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A warning and 2 advisories in effect for 3 regions in the area

STEVE MCCRAW


Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to give update in Brownsville on stateโ€™s response to border crisis

Gov. Greg Abbott is giving an update on the stateโ€™s response to the ongoing border situation during a press briefing Friday afternoon.

Once again, tension builds after state police are deployed to a major Texas city

A month after the Texas Department of Public Safety began patrolling Austin streets, city officials have both praised a drop in violent crime and condemned the operationโ€™s disparate impact on Latino and Black residents. In 2019, Dallas faced the same challenges.

Uvalde families ask to join suit pushing for DPS to release public records

The lawyers for some of the Uvalde families say there is โ€œa compelling needโ€ for records into the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary to be publicly released.

Families of Uvalde victims confront Texasโ€™ police chief

Family members of victims killed in the Uvalde school shooting have confronted Texasโ€™ police chief in an emotional end to a day of protests at the state Capitol over gun laws.

DPS sent at least 3,000 driverโ€™s licenses to organized crime group targeting Asian Texans

A Chinese crime operation bypassed the password clues of Texas.gov by using stolen identity information to fraudulently obtain replacement driverโ€™s licenses.

Abbott to hold news conference on border security

Update: The news conference is over. We will have an update momentarily.

Texas DPS scraps plan for $1.2 billion active-shooter training facility

The Texas Department of Public Safety is instead asking lawmakers for $381.5 million to upgrade its current facilities with better technology, dormitories and cafeteria for trainees from across the state.

WATCH LIVE: Gov. Greg Abbott to speak at border for update on Operation Lone Star

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will be at the border on Monday to provide an update on his immigration measures.

Uvalde DA gets initial state police report on school shooting but doesnโ€™t expect full investigation for months

The preliminary report has not been made public by either the district attorneyโ€™s office or the state. The Texas Rangers are conducting a criminal investigation into the shooting at Robb Elementary.

State police terminate another officer for response to Uvalde mass shooting

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw accused the suspended Texas Ranger of failing to perform his duty during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

Uvalde shooting victims seek $27B, class action in lawsuit

Victims of a Texas elementary school shooting are seeking a $27 billion class action lawsuit against city and state police, the city of Uvalde and other school and law enforcement officials for failing to follow active shooter protocol, according to the lawsuit filed this week.

Uvalde sues local prosecutor over school shooting records

The city of Uvalde has sued the local prosecutorโ€™s office seeking access to records and other investigative materials on the May shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 children and two teachers dead.

Doctor to review if Uvalde victims had survivable injuries

A Texas doctor said Thursday he has been tasked to review the medical information surrounding the 21 victims killed in the Uvalde elementary school shooting โ€œto determine if there was potential to save more lives had medical care been provided sooner.โ€.

Uvalde families make last push for shakeup on Election Day

The Uvalde school massacre has cast a long shadow in the midterm elections in Texas, intensifying Republican Gov. Greg Abbottโ€™s campaign against Democrat Beto Oโ€™Rourke and driving a blitz of television ads.

Uvalde families make last push for shakeup on Election Day

The Uvalde school massacre has cast a long shadow in the midterm elections in Texas, intensifying Republican Gov. Greg Abbottโ€™s campaign against Democrat Beto Oโ€™Rourke and driving a blitz of television ads.

โ€˜Lives Robbedโ€™ group calls DPS hearing a โ€˜bait and switchโ€™ after no update to investigation

A nonprofit group that formed in response to the Robb Elementary massacre in Uvalde has issued a response to Thursdayโ€™s Department of Public Safety hearing on the investigation, calling it a โ€˜bait and switchโ€™ and a โ€˜glorified press conference.โ€™

Tony Gonzales becomes first major Republican to call for DPS Director Steve McCraw to resign

The representative called for McCrawโ€™s resignation after the Department of Public Safety director said in a meeting that the agency had not failed the city of Uvalde.

Texas chief says state police 'did not fail' in Uvalde

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

Texas DPS chief Steve McCraw says his agency โ€œdid not failโ€ at Uvalde 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 heโ€™ll step down only โ€œif DPS as an institution failed the families.โ€

DPS director refuses Uvalde familiesโ€™ call for resignation but says shooting shouldโ€™ve been stopped within minutes

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

Texas state trooper who responded to Uvalde shooting fired amid investigations into police response

Department of Public Safety Sgt. Juan Maldonado is the first state police officer fired in the aftermath of a botched police response to the shooting. He was the highest-ranking state trooper to initially respond to Robb Elementary School.

One of first DPS troopers to arrive at scene of Uvalde school shooting being fired, source tells ABC News

One of the first Texas Department of Public Safety troopers to arrive at the scene of the Uvalde school mass shooting is being fired by the Texas Department of Public Safety, a law enforcement official briefed on the matter told ABC News.

Local policy maker reacts to New York Times Robb Elementary visual investigation, claims discrepancies in DPS investigation

State Senator Roland Gutierrez, is calling for resignation of Department of Public Safety Director

State Sen. Gutierrez, Uvalde parents call for DPS director to resign after ex-trooper hired by district

The head of the stateโ€™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.

