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
An ambulance should bring help, not a shocking bill	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/17/20	2 TX bill(s)
Students pay price for Harlandale settlement	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	12/17/20	3 doc(s)
How to build on teens’ reduced vaping	San Antonio Express News	Hawk, E.	12/17/20	3 doc(s)
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton suing Google over digital ads	Austin American Statesman	Bleiberg, J.	12/17/20	4 doc(s)
Despite COVID concerns, dozens of Texas lawmakers held private, in-person fundraisers with lobbyists	Dallas Morning News	McGaughy, L.	12/17/20
Lobbying for vaccines: Interest groups plead to move up in line for Texas’ COVID-19 shots	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	12/17/20	3 doc(s)
Cy-Fair ISD, Fort Bend officials ask Texas to give teachers COVID vaccine priority	Houston Chronicle	Webb, S.	12/17/20	4 doc(s)
Prairie View A&M University gets $50M from MacKenzie Scott, largest in its history	Houston Chronicle	Britto, B.	12/17/20
$1.7M for George Strait, six-figure bonuses: Lawsuit reveals Gov. Greg Abbott’s inaugural spending	Houston Chronicle	Root, J.	12/17/20	2 doc(s)
Archbishop of San Antonio to parishioners: ‘We need to be vaccinated.’	San Antonio Express News	Riker, M.	12/17/20	5 doc(s)
A Capitol journalist's Capitol journalist	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	12/17/20
Coronavirus vaccine in Texas: 10 Austin-area hospitals awaiting shipments	Austin American Statesman	Cobler, N.	12/17/20	3 doc(s)
Dallas County reports record 2,438 coronavirus cases while Collin County reports high of 7 deaths	Dallas Morning News	Weber, J.	12/17/20	3 doc(s)
When will nursing home residents get the COVID-19 vaccine?	Dallas Morning News	Marfin, C.	12/17/20	4 doc(s)
Tarrant County reports most COVID-19 cases in nearly a month, 13 deaths on Wednesday	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Stevenson, S.	12/17/20	1 doc(s)
‘Texas is now in the 9th inning’: Abbott predicts 2021 economic rebound after COVID-19	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	12/17/20	2 doc(s)
Texas Senate 30 candidates getting most of their campaign cash from a few places	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	12/17/20
Ex-Bellaire mayor Cindy Siegel elected chair of Harris County Republican Party	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	12/17/20
Hotze calls assault charge against ex-police captain he hired to investigate voter fraud ‘bogus’	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	12/17/20
Texas leads multistate coalition in antitrust suit against Google	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	12/17/20	4 doc(s)
Summer power supplies could decrease electricity prices	Houston Chronicle	Sixel, L.	12/17/20	2 doc(s)
Late fall COVID-19 surge in San Antonio worsens	San Antonio Express News	Chasnoff, B.	12/17/20	1 doc(s)
UTSA student’s lawsuit over COVID-19 sanctions tossed	San Antonio Express News	Danner, P.	12/17/20
Sour Grapes: Texas electors cast votes for Trump, condemn U.S. Supreme Court	Texarkana Gazette	Editorial	12/16/20	2 doc(s)
Krouse on COVID: UTRGV will start vaccinating this afternoon	Rio Grande Guardian	Krouse, J.	12/16/20	1 doc(s)
DPS announces temporary waiver for driver licenses, ID cards ending April 2021	Valley Morning Star	Staff	12/16/20	2 doc(s)
City council gears up for busy legislature in 2021	Victoria Advocate	Rosenberg, M.	12/16/20	3 TX bill(s)
Kelsey: Healthcare in RGV growing twice as fast as national average	Rio Grande Guardian	Taylor, S.	12/16/20
Deep East Texas, Angelina County may have to roll back COVID-19 restrictions	Lufkin Daily News	Juarez, G.	12/16/20	2 doc(s)
More restrictions come as hospitalization rate up	Lufkin Daily News	Edwards, J.	12/16/20	2 doc(s)
10 States Accuse Google of Abusing Monopoly in Online Ads	New York Times	McCabe, D.	12/17/20
Number of Executions in U.S. Falls Despite Push by Trump Administration	New York Times	Fuchs, H.	12/17/20
‘I Was Stunned’: Big Gifts to Small Colleges From an Unexpected Source	New York Times	Hartocollis, A.	12/17/20
Vaccination Campaign at Nursing Homes Faces Obstacles and Confusion	New York Times	Silver-Greenberg, J.	12/17/20
Ten States Sue Google, Alleging Deal With Facebook to Rig Online Ad Market	Wall Street Journal	McKinnon, J.	12/17/20
Texas’ Tax Advantage Is All About Individuals, Not Business Taxes	Wall Street Journal	Francis, T.	12/17/20

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