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
Doggone it, General Paxton, you’re a costly embarrassment	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/21/20	1 doc(s)
Hey Allen West, that sure sounded like a call for secession	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	12/21/20
Thumbs up, thumbs down	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/19/20	1 doc(s)
Rep. Israel: My top 3 goals for the legislative session	Austin American Statesman	Israel, C.	12/21/20	3 TX bill(s)
Prioritize school staff for COVID vaccines	San Antonio Express News	Duran de Rodriguez, .	12/21/20	3 doc(s)
Abbott-backed candidate staves off challenger in Texas Senate race	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	12/21/20
Feds need COVID-19 vaccine data to track safety and fairness but some skeptics fret about privacy	Dallas Morning News	Gillman, T.	12/21/20	2 doc(s)
‘Shattered and broken’: Family struggling with loss after 18-year-old killed in apartment shootout	Dallas Morning News	Marfin, C.	12/21/20	1 doc(s)
Congress seals agreement on $900 billion COVID relief bill	Houston Chronicle	Taylor, A.	12/21/20	1 doc(s)
Texas Democrats got what they wished for in 2020. They still lost.	Houston Chronicle	Harris, C.	12/21/20
South Texas restrictions were meant to protect people from COVID-19. Then the handcuffs and ticket books came out.	Austin American Statesman	Davila, V.	12/21/20	1 doc(s)
Dallas County reports 30 COVID-19 deaths, 1,143 new cases; Tarrant logs 960 cases, 13 deaths	Dallas Morning News	Branham, D.	12/21/20	3 doc(s)
Drew Springer wins Texas Senate District 30 seat over Shelley Luther	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	12/21/20
Houston area ISD law enforcement and education experts discuss the role of school police	Houston Chronicle	Pryce, C.	12/21/20	2 doc(s)
TEA nixes proposal to allow continued online education	Houston Chronicle	Wilson, M.	12/21/20	1 doc(s)
Could Texas be an electric vehicle hub?	Houston Chronicle	Osborne, J.	12/21/20
Bernard A. Harris Jr. on health care investments, Texas Medical Center leadership during a global health crisis	Houston Chronicle	Wu, G.	12/21/20	2 doc(s)
35,000 more COVID-19 vaccines headed to San Antonio this week	San Antonio Express News	Riker, M.	12/21/20	5 doc(s)
Hospitalizations rise in San Antonio; officials report 538 new coronavirus cases	San Antonio Express News	Picon, A.	12/21/20	3 doc(s)
Austin hospitals face grim choices if we don’t bend COVID curve	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	12/20/20	2 doc(s)
Don’t put all teachers next in COVID-19 vaccine line. Here’s how Texas should decide	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	12/20/20	2 doc(s)
It’s not enough to steal California’s businesses for Texas to thrive	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/20/20	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Spanish speakers are getting lost in translation at Dallas City Hall, and that’s unacceptable	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	12/19/20	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Fort Worth-area Senate runoff reflects fight in Texas GOP. Here’s our recommendation	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	12/19/20	2 doc(s)
Finally, Texas does right by Alfred Dewayne Brown	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/19/20	5 doc(s)
Open your heart and your home to a foster child in need	Austin American Statesman	Brauer, A.	12/20/20	2 doc(s)
How COVID-19 could force lawmakers to broaden K-12 school choice	Dallas Morning News	Mattox, W.	12/20/20	2 doc(s)
New Fort Worth medical school leading local effort to treat coronavirus	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Sathyamoorthy, M.	12/20/20
Thank you, Texas, for taking Elon Musk off our hands	Houston Chronicle	Mathews, J.	12/20/20
Testing for COVID, resuming normal life	San Antonio Express News	Wells, J.	12/20/20	3 doc(s)
