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
As Cruz, Paxton cynically fuel Trump’s election fight, other Texans doing what’s right	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	01/06/21
Vaccine rollout is a mess. Here’s how to fix it.	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	01/06/21	6 doc(s)
University of Texas sacrifices academics for football with Tom Herman’s buyout	Houston Chronicle	Cherwitz, R.	01/06/21	2 doc(s)
After top staff exodus, Attorney General Ken Paxton seeks $43M for Google lawsuit	Austin American Statesman	Bleiberg, J.	01/06/21	3 doc(s)
Travis County leaders describe vaccine rollout as 'chaos' amid shrinking ICU capacity	Austin American Statesman	Osbourne, H.	01/06/21	4 doc(s)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tells agencies to obey federal judge’s foster care edicts, sidestep big fines	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	01/06/21	2 doc(s)
America’s health care system flails again, focused on profit over patients	Houston Chronicle	Tomlinson, C.	01/06/21	4 doc(s)
Houston hits COVID-19 hospitalization threshold, tightening restrictions on businesses	Houston Chronicle	Ackerman, T.	01/06/21	4 doc(s)
As San Antonio’s COVID-19 hospitalizations soar, hospitals stretch beyond their normal capacities	San Antonio Express News	Caruba, L.	01/06/21	4 doc(s)
San Antonio-based Community Labs to expand testing in local schools, across Texas	San Antonio Express News	Picon, A.	01/06/21	1 doc(s)
San Antonio adds record 2,152 new COVID-19 cases as region hits new high for hospitalizations	San Antonio Express News	Fechter, J.	01/06/21	2 doc(s)
Our No. 7 issue of the 2021 legislative session: Texas Democrats to push policing reforms	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	01/06/21	3 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Four Texas Repubs who've embarrassed us in the post-election nonsense	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	01/06/21
Environmental groups allege Texas rubber-stamped industrial plants' pollution — and that the EPA looked the other way	Austin American Statesman	Douglas, E.	01/06/21	3 doc(s)
Coronavirus hospitalizations hit new highs in Texas, Dallas County; state adds more than 30,000 cases	Dallas Morning News	Steele, T.	01/06/21	4 doc(s)
Brazoria County Jail cited for violations related to pregnant inmates	Houston Chronicle	Powell, N.	01/06/21	3 doc(s)
New business expected to surge in Katy, Fort Bend County in 2021	Houston Chronicle	Kent, R.	01/06/21
Northwest Houston entities talking 2021 legislative priorities	Houston Chronicle	Wedding, P.	01/06/21	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Incoming State Rep. Ann Johnson discusses flooding, healthcare, bipartisanship ahead of session	Houston Chronicle	Nickerson, R.	01/06/21	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Texas vaccine program moving toward mass vaccination providers	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, G.	01/06/21	6 doc(s)
Paxton refuses to disclose full costs of taxpayer-funded Supreme Court election challenge	San Antonio Express News	Goldenstein, T.	01/06/21	4 doc(s)
Some things Texans didn’t expect	Longview News-Journal	Ramsey, R.	01/05/21	3 doc(s)
Enrollment drops may signal school funding cuts	El Paso Times	Carreon, C.	01/05/21	3 doc(s)
Texas falls short of Abbott's prediction of 1 million COVID-19 vaccinations in December	San Angelo Standard Times	Moritz, J.	01/05/21	4 doc(s)
Starrville church pastor remembered for belief in prayer, other victims of shooting stable	Tyler Morning Telegraph	Barton, K.	01/05/21
Texas bill aims to stop churches from being shut down during disasters	Victoria Advocate	Watts, E.	01/05/21	1 TX bill

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