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
Facebook is not the place to learn your mother was murdered	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	12/09/20	1 TX bill
AG Paxton once again makes Texas look silly with desperate lawsuit over Trump loss	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Editorial	12/09/20	1 doc(s)
Evictions fuel raging flames of COVID-19	San Antonio Express News	Editorial	12/09/20	4 doc(s)
Texas must put a stop to secret payouts given to departing school superintendents	Dallas Morning News	Quintero, J.	12/09/20	2 doc(s)
Cornyn, industry leader say ‘Don’t mess with Texas restaurants’	Houston Chronicle	Cornyn, J.	12/09/20	3 doc(s)
Take STAAR out of the equation. Kids are already coping with too much.	Houston Chronicle	Rhor, M.	12/09/20	2 doc(s)
Ken Paxton asks Supreme Court to block Joe Biden victory in 4 battleground states	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	12/09/20	1 doc(s)
Abbott touts Texas coronavirus vaccine rollout in White House panel	Austin American Statesman	Cobler, N.	12/09/20	4 doc(s)
More than 900 Austin school district staffers denied requests to work remotely in the spring	Austin American Statesman	Price, A.	12/09/20	2 doc(s)
Texas AG Ken Paxton asks Supreme Court to overturn Trump’s defeat by negating 10M votes in four states	Dallas Morning News	Gillman, T.	12/09/20	1 doc(s)
Tarrant County asks state to include teachers in first round of COVID-19 vaccinations	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Lopez, B.	12/09/20	2 doc(s)
Tarrant County has only 18 open ICU beds. One tragedy could close them, official says	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Manna, N.	12/09/20	2 doc(s)
Mayor welcomes RodeoHouston return in May, while Hidalgo doubts city will be ready	Houston Chronicle	Guerra, J.	12/09/20	2 doc(s)
1.9 million Texas health care workers, care home residents get priority for COVID vaccine	Houston Chronicle	Justin, R.	12/09/20	2 doc(s)
As COVID cases push them into ‘red’ zone, superintendents in San Antonio say school won’t go fully online again	San Antonio Express News	Torralva, K.	12/09/20	4 doc(s)
Texas Senate panel weighs banning abortion in 2021	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	12/09/20
Pie. Mermaids. The Holocaust. And the sovereign nation of Texas.	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	12/09/20	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Elon Musk confirms it: He has moved to Texas	Austin American Statesman	Carlson, K.	12/09/20	3 doc(s)
Dallas County reports 1,105 new coronavirus cases, 8 more deaths; Tarrant County adds 13 deaths	Dallas Morning News	Steele, T.	12/09/20	3 doc(s)
Coronavirus vaccine ‘days’ from approval, and Gov. Abbott says Texas will be ready	Dallas Morning News	Thompson, E.	12/09/20	3 doc(s)
FCC awards $362 million to Texas companies to expand internet access in rural areas	Dallas Morning News	DiFurio, D.	12/09/20	3 doc(s)
Should Texas be its own nation again? Secession talk returns with proposed Texas Independence Referendum Act	Dallas Morning News	Briseno, A.	12/09/20
True the Vote lawsuit illustrates silliness of GOP efforts to redo election in court	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	12/09/20	1 doc(s)
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues to overturn election results in 4 states Trump lost	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	12/09/20	1 doc(s)
Huberty highlights legislative goals for next session	Houston Chronicle	Mehrtens, S.	12/09/20
San Antonio officials report 400+ new coronavirus cases as positivity rate rises for third straight week	San Antonio Express News	Fechter, J.	12/09/20	1 doc(s)
Analysis: COVID-19 vaccines are coming to Texas, along with a ranking of who’s most essential	Tyler Morning Telegraph	Ramsey, R.	12/08/20	2 doc(s)
A new way to keep Texas ‘business-friendly’	Lufkin Daily News	Spellings, M.	12/08/20	1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Tyler and Longview hospitals could get COVID-19 vaccine doses next week	Tyler Morning Telegraph	Wellerman, Z.	12/08/20	3 doc(s)
Question of the day: Were SNAP benefits extended?	Victoria Advocate	Staff	12/08/20	2 doc(s)
Waco hospitals await 1,950 vaccine vials as death count soars	Waco Tribune Herald	Saegert, R.	12/08/20	3 doc(s)
WFISD to require remote learners failing one course or more to return to in-person school	Wichita Falls Record News	Choate, T.	12/08/20	2 doc(s)
Davila: Edinburg is growing fast, growing smart	Rio Grande Guardian	Reyes, D.	12/08/20	2 doc(s)
Texas files an audacious suit with the Supreme Court challenging the election results.	New York Times	Liptak, A.	12/09/20
Supreme Court Rejects Republican Challenge to Pennsylvania Vote	New York Times	Liptak, A.	12/09/20
Some States Balk After C.D.C. Asks for Personal Data of Those Vaccinated	New York Times	Stolberg, S.	12/09/20
Elon Musk Moves to Texas, Takes Jab at Silicon Valley	Wall Street Journal	Somerville, H.	12/09/20
Covid-19, Remote Work Make Austin a Magnet for New Jobs	Wall Street Journal	Putzier, K.	12/09/20

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