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