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
Hairstylists get more training than Texas cops? Lawmakers must strengthen standards.	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/07/20	1 doc(s)
Frisco lawmaker files first bill in response to serial murder spree tied by police to Billy Chemirmir	Dallas Morning News	Scudder, C.	12/07/20	1 TX bill
Opponents readying for long fight, though key I-45 deadline to TxDOT days away	Houston Chronicle	Begley, D.	12/07/20	1 doc(s)
Alamo reports support preserving San Antonio’s Woolworth building and restoring lunch counter central to civil rights history	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, H.	12/07/20	4 doc(s)
Amid COVID surge, San Antonio students pour back into some campuses, abandon others	San Antonio Express News	Torralva, K.	12/07/20	5 doc(s)
She lost work to the pandemic. Now she helps thousands of jobless Texans maneuver through the state’s unemployment system.	Austin American Statesman	Ferman, M.	12/07/20	3 doc(s)
Williamson health district recommends 14-day quarantine for coronavirus exposure	Austin American Statesman	Osborn, C.	12/07/20	4 doc(s)
UT Dell Medical School study: As coronavirus rates go up, so do food insecurity fears	Austin American Statesman	Villalpando, N.	12/07/20
Dallas County reports 1,852 more coronavirus cases, 3 deaths	Dallas Morning News	Branham, D.	12/07/20	4 doc(s)
Texas Gov. Abbott takes political thumps on multiple fronts at Dallas far right rally	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Clarridge, E.	12/07/20
‘Bold leadership’ conquered dreaded polio disease in the 1950s	Houston Chronicle	Holley, J.	12/07/20
Hydrogen could be the ultimate green energy storage device for wind and solar	Houston Chronicle	Tomlinson, C.	12/07/20
Fact-checking Gov. Abbott’s reasons for ruling out another COVID lockdown	Houston Chronicle	Mulder, B.	12/07/20	2 doc(s)
San Antonio officials report 1,021 new coronavirus cases, 2 new deaths	San Antonio Express News	Picon, A.	12/07/20	4 doc(s)
Who will lead us as COVID threat spikes?	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	12/06/20	2 doc(s)
If Congress can’t even pass a law to help save kids from sex abuse, what can it get right?	Dallas Morning News	A.P. Wire	12/06/20	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Lawmakers can end Texas’ dismal record on maternal mortality	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	12/06/20	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Here’s why the Texas Legislature probably won’t do much to help the Fort Worth area	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	12/06/20	1 doc(s)
‘Things are getting worse,’ Texas. Listen to experts, White House alarm on COVID.	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/06/20	4 doc(s)
Thumbs up, thumbs down	Houston Chronicle	Editorial	12/05/20	3 doc(s)
Downplaying COVID even as cases surge	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	12/05/20	3 doc(s)
Texans are reinventing themselves. Shouldn’t colleges do the same?	Austin American Statesman	Merisotis, J.	12/06/20
Why should U.S. universities educate international students?	Dallas Morning News	Gonzalez, J.	12/06/20	1 doc(s)
Why former Democrats in the Rio Grande Valley voted for Trump	Dallas Morning News	Villalba, J.	12/06/20
Flawed and costly, death penalty should end	San Antonio Express News	Barnes, R.	12/05/20	3 doc(s)
As COVID spiked in Texas, lawmakers escaped to Maui for a corporate-backed confab on the economy	Dallas Morning News	McGaughy, L.	12/06/20
2,900 Texas bars are classified as restaurants. The state hardly checks for compliance	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dent, M.	12/06/20
Birth on Demand	San Antonio Express News	McDonald, C.	12/06/20
White House report: Texas in COVID-19 'red zone'	Austin American Statesman	Cobler, N.	12/05/20	2 doc(s)
