ROLAND GUTIERREZ

Uvalde families joined State Sen. Roland Gutierrez in Austin on March 7 when he proposed five new gun safety bills in the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School shooting. Brett Cross, who along with his wife, Nicki, was raising 10-year-old Uziyah Garcia who was killed at Robb on May 24, spoke on Senate Bill 1738,

The bill would require courts to send mental health information to the government agency that does criminal background checks for gun purchasers.

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez presented another packet of proposed gun reform legislation alongside several of the Uvalde families.

KSAT viewers often ask us if a parent or guardian could face any consequences for not safely locking up a firearm. A legal expert weighs in.

The Texas state capitol will be filled with gun violence prevention advocates Tuesday to appeal to elected officials set to make gun law changes.

Many relatives of Uvalde victims back bills that state Rep. Tracy King and Sen. Roland Gutierrez are pushing in the Legislature. But limits on gun access don’t fare well at the Capitol.

Less than 24 hours after the latest mass shooting at Michigan State University, Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez introduced new gun safety legislation surrounded by victims' families of the Robb Elementary and Santa Fe High School mass shootings.

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez will introduce new comprehensive, common-sense gun safety legislation alongside other state senators and surviving families from the Uvalde and Santa Fe school shootings.

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez unveiled bills aimed at shoring up law enforcement training and communication in preparation for mass shootings.

With the support of Uvalde families, state Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D) is filing more than 20 bills in the Texas legislature aimed at stopping mass shootings.

State Senator Roland Gutierrez on Tuesday is expected to announce a package of bills that are aimed to prevent mass shootings to the Texas Senate.

Cruz announced in November that he is seeking a third term in the Senate in 2024.

As mass shootings are again drawing public attention, states across the U.S. seem to be deepening their political divide on gun policies.

Senator Roland Gutierrez introduces four pieces of legislation to support Robb victims' families.

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a San Antonio Democrat, introduced legislation that includes a bill that would end qualified immunity.

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a San Antonio Democrat, introduced a package of legislation that includes a bill that would end qualified immunity, which shields government officials from liability for constitutional violations.

The redistricting process this year is mostly procedural and not expected to produce very different results from the one completed in 2021.

Most kids will develop six to 10 colds a year. But there are ways to boost their immunity.

The department’s helpline is less than a year old. But advocates hope state lawmakers fully fund it as farmers and ranchers continue to face hard economic times and isolation.

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Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez testified at a congressional hearing that was focused on bipartisan legislative solutions to gun violence.

Roland Gutierrez made the remarks during a hearing of the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security that was focused on bipartisan legislative solutions to gun violence.

Roland Gutierrez made the remarks during a hearing of the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security that was focused on bipartisan legislative solutions to gun violence.

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The bills filed by State Sen. Roland Gutierrez would raise the age to buy any firearm from 18 to 21 and set up orders that would keep guns away from dangerous people.

November 8 showed voters in Uvalde aren’t ready for a revolution. They still support Gov. Greg Abbott and even re-elected a county commissioner who was the acting city police chief during the May 24 massacre.

Abbott 'has done absolutely nothing, which is why we're sharing this today,' State Sen. Roland Gutierrez said.

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State Sen. Roland Gutierrez on Wednesday announce plans to file a bill for the next session of the Texas Legislature that would create a $300 million compensation fund for the victims of the Uvalde school shooting.

Weeks after Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said he would resign if his troopers had “any culpability” in the botched police response to the Uvalde school shooting, he told fam[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

A nonprofit group that formed in response to the Robb Elementary massacre in Uvalde has issued a response to Thursday’s Department of Public Safety hearing on the investigation, calling it a ‘bait and switch’ and a ‘glorified press conference.’

Texas' state police chief says his department did not fail Uvalde during the hesitant law enforcement response to the Robb Elementary School shooting.

At a public meeting where families that lost children in the school shooting said he should resign, McCraw said members of the Department of Public Safety made mistakes. But he said he’ll step down only “if DPS as an institution failed the families.”

The head of the Department of Public Safety told the families of the Uvalde shooting victims that first responders were “wrong” in their delay to breach the classroom where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers.

