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
California companies are singing a new tune: Texas Dreamin’	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	12/18/20
Look out. Voter fraud zealots are armed and dangerous.	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/18/20
Bill the county $255,000 for use of arena? No, Spurs, no	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	12/18/20
Dredging Houston Ship Channel is good for business and the environment	Houston Chronicle	Campo, R.	12/18/20	2 doc(s)
ICE’s policies have fueled spread of COVID	San Antonio Express News	Libal, B.	12/18/20	1 doc(s)
'No more shutdowns': Abbott touts vaccine arrival as cases reach record high	Austin American Statesman	Cobler, N.	12/18/20	5 doc(s)
Austin-Travis County health officials extend coronavirus orders into mid-February 2021	Austin American Statesman	Osbourne, H.	12/18/20	1 doc(s)
COVID-19 vaccine could be widely available by March, Texas Gov. Abbott says	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	12/18/20	3 doc(s)
COVID-19 vaccine is a step back to normal life, Tarrant’s first vaccinated person says	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Lopez, B.	12/18/20	4 doc(s)
Amid COVID resurgence, Gov. Abbott hails COVID vaccine as 'miracle,' no hint of lockdown	Houston Chronicle	Blackman, J.	12/18/20	6 doc(s)
Hack against US is ‘grave’ threat, cybersecurity agency says By Ben Fox ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Federal authorities expressed increased alarm	Houston Chronicle	Fox, B.	12/18/20
‘Death is all around us’ — novel coronavirus deaths concentrated on San Antonio’s South Side, new data shows	San Antonio Express News	Fechter, J.	12/18/20	2 doc(s)
Two Texas universities that serve students of color receive multimillion-dollar donations from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott	Austin American Statesman	McGee, K.	12/18/20
Texas reports 16,864 confirmed coronavirus cases as Dallas County logs 1,382 cases, 10 deaths	Dallas Morning News	Jimenez, J.	12/18/20	4 doc(s)
Gov. Abbott says teachers should be near the front of Texas’ COVID-19 vaccine line	Dallas Morning News	Morris, A.	12/18/20	3 doc(s)
Texas universities, nonprofits surprised by more than $100 million in gifts	Dallas Morning News	Olivares, V.	12/18/20
My home insurance jumped, my cable company now charges me to talk to a human, but other than that …	Dallas Morning News	Lieber, D.	12/18/20	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
South Texas congressman bucks fellow Democrats’ push to bar lawmakers from carrying guns at Capitol	Dallas Morning News	Benning, T.	12/18/20
Tarrant County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations rise again; 16 new deaths added Thursday	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Stevenson, S.	12/18/20	1 doc(s)
Early lockdowns slowed COVID-19 spread, Rice report says	Houston Chronicle	Wu, G.	12/18/20	1 doc(s)
San Antonian wisely voted against resolution from Texas electors	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, G.	12/18/20	1 doc(s)
San Antonio Metro Health reports 1,606 new coronavirus cases but no deaths	San Antonio Express News	Hardaway, L.	12/18/20	2 doc(s)
Bridging the Gap: FCC auction a step in right direction for making digital opportunity a reality in East Texas	Lufkin Daily News	Editorial	12/17/20	3 doc(s)
Analysis: When mapmaking Texas politicians are smiling and quiet, pay attention	Wichita Falls Record News	Ramsey, R.	12/17/20	1 doc(s)
Paxton's negative name ID	Longview News-Journal	McNeely, D.	12/17/20	3 doc(s)
It Just Makes Sense!	Rio Grande Guardian	Perryman, M.	12/17/20	1 doc(s)
Failing, absent remote-only students to be called back to campus at Waco ISD, Midway	Waco Tribune Herald	Hoover, C.	12/17/20
Wichita tax office earns only gold-level certification in Texas	Wichita Falls Record News	Kowalick, C.	12/17/20
Longview ISD targets special education improvements	Longview News-Journal	Barton, K.	12/17/20
Corpus to Brownsville: Sepulveda calls for completion of I-69 E	Rio Grande Guardian	Taylor, S.	12/17/20	1 doc(s)
Biden Faces Challenge as Congress Drops State Aid to Secure Stimulus	New York Times	Tankersley, J.	12/18/20
F.D.A. Panel Endorses Moderna’s Covid-19 Vaccine	New York Times	Grady, D.	12/18/20

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