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
They license every cop in the state, and they’ve just been judged to be ‘fundamentally broken’	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	12/11/20	1 doc(s)
Texas Republicans must save party from conspiracy swamp. Step 1: Springer for Senate	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	12/11/20
Paxton and Cruz embarrass Texas and harm the nation	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/11/20	3 doc(s)
Texas Tries an Election Long Shot	Wall Street Journal	Ed.	12/11/20
Texas should keep welcoming Google and tech industry not join antitrust suits	Houston Chronicle	Branch, D.	12/11/20	1 doc(s)
'An affront to principles of constitutional democracy': Battleground states respond to Texas election challenge	Austin American Statesman	Recio, M.	12/11/20	4 doc(s)
FBI agents seek Texas attorney general records in Paxton probe	Austin American Statesman	Plohetski, T.	12/11/20	3 doc(s)
TRS punts office decision to '21, continues Indeed Tower sublease efforts	Austin American Statesman	Sechler, B.	12/11/20	2 doc(s)
Six GOP-led states join Texas bid to overturn Biden’s election, as Trump dines with Paxton and other AGs	Dallas Morning News	Gillman, T.	12/11/20	5 doc(s)
TMC hospitals, hit by COVID surge, exceed base ICU capacity for first time since summer	Houston Chronicle	Ackerman, T.	12/11/20	2 doc(s)
US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine	Houston Chronicle	Neergaard, L.	12/11/20	5 doc(s)
STAAR exams will be given in spring 2021, but A-through-F grades nixed for Texas schools	Houston Chronicle	Webb, S.	12/11/20	2 doc(s)
Texas Republicans split over AG Ken Paxton’s attempt to overturn Trump’s loss	Houston Chronicle	Wermund, B.	12/11/20	4 doc(s)
Texas students will take STAAR exams but the stakes will ease for school districts	San Antonio Express News	Torralva, K.	12/11/20	5 doc(s)
More than ‘a little snip’	San Antonio Express News	McDonald, C.	12/11/20
IT services company to expand in Austin, add 130 jobs	Austin American Statesman	Carlson, K.	12/11/20
Austin set to extend ban on evictions into 2021	Austin American Statesman	Autullo, R.	12/11/20	4 doc(s)
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller tests positive for coronavirus	Austin American Statesman	Cobler, N.	12/11/20
Judge rules against Texas Railroad Commission over May emergency orders	Austin American Statesman	Mekelburg, M.	12/11/20	1 doc(s)
Ted Cruz blasted for agreeing to argue Texas lawsuit to overturn the presidential election	Dallas Morning News	Thompson, E.	12/11/20	2 doc(s)
Dallas County reports 30 more COVID-19 deaths, 2,088 new cases; Tarrant County adds 14 deaths	Dallas Morning News	Weber, J.	12/11/20	3 doc(s)
Texas cancels A-F accountability grades for schools, keeps STAAR for students	Dallas Morning News	Donaldson, E.	12/11/20	5 doc(s)
‘I think I’ve about got it licked,’ TX Ag commissioner Sid Miller says of COVID-19	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	12/11/20
Texas pauses A-F ratings for schools, but your child will still have to take STAAR test	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	12/11/20	2 doc(s)
GLO frees up $10M in Harvey relief funds to reimburse Houstonians who repaired their own homes	Houston Chronicle	McGuinness, D.	12/11/20	2 doc(s)
Pasadena ISD will give failing students 6 weeks ‘to re-engage’ before ending their online classes	Houston Chronicle	Carpenter, J.	12/11/20	1 doc(s)
U.S. lost more than 100,000 oil and gas jobs in coronavirus-driven bust	Houston Chronicle	Takahashi, P.	12/11/20	2 doc(s)
Texas-Kansas scrapped due to COVID-19 cases within Longhorns program	Houston Chronicle	Moyle, N.	12/11/20
Metro Health reports 1,174 new cases, six deaths in San Antonio	San Antonio Express News	Hardaway, L.	12/11/20	3 doc(s)
San Antonio mayor, Bexar County judge ask governor for COVID tests, vaccines for teachers	San Antonio Express News	Torralva, K.	12/11/20	4 doc(s)
Unemployment claims surge	San Antonio Express News	Carballo, R.	12/11/20	1 doc(s)
Paxton election lawsuit is waste of tax dollars	Beaumont Enterprise	Editorial	12/10/20	2 doc(s)
COVID-19 vaccines important step for our community	Longview News-Journal	Editorial	12/10/20	2 doc(s)
Elections, past and future	Longview News-Journal	McNeely, D.	12/10/20	1 doc(s)
Disaster aid approved for Southeast Texas counties hit by Laura	Beaumont Enterprise	Staff	12/10/20	1 doc(s)
With adjustments for COVID-19, Texas A&M resumes in-person graduations	Bryan Eagle	Rodriguez, M.	12/10/20
State, feds extend coastal barrier comment period	Galveston Daily News	Ferguson, J.	12/10/20	1 doc(s)
Political Buzz: Campaign reports highlight GOP backing of Quiroga	Galveston Daily News	Ferguson, J.	12/10/20
Zaffirini Receives award from Texas Psychological Association	Laredo Morning Times	Staff	12/10/20
Landgraf previews legislative session, talks redistricting	Midland Reporter Telegram	Randle, C.	12/10/20	2 TX bill(s)
Two reasons the Texas election case is faulty: flawed legal theory and statistical fallacy.	New York Times	Liptak, A.	12/11/20
Why We’re Talking About the California-Texas Rivalry, Again	New York Times	Cowan, J.	12/11/20
In Blistering Retort, 4 Battleground States Tell Texas to Butt Out of Election	New York Times	Liptak, A.	12/11/20
The ‘Trump Won’ Farce Isn’t Funny Anymore	New York Times	Bouie, J.	12/11/20
As Trump Disputes Election Results, Republicans Target Voting by Mail	New York Times	Wines, M.	12/11/20
Trump Bets on Long-Shot Texas Election Lawsuit	Wall Street Journal	Bravin, J.	12/11/20
Public hearing/formal meeting notice			12/10/20

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