The governor's popularity in Bexar County hit a low during the pandemic, but he filled Chris Madrid's hamburger joint with supporters Monday.

The head of the state’s top law enforcement agency is being asked to resign after one of his troopers under investigation for her response to the May 24 shooting was later hired by the Uvalde CISD.

The U.S. House of Representatives Children’s Caucus will hold a hearing in Uvalde on Monday afternoon so parents and teachers can talk about the ongoing impact of the Robb Elementary School shooting.

DPS Director Steven McCraw also said agency leaders for the Uvalde region 'did what they are supposed to do' and 'stepped up to meet the moment,' meeting notes show.

Texas State Sen. Roland Gutierrez is asking for more emergency funding from the state to help complete security measures at Uvalde CISD.

Democrats Beto O'Rourke and Roland Gutierrez previewed a midterm message aimed at dampening support for Gov. Greg Abbott.

Governor Greg Abbott says raising the age to buy an assault-style rifle is unconstitutional. The Uvalde gunman bought two AR-15-style rifles.

Nearly three months have passed since the Robb Elementary School tragedy. Still, families of the victims will have some financial relief thanks to a donation from the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC).

Despite having received multiple requests to move on and discuss more “feel-good” issues, Sen. Roland Gutierrez said he isn’t going to stop fighting for answers for Uvalde families.

The ruling sidestepped the question of whether the state police can withhold records concerning their response to the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School. The judge concluded that state Sen. Roland Gutierrez had not properly filed his request under Texas’ public records law.

Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Busbee testified to a Travis County judge on Thursday morning to explain why she wants details of the Robb Elementary School shooting investigation to remain private.

UValde DA Christina Mitchell Busbee testified Thursday that she reviewed footage from the mass shooting at Robb Elementary to see if officers shot students.

The coalition includes the Texas Tribune, the Washington Post, the New York Times Co., CNN and other major outlets.

The full Texas House Investigative Report, as well as hallway and body cam footage from inside Robb Elementary have now been released. However the shooting victims' families are telling their state Senator Roland Gutierrez, that's not enough.

The department’s officers made up nearly one-fourth of the 376 law enforcement members who responded to Texas’ deadliest school shooting. Announcement of the inquiry came one day after a report criticized police response to the massacre.

Residents and victims’ families say the way local and state leaders are handling details about the state’s deadliest shooting is compounding their trauma and grief.

Local elected officials and an attorney for 19 Uvalde families share their thoughts as law enforcement is shown in video footage of the mass shooting.

Politicians and officials took to Twitter on Tuesday to react to the new surveillance video of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School obtained by the Austin American-Statesman.

The parents of a student who survived the Uvalde school shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead and many others injured say they’re barely staying afloat financially.

Don McLaughlin Jr. Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin Jr. and Texas State Senator Roland Gutierrez are asking Texas Governor Greg Abbott to replace 38th Judicial District Attorney Christina Mitchell with the Texas Department of Emergency Management to oversee victims’ services as they relate to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. Gutierrez and McLaughlin have previously

Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez and Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin say they've received complaints about the Uvalde Together Resiliency Center.

The elected officials said one family almost had its power cut off while their child was in the hospital while others only got 'meager' bereavement benefits.

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez and Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin are asking Gov. Greg Abbott...

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez and Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin are asking Gov. Greg Abbott to remove the Uvalde County district attorney from overseeing the Uvalde Together Resiliency Center.

Gutierrez said there needs to be transparency in the investigation because he doesn’t believe fault for the botched response to the May 24 shooting lies solely with Pete Arredondo.

Families of the victims and survivors of the Robb Elementary shooting are struggling with grief and financial burdens after the tragedy.

Families of the victims and survivors of the Robb Elementary shooting are struggling with grief and financial burdens after the tragedy.

Local officials said the victims were piled into a trailer on the side of a secluded road and discovered by a nearby worker, who heard cries for help.

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A landmark decision on Friday from the Supreme Court of the United State sent shockwaves through the country. The court decided that abortion is not a constitutionally protected right.

“We can never ask a child to go back or teacher to go back in that school, ever,” Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said.

State and local officials have fought the release of records that could provide clarity on the botched response to the shooting.