Health, education, equality session’s top priorities	San Antonio Express News	Menendez, J.	12/20/20	3 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Stain of Paxton’s lawsuit will be hard to wash away	San Antonio Express News	Brodesky, J.	12/20/20	2 doc(s)
'REPRIEVE FROM CHAOS:' Austin COVID workers share their journeys to becoming vaccinated	Austin American Statesman	Chang, J.	12/20/20
Who gets the vaccine next? Competition heats up in Texas.	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	12/20/20	2 doc(s)
GPS, thermal sensors help ensure COVID-19 vaccine stays at right temperature, but some experts urge even more safeguards during global rollout	Dallas Morning News	Tarrant, D.	12/20/20	2 doc(s)
What Democrat Joe Biden’s presidency might mean for Texas businesses	Dallas Morning News	Benning, T.	12/20/20
Fort Worth has COVID plan for National Finals Rodeo. Experts say infections are likely	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Ranker, L.	12/20/20
El Paso schools survived some of COVID-19’s worst. What can Fort Worth learn from them?	San Antonio Express News	Allen, S.	12/20/20
Burnout. Trauma. Disillusionment: The toll of COVID-19 on San Antonio hospital workers	San Antonio Express News	Caruba, L.	12/20/20
Austin-area jobless rate rises, but still near pandemic low	Austin American Statesman	Sechler, B.	12/19/20	1 doc(s)
Federal authorities' vow to cut violent crime in Austin strong on words but thin on details	Austin American Statesman	Hall, K.	12/19/20	3 doc(s)
Texas must pay former death row inmate, state Supreme Court rules	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	12/19/20	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Austin officials quiet on reports that city network hacked	Austin American Statesman	Carlson, K.	12/19/20
Texas faces $75,000-a-day fines after federal judge again finds state in contempt over foster care	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	12/19/20	2 doc(s)
As pandemic deepens, Texas’ unemployment rate rises to 8.1% in November, easily eclipsing U.S. rate	Dallas Morning News	Schnurman, M.	12/19/20	1 doc(s)
Another 620,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine on the way to 185 Texas counties next week	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	12/19/20	3 doc(s)
COVID-19 infections among JPS Hospital staffers up as community cases soar	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Manna, N.	12/19/20
8,000 Medicaid patients in limbo as Texas boots Planned Parenthood from program	Houston Chronicle	Blackman, J.	12/19/20	1 doc(s)
Texas agency urges lawmakers to close loophole that leads to high ambulance bills	Houston Chronicle	Deam, J.	12/19/20	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
TX Supreme Court orders Alfred Brown, wrongfully convicted of murder, be compensated for time behind bars	Houston Chronicle	Barned-Smith, S.	12/19/20	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
San Antonio coronavirus cases now total more than 100,000	San Antonio Express News	Christenson, S.	12/19/20
Spurs bill goes under microscope	San Antonio Express News	Fechter, J.	12/19/20
Tight supplies for virus gear cost US states billions	Austin American Statesman	Lieb, D.	12/20/20
Texas surpasses 25,000 virus deaths, awaits more vaccines	Austin American Statesman	A.P. Wire	12/20/20	3 doc(s)
Moritz: Why Texas Republicans are slow to utter the obvious	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	12/20/20
Rep. Drew Springer defeats Shelley Luther in North Texas Senate race	Dallas Morning News	Morris, A.	12/20/20	2 TX bill(s)
Dallas County reports record COVID-19 hospitalizations for third time this week, adds 1,723 cases, 8 deaths	Dallas Morning News	Marfin, C.	12/20/20	1 doc(s)
North Texas Food Bank, local pantries prepare to lose millions of pounds of food in 2021	Dallas Morning News	Branham, D.	12/20/20	5 doc(s)
