Here is short list of Newspaper databases most helpful for your projects, start with the first title listed below and be sure to limit your search results to the current year, if that's what you need for your project.
Decisions and case law from all state and federal courts, statutes, federal regulations, law review and legal journal articles. 1789-present.
Large full-text multidisciplinary collection of scholarly journals, trade/professional publications, and newspapers. 1887-present.
Reports on a wide range of topics, with overviews, background and timeline of a topic, assessment of the current situation, tables and maps, pro/con statements from opposing positions. 1923 to present.
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Databases in this category provide pro/con debate on various topics over many years. Some sources are more scholarly than others.
Some provide bibliographies for further information.