Abbott floats idea of state taking over policing in parts of Austin	Austin American Statesman	Autullo, R.	12/05/20
Dallas plans for medics, firefighters and cops to be first in line for COVID-19 vaccine	Dallas Morning News	Bailey, E.	12/05/20	1 doc(s)
Federal judge restores DACA, orders DHS to accept first-time applications from immigrants	Dallas Morning News	Sacchetti, M.	12/05/20	4 doc(s)
Nursing home residents added to first wave of Texans eligible for COVID-19 vaccine	Dallas Morning News	Morris, A.	12/05/20	1 doc(s)
COVID spread remains minimal in Texas schools despite state surge	Houston Chronicle	Carpenter, J.	12/05/20
International student enrollment has dropped at San Antonio’s universities	San Antonio Express News	Picon, A.	12/05/20
Can the pragmatic Joe Straus thread the needle and jumpstart his political career?	Austin American Statesman	Moritz, J.	12/06/20
Garrett Foster's family remembers slain protester on his 29th birthday	Austin American Statesman	Choi, H.	12/06/20
Cornyn prods Rep. Bobby Scott to stop stalling Jenna’s law, aimed at child sexual abuse	Dallas Morning News	Thompson, E.	12/06/20	1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Dallas County reports 1,675 new coronavirus cases, two COVID-19 deaths	Dallas Morning News	Scudder, C.	12/06/20	2 doc(s)
Texas GOP event at Dallas City Hall draws crowd airing grievances over election, other issues	Dallas Morning News	Scudder, C.	12/06/20
Tarrant County reports 1,302 coronavirus cases, 1 death on Saturday	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Howland, J.	12/06/20	3 doc(s)
Trump’s border wall falls short of his campaign promise — but leaves behind a legacy	Houston Chronicle	Foster-Frau, S.	12/06/20	3 doc(s)
Coronavirus is ablaze in West Texas as tourists flock to Big Bend and Marfa	Houston Chronicle	Rosenzweig-Ziff, D.	12/06/20	2 doc(s)
Texas A&M communications expert reveals how to talk about COVID vaccines so people will listen	Houston Chronicle	Gray, L.	12/06/20	1 doc(s)
Here’s what you need to know about Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines	Houston Chronicle	Garcia, J.	12/06/20	3 doc(s)
School districts worry a fiscal cliff could await them in January	Houston Chronicle	Webb, S.	12/06/20
UH receives $1.3M to study the successes, challenges of Latina STEM majors	Houston Chronicle	Britto, B.	12/06/20
Legislators should take chance to revamp law enforcement rules	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	12/06/20	1 doc(s)
Former San Antonio gang member’s death sentence overturned due to intellectual disability	San Antonio Express News	Selcraig, B.	12/06/20	4 doc(s)
States submit vaccine orders as coronavirus death toll grows	Austin American Statesman	Christie, B.	12/05/20	2 doc(s)
Feds charge 13 in drug trafficking ring that sold to UT students in Austin	Austin American Statesman	Osbourne, H.	12/05/20
Dallas County reports 906 new coronavirus cases, 8 more deaths; Tarrant County adds 1,503 cases and 7 deaths	Dallas Morning News	Steele, T.	12/05/20	2 doc(s)
Lobbyist asks that Texas restaurant workers get high priority for COVID-19 vaccine	Dallas Morning News	Blaskovich, S.	12/05/20	4 doc(s)
TEA investigating 12 school districts that claimed high military enlistment rates	San Antonio Express News	Carpenter, J.	12/05/20	2 doc(s)
San Antonio reports 1,316 new COVID cases, four more deaths	San Antonio Express News	O'Hare, P.	12/05/20	1 doc(s)
Republicans Pushed to Restrict Voting. Millions of Americans Pushed Back.	New York Times	Rutenberg, J.	12/06/20
The Elderly vs. Essential Workers: Who Should Get the Coronavirus Vaccine First?	New York Times	Goodnough, A.	12/06/20
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Trump’s Medicaid Work Requirements	New York Times	Liptak, A.	12/05/20

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