systems to mandate vaccines	Houston Chronicle	Carballo, R.	09/11/21	3 doc(s)
Texas commissioner looking out for little guy in oil and gas business	San Antonio Express News	Tomlinson, C.	09/11/21	2 doc(s)
Biden’s vaccine rules ignite instant, hot GOP opposition	San Antonio Express News	Colvin, J.	09/11/21	2 doc(s)
G.O.P. Seethes at Biden Mandate, Even in States Requiring Other Vaccines	New York Times	Stolberg, S.	09/13/21
Even Texas Allows Abortions to Protect a Woman’s Life. Or Does It?	New York Times	Joffe, C.	09/13/21
The Texas Abortion Law Is Unconventional Because It Had to Be	Wall Street Journal	Hughes, B.	09/13/21
Trump May Be Gone, But the Fight Against His Border Wall Goes On	New York Times	Sandoval, E.	09/12/21
Biden Is Right: Vaccine Refusal ‘Has Cost All of Us’	New York Times	Editorial	09/12/21
Behind the Texas Abortion Law, a Persevering Conservative Lawyer	New York Times	Schmidt, M.	09/12/21
The Texas Abortion Law Creates a Kind of Bounty Hunter. Here’s How It Works.	New York Times	Feuer, A.	09/12/21
‘See you in court’: G.O.P. governors express outrage and vow to fight Biden’s vaccine requirements.	New York Times	Healy, J.	09/12/21
Big 12 Gets 4 New Members in College Sports’ Latest Shuffle	New York Times	Thames, A.	09/11/21
Biden’s Vaccine Push Aligns Him With a Fed-Up, Vaccinated Majority	New York Times	Epstein, R.	09/11/21
Biden’s Sweeping Vaccine Mandates Infuriate Republican Governors	New York Times	Healy, J.	09/11/21
School Is Back and the Covid Rules Keep Changing: ‘It’s as Chaotic as You Can Get.’	Wall Street Journal	Chapman, B.	09/11/21

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