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
Is your party afraid of voter access? That's a bad sign.	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	09/15/21	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Nicholas hits Texas coast, but weakens in strength; could still bring 'life-threatening' flash flooding in the South	Austin American Statesman	Bacon, J.	09/15/21	1 doc(s)
Federal judge blasts Texas leaders for foster care failures and blaming bed shortage on her orders	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	09/15/21	3 doc(s)
Texas is one step closer to housing tons of nuclear waste. What that means for DFW	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Samsel, H.	09/15/21	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
'Relieved but exhausted': Residents pick up the pieces after Hurricane Nicholas	Houston Chronicle	Foxhall, E.	09/15/21	1 doc(s)
Blistered by judge, Texas foster care chief says she feels like she's 'failing children'	Houston Chronicle	McKinley, E.	09/15/21	2 doc(s)
West Texas nuclear waste site gets ok from feds	Houston Chronicle	Osborne, J.	09/15/21	1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Senate Democrats push for vote on national elections reform	San Antonio Express News	Wermund, B.	09/15/21	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Austin area could move to safer pandemic stage by end of month, health chief says	Austin American Statesman	Osbourne, H.	09/15/21	2 doc(s)
Florida Gov. DeSantis open to new abortion law, but doesn’t want to turn citizens against each other	Dallas Morning News	Caldwell, E.	09/15/21	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Changes to Texas labor law could shift the way Houston businesses handle sexual harassment	Houston Chronicle	Drane, A.	09/15/21	2 TX bill(s)
Three Fort Bend residents honored with a DeMerchant Spotlight Award	Houston Chronicle	Varma, J.	09/15/21
Inside UH's $300 million quest to join a Power Five conference	Houston Chronicle	Duarte, J.	09/15/21
Bike ride raises funds for Fort Bend County domestic violence survivors	Houston Chronicle	Maness, T.	09/15/21
Texas lawmakers shred the Constitution to punish social-media companies	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, G.	09/15/21	1 TX bill
Texas and the U.S., lawyered up and ready to go to court	Longview News-Journal	Ramsey, R.	09/14/21	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
San Angelo ISD installs 'bio-defense system' to combat COVID-19 at middle school	San Angelo Standard Times	Edgin, A.	09/14/21
Texas AG's Office urges Chapel Hill ISD to remove mask mandate	Tyler Morning Telegraph	Wellerman, Z.	09/14/21	4 doc(s)
State sues Waco, Midway, La Vega, McGregor school districts over mask mandates	Waco Tribune Herald	Witherspoon, T.	09/14/21	3 doc(s)
Justice Dept. Asks Judge to Block Texas From Enforcing Restrictive Abortion Law	New York Times	Benner, K.	09/15/21
Slow-Moving Tropical Storm Nicholas Prompts Flash-Flood Warnings in Texas, Louisiana	Wall Street Journal	Calfas, J.	09/15/21
Covid-19 Likely to Overshadow Afghanistan, Abortion Rights and Spending Plans in Midterm Elections	Wall Street Journal	Jamerson, J.	09/15/21
Towns and Cities Should Use Their Stimulus Windfalls to Cut Taxes	Wall Street Journal	Glock, J.	09/15/21
Is Racial Gerrymandering Going Out of Style?	Wall Street Journal	Riley, J.	09/15/21
Public hearing/formal meeting notice			09/15/21

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