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
Why Walmart should sell booze in Texas	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	11/12/20	1 doc(s)
Texas Republicans should reject Allen West’s poisonous fearmongering	Dallas Morning News	Editorial	11/12/20	1 doc(s)
Stop enabling empty claims of voter fraud	Austin American Statesman	Editorial	11/11/20	2 doc(s)
Texans didn’t vote red or blue — they voted for energy and for their jobs	Houston Chronicle	Cantu, L.	11/11/20
Texas coronavirus cases exceed 10,000 for 2nd day	Austin American Statesman	Cobler, N.	11/12/20	4 doc(s)
Ted Cruz, other prominent Texas Republicans question Trump’s chances in court	Houston Chronicle	Wermund, B.	11/12/20
San Antonio City Council to get update on teetering Alamo project	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	11/12/20	3 doc(s)
Texas was the first state in U.S. to surpass 1 million COVID-19 cases. Here’s why.	San Antonio Express News	Tedesco, J.	11/12/20	3 doc(s)
AISD’s officers rarely get physical with students. When they do, minorities bear the brunt	Austin American Statesman	Asch, S.	11/11/20	2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
Limit Thanksgiving to household, health officials say; Travis bars to stay shut another week	Austin American Statesman	Osbourne, H.	11/11/20	3 doc(s)
Candace Valenzuela concedes to Beth Van Duyne in heated North Texas congressional race	Dallas Morning News	Garcia, N.	11/11/20
Supreme Court justices appear ready to uphold Obamacare	Dallas Morning News	Savage, D.	11/11/20	4 doc(s)
Tarrant County judge calls for suspension of athletic events amid record COVID surge	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Lopez, B.	11/11/20	3 doc(s)
Texas was the first state in U.S. to surpass 1 million COVID-19 cases. Here’s why.	Houston Chronicle	Ackerman, T.	11/11/20	5 doc(s)
San Antonio’s public hospital system adopts shorter name	San Antonio Express News	Garcia, L.	11/11/20
Japanese firm plans $13M Austin production facility	Austin American Statesman	Carlson, K.	11/12/20
Are you ready for a football holiday?	Austin American Statesman	Herman, K.	11/12/20	1 TX bill
El Paso County judge extends shutdown order	Austin American Statesman	Dearman, E.	11/12/20	3 doc(s)
El Paso extends closures as COVID-19 deaths continue to soar	Dallas Morning News	Corchado, A.	11/12/20	3 doc(s)
Dallas County at ‘very dangerous point,’ Jenkins says in announcement of 1,304 new coronavirus cases	Dallas Morning News	Weber, J.	11/12/20	3 doc(s)
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson fends off council attempt to strip his influence at the Texas Legislature	Dallas Morning News	Garcia, N.	11/12/20
In Dallas County Texas House race, Chambers concedes to Button in election decided by 222 votes	Dallas Morning News	Barragan, J.	11/12/20
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. mocks Texas’ Dan Patrick for voter fraud reward, Dallas Cowboys	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Stevenson, S.	11/12/20
Texas bill would tax wind, solar generation but not natural gas	Houston Chronicle	Sixel, L.	11/12/20	1 TX bill
Top GOP lawmakers back Rep. Phelan as House speaker despite party chair’s criticism	Houston Chronicle	Goldenstein, T.	11/12/20	1 doc(s)
Dan Patrick’s $1 million voter fraud reward mocked by his Penn. counterpart	Houston Chronicle	Wallace, J.	11/12/20	1 doc(s)
Prairie View A&M gets $10 million from anonymous donor to aid students during COVID	Houston Chronicle	Britto, B.	11/12/20
Houston lawmaker files bill to ban no-knock warrants in Texas	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, J.	11/12/20	2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Houston Republicans saw election boost, even as Trump lost their districts	Houston Chronicle	Scherer, C.	11/12/20
Texas lawmakers file 11 bills to loosen marijuana laws, after legalizing hemp in 2019	Houston Chronicle	Justin, R.	11/12/20	1 TX bill
Republican Tony Gonzales talks priorities, bipartisanship after congressional win	San Antonio Express News	Harris, C.	11/12/20
Republicans defend Dade Phelan for Texas House speaker after GOP chair calls him a ‘traitor’	Austin American Statesman	Cobler, N.	11/11/20	2 doc(s)
Dan Patrick solicits info on voter fraud by dangling dollars	Austin American Statesman	Lindell, C.	11/11/20	1 doc(s)
Dallas County, Texas set single-day records for new coronavirus cases	Dallas Morning News	Weber, J.	11/11/20	4 doc(s)
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick offers up to $1 million in bounties for voter fraud convictions	Dallas Morning News	Garrett, R.	11/11/20	1 doc(s)
Valenzuela concedes to Van Duyne in Texas Congressional District 24 race	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Dickson, G.	11/11/20
Texans would like to see the Affordable Care Act improved or replaced	Houston Chronicle	Grieder, E.	11/11/20	4 doc(s)
Republicans win local, state races in Montgomery County	Houston Chronicle	Dominguez, C.	11/11/20
Pearland ISD official: Factors weighed against tax rate proposal’s success	Houston Chronicle	Lamkahouan, C.	11/11/20	1 TX bill
Bulanek to become next county tax assessor-collector	Houston Chronicle	Wolfe, W.	11/11/20
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick offers $1 million reward for evidence of voter fraud	San Antonio Express News	Wallace, J.	11/11/20
Bexar County adds Medicaid expansion to its legislative goals for 2021	San Antonio Express News	Huddleston, S.	11/11/20
Texas Democrats press for more checks on how police use deadly force	San Antonio Express News	Justin, R.	11/11/20	3 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
‘We’re all concerned’ — Nirenberg to quarantine for 14 days as COVID cases pile up in San Antonio	San Antonio Express News	Fechter, J.	11/11/20
In Texas, a seasonal shift away from election politics	Longview News-Journal	Ramsey, R.	11/10/20
Many Texas Republicans reluctant to accept Joe Biden's win as legitimate	Corpus Christi Caller Times	Moritz, J.	11/10/20
Texas leads challenge to Affordable Care Act	Victoria Advocate	McCarthy, C.	11/10/20	2 doc(s)
Wichita County delays canvas of election results	Wichita Falls Record News	Kowalick, C.	11/10/20	2 doc(s)
The Times Called Officials in Every State: No Evidence of Voter Fraud	New York Times	Rutenberg, J.	11/11/20
Van Duyne Wins Texas House Seat, in Another Lost Chance for Democrats	New York Times	Cochrane, E.	11/11/20
Ken Paxton Fought Trump’s Legal Wars From Texas. Now He’s in Trouble.	New York Times	Fernandez, M.	11/11/20
As Hospitalizations Soar, El Paso Brings In New Mobile Morgues	New York Times	Goodman, J.	11/11/20
Supreme Misjudgment on ObamaCare	Wall Street Journal	Ed.	11/11/20
Public hearing/formal meeting notice			11/11/20

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