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
Youth probation reform can help Texas teens, save the state money	Houston Chronicle	Mooney, E.	12/02/20	4 doc(s)
Texas lege must properly fund special education	San Antonio Express News	Hartman, G.	12/02/20	3 doc(s)
Battery technology gives Texas a clean energy boom	San Antonio Express News	Welch, M.	12/02/20	1 doc(s)
White House calls on Texas to intensify pandemic response as infections break record	Austin American Statesman	Mekelburg, M.	12/02/20	4 doc(s)
Nate Paul loses some Austin properties to foreclosure	Austin American Statesman	Novak, S.	12/02/20	1 doc(s)
What happens if hospital COVID rates in Dallas don’t decrease? Not much, Judge Clay Jenkins says	Dallas Morning News	Garcia, N.	12/02/20	4 doc(s)
Racial, partisan divisions over COVID-19 revealed in survey of Texans’ top concerns	Dallas Morning News	Briseno, A.	12/02/20	3 doc(s)
‘I refuse to be afraid.’ Appeal filed in Tarrant County woman’s illegal voting conviction	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Johnson, K.	12/02/20	3 doc(s)
Longtime North Texas judge described as community icon dies after battle with COVID-19	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Johnson, K.	12/02/20
White House report bolsters Houston leaders' calls for Abbott to act on COVID-19	Houston Chronicle	Morris, M.	12/02/20	1 doc(s)
Cleveland, Liberty ISDs join other Houston-area school districts in canceling virtual learning	Houston Chronicle	Webb, S.	12/02/20	4 doc(s)
San Antonio’s doctors, nurses could get COVID-19 vaccination as soon as next week, University Health chief says	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	12/02/20	2 doc(s)
Effect of holiday gathering may show up in Austin coronavirus data later this week	Austin American Statesman	Osbourne, H.	12/02/20	3 doc(s)
Professor sues UT alleging retaliation, discrimination over work on equity	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	12/02/20	1 doc(s)
When death isn’t the final measure	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	12/02/20
Texas service sector flat, retail sales fall in November	Austin American Statesman	Hawkins, L.	12/02/20	2 doc(s)
This Texas higher education campaign is working to stop declining enrollment in its tracks	Dallas Morning News	White, N.	12/02/20	1 doc(s)
Texas posts record 15,182 new coronavirus cases; Dallas County adds 1,179 new cases, 8 deaths	Dallas Morning News	Branham, D.	12/02/20	1 doc(s)
Gov. Greg Abbott backs Drew Springer over Shelley Luther in North Texas Senate runoff	Dallas Morning News	Morris, A.	12/02/20
Harris County Democrats ignore Paxton’s letter disputing legality of election administration office	Houston Chronicle	Despart, Z.	12/02/20	4 doc(s)
Lawyers for Nate Paul gave AG Ken Paxton $25k after he waded into civil suit	Houston Chronicle	Root, J.	12/02/20	4 doc(s)
Crystal Mason, jailed for illegal voting conviction after casting provisional ballot, seeks to have conviction over-turned	San Antonio Express News	Harper, K.	12/02/20	2 doc(s)
Texas elections are over. Now it's time to govern.	Tyler Morning Telegraph	Ramsey, R.	12/01/20
Provost Carol Fierke to leave Texas A&M at end of December	Bryan Eagle	Wiley, K.	12/01/20
Comptroller Glenn Hegar tells lawmakers Texas is in better fiscal health than expected	Corpus Christi Caller Times	Moritz, J.	12/01/20	2 doc(s)
McLennan County to ask Legislature for 2 new courts, citing area's growth	Waco Tribune Herald	Witherspoon, T.	12/01/20
Hewlett Packard Enterprise to Leave Silicon Valley for Texas	Wall Street Journal	Somerville, H.	12/02/20
Public hearing/formal meeting notice			12/01/20

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