State and local Uvalde officials have fought the release of records that could provide clarity on the botched emergency response to the shooting that killed 19 children and two educators.

The lawsuit says ignoring or denying requests is a cover-up.

State Senator Roland Gutierrez is suing the Texas Department of Public Safety for access to records related to the massacre at Robb Elementary School.

Families affected by the tragedy have 'been met with lies, misstatements, and shifts of blame,' the suit states.

McCraw on Tuesday gave much-asked-for revelations about the timeline, mistakes and missed opportunities. Specifically, he said Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde school district police chief and on-site commander, made “terrible decisions.”

UPDATE: Law enforcement authorities had enough officers on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to stop the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, the Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw testified on Tuesday.

The senators said they would support proposals like raising the age to legally own an assault weapon from 18 to 21, creating red flag laws and regulating private gun sales.

Texas authorities bungled the facts about the law enforcement response at Robb Elementary School. Then they went silent.

CDC data: Firearm death rate of Texas children has more than doubled since Gov. Greg Abbott took office

The Texas Department of Public Safety said that reports of troopers waiting idly outside two adjoining classrooms at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School, where a gunman killed 21 people last month, are “inaccurate.”

Until know, DPS officials haven't publicly stated the extent of troopers involvement in entering the school.

Despite all the discussions and debates on how to prevent another tragedy like the Uvalde shooting, some are frustrated by a lack of action.

Given both current political realities and Cornyn's track record, there's plenty of reason to be skeptical.

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Since the shooting, law enforcement and state officials have struggled to present an accurate timeline and details of the event.

Since the shooting, law enforcement and state officials have struggled to present an accurate timeline and details of the event.

A Texas state senator says the state agency investigating the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde has determined that the commander facing criticism for the slow police response was not carrying a radio as the massacre unfolded.

"There was error at every level, including the legislative level. Greg Abbott has plenty of blame in all of this," Senator Gutierrez said.

"There was error at every level, including the legislative level. Greg Abbott has plenty of blame in all of this," Senator Gutierrez said.

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School district police chief Pete Arredondo believed the Uvalde shooting had turned into hostage situation, a law enforcement official said last week.

School district police chief Pete Arredondo believed the Uvalde shooting had turned into hostage situation, a law enforcement official said last week.

Gutierrez, a Democrat who has been critical of the state’s response to past shootings, said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick also snubbed state senators whose districts were affected by shootings in El Paso and Santa Fe.

After an 18-year-old man walked into Robb Elementary School and opened fire inside a fourth-grade classroom, a negotiator at a funeral home across the street desperately dialed any telephone number available to contact him, according to the mayor.

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, said the commanding officer at the scene of the shooting was not informed about the calls that Uvalde police were receiving, calling the lack of coordination a “system failure.”

A Texas state senator says the commander at the scene of a school shooting in Texas was not informed of panicked 911 calls from inside the school building.

The 911 dispatcher relayed the information to Uvalde city police, not the commander at the scene, who oversees school district cops.

The school district police chief who served as on-site commander during last week's deadly shooting in Uvalde, Texas, said Wednesday that he's talking daily with investigators, contradicting claims fr[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

In Newtown, Conn., a new Sandy Hook Elementary opened in 2016, four years after the shooting there. In other places, some have said that leaving buildings in place can offer survivors a way to heal.

'Please, Gov. Abbott, help Uvalde county,' one person shouted. 'We need change! We need change, governor!'

Robb Elementary School, where a gunman killed 19 children and two adults this week, could be razed and replaced by a new building, President Biden suggested to a local lawmaker on Sunday.

Muñoz criticized the Texas Department of Public Safety for its shifting accounts of what occurred at the school on Tuesday, but he cautioned against making too many conclusions. State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat who represents Uvalde, said, “We’re all angry. He confirmed that officers waited for nearly an hour in a hallway outside the locked classroom, where authorities say Salvador Rolando Ramos was shooting children and killing their teachers. The president heads to Uvalde on Sunday to meet the families of the victims. AdvertisementHere in Uvalde, a seemingly endless schedule of funerals has been released, beginning Tuesday and stretching for nearly two weeks.