A high school senior called out her superintendent in public for an illegal act. What happened?	Dallas Morning News	Lieber, D.	12/20/20	1 doc(s)
Tarrant County reports 1,876 coronavirus cases, 13 deaths on Saturday	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Howland, J.	12/20/20	2 doc(s)
Thousands more COVID-19 vaccine doses are expected for Tarrant County	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dearman, E.	12/20/20	4 doc(s)
Here’s what to expect on the highways and in the skies during the holiday season	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dickson, G.	12/20/20	1 doc(s)
Tarrant County could outpace Dallas County in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, study shows	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Lopez, B.	12/20/20	2 doc(s)
Hotze may be a gadfly, but his mischief can have serious consequences	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	12/20/20	1 doc(s)
Texas Southern to become COVID-19 testing hub for HBCUs throughout Texas	Houston Chronicle	Britto, B.	12/20/20
‘COVID-19 is spreading,’ Mayor Nirenberg cautions; city reports 744 new cases	San Antonio Express News	Hardaway, L.	12/20/20	2 doc(s)
Tensions emerge in county’s opioid litigation effort	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, G.	12/20/20	2 doc(s)
NAACP, LBJ file protest with UIL after penalty-plagued loss in state semifinals	Austin American Statesman	Cantu, R.	12/19/20
States making bold new legal claims in 2 Google lawsuits	Austin American Statesman	Gordon, M.	12/19/20	3 doc(s)
Austin, Travis County extend eviction ban to Feb. 1	Austin American Statesman	Autullo, R.	12/19/20	3 doc(s)
US experts debate: Who should be next in line for vaccine?	Austin American Statesman	Stobbe, M.	12/19/20	1 doc(s)
Eanes projects more students on campus this spring, continued budget deficits	Austin American Statesman	Asch, S.	12/19/20	1 doc(s)
Voters go to the polls in North Texas Senate runoff between Shelley Luther and Drew Springer	Dallas Morning News	Morris, A.	12/19/20	2 doc(s)
Dallas ISD waives final exam requirements due to pandemic	Dallas Morning News	Richman, T.	12/19/20	2 doc(s)
Denton nursing home under investigation after nine COVID-19 deaths	Dallas Morning News	Scudder, C.	12/19/20	3 doc(s)
Dallas County reports 2,248 new coronavirus cases, 10 deaths as hospitalizations reach record high	Dallas Morning News	Steele, T.	12/19/20	2 doc(s)
Texas court: Compensate man wrongly convicted in cop’s death	Dallas Morning News	Lozano, J.	12/19/20	5 doc(s)
Tarrant County reports over 2,000 new COVID cases for 2nd time, hospitalizations rising	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Stevenson, S.	12/19/20
1 in 5 prisoners in the US has had COVID-19, 1,700 have died	Houston Chronicle	Demillo, A.	12/19/20	4 doc(s)
Texas unemployment rate jumps to 8 percent	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/19/20	1 doc(s)
S. A. unemployment rate jumps in November	San Antonio Express News	Lingle, B.	12/19/20	3 doc(s)
Space Command site team in meetings with San Antonio leaders	San Antonio Express News	Christenson, S.	12/19/20	1 doc(s)
H-E-B is now accepting SNAP EBT payments for curbside and delivery orders	San Antonio Express News	Aguirre, P.	12/19/20
Congress Strikes Long-Sought Stimulus Deal to Provide $900 Billion in Aid	New York Times	Cochrane, E.	12/21/20
Congress Reaches Final Agreement on Pandemic Relief	Wall Street Journal	Peterson, K.	12/21/20
Justices Put Off Ruling on Trump Plan for Unauthorized Immigrants and Census	New York Times	Liptak, A.	12/19/20
F.D.A. Authorizes Moderna Vaccine, Adding Millions of Doses to U.S. Supply	New York Times	Grady, D.	12/19/20
Why Some States Are Seeing Higher Revenue Than Expected Amid Job Losses	New York Times	Badger, E.	12/19/20
Teachers Vie for Covid-19 Vaccine Priority	Wall Street Journal	Calfas, J.	12/19/20
Moderna’s Covid-19 Vaccine Is Cleared for American Use	Wall Street Journal	Loftus, P.	12/19/20

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