DPS officers at Uvalde school shooting have been under investigation since July, records confirm

The confirmed July 25 referral of DPS officers to the Office of Inspector General for possible disciplinary action is much earlier than the early September date that has been widely reported.

DPS director apologizes for Robb Elementary shooting response, says Uvalde will soon be โ€˜safest city in Texasโ€™

The director of the stateโ€™s top law enforcement agency is apologizing on behalf of law enforcement for the botched response to the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde that claimed 21 lives just over three months ago.

Texas DPS director says he wishes his agency had taken control over the police response to the Uvalde shooting

The stateโ€™s top law enforcement agency also told USA Today that seven officers have now been referred to its internal affairs division, including two who are command staff.

KSAT, other media organizations sue Texas DPS for Uvalde school massacre records

KSAT 12 and more than a dozen media organizations on Monday filed a lawsuit in state district court in Austin asking a judge to order the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to release records regarding the law enforcement response to the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.

Coalition of news organizations sues Texas Department of Public Safety over withheld records on Uvalde shooting

The lawsuit alleges that the state police have unlawfully withheld records, including body camera footage and emergency communications, during the Robb Elementary shooting.

Texas Department of Public Safety investigating how 91 of its troopers and Rangers responded to Uvalde school shooting

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

Texas state police launch internal review of Uvalde response

The Texas Department of Public Safety has launched an internal review over the slow response to the Uvalde school massacre.

Uvalde residents frustrated with officials over finger pointing, conflicting accounts and leaked video

Residents and victimsโ€™ families say the way local and state leaders are handling details about the stateโ€™s deadliest shooting is compounding their trauma and grief.

Uvalde mayor: Police didn't get early chance to end massacre

The mayor of Uvalde is disputing a new report alleging missed chances to quickly end a massacre at a Texas elementary school.

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez calls Uvalde CISD police chief a โ€˜scapegoat;โ€™ blasts Gov. Abbott, DPS for systemic failures

Gutierrez said there needs to be transparency in the investigation because he doesnโ€™t believe fault for the botched response to the May 24 shooting lies solely with Pete Arredondo.

A โ€œclonedโ€ 18-wheeler made it easy for smugglers to pass through the border, say state officials vowing to crack down

A federal agency estimates that about 75 trucks are reported nationally each year with copied or stolen state and federal ID numbers, which industry experts say is likely a significant undercount.

Texas will increase checkpoints for trucks crossing from Mexico after migrant smuggling deaths

DPS said the checkpoints wonโ€™t occur at the ports of entry, which is different than in April when Abbott mandated all commercial vehicles entering from Mexico be checked by state police. The order snarled trade with Mexico at the time.

Gov. Abbott orders new checkpoints for trucks coming in from Mexico in wake of migrant smuggling deaths

The Texas Department of Public Safety will create and monitor new checkpoints for trucks entering from Mexico after dozens of migrants died in an abandoned trailer in San Antonio, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday.

Watch live: Sister of a Uvalde shooting victim and others testify before Texas legislative committee

A joint committee of the Texas legislature is meeting to examine strategies to prevent acts of violence after the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde.

Unlocked doors were 'first line of defense' at Uvalde school

The Uvalde massacre began after the 18-year-old gunman entered the school through a door that could only be locked from the outside and then got inside a classroom that had a busted lock.

Hereโ€™s how Pete Arredondo and other law enforcement differ on what happened during the Uvalde shooting

New information released by law enforcement sources and the director of the Department of Public Safety tells a different story about police response to the shooting than Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pete Arredondo.

Officer husband of slain Uvalde teacher was detained, had gun taken away after trying to save wife

Shocking testimony from the Texas DPS director on Tuesday has revealed even more insight into the โ€œabject failureโ€ of response to the Uvalde shooting that occurred on May 24.

Takeaways from Texas DPS directorโ€™s testimony about the Uvalde shooting, gunman and police response

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 โ€œterrible decisions.โ€

Uvalde school police chief โ€œdecided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children,โ€ Texas DPS director says

Steve McCraw testified before a Texas Senate committee, laying blame on local police officers in Uvalde for not acting faster to save children during the school shooting.

Texas DPS leader says Uvalde police response an โ€˜abject failureโ€™

The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety says three minutes after a gunman entered a school where he slaughtered 19 elementary students and two teachers there was sufficient armed law enforcement on scene to stop the gunman.

WATCH LIVE: DPS director testifies about Uvalde shooting before Texas Senate committee

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.

โ€˜If thereโ€™s kids in there, we need to go inโ€™: Officers in Uvalde were ready with guns, shields and tools โ€” but not clear orders

The Texas Tribune has reviewed law enforcement transcripts and footage that federal and state investigators are examining after the May 24 tragedy.

โ€˜Active shooterโ€™ message sent to parents further muddles law enforcement timeline of Uvalde school massacre

Message sent during law enforcement response called situation an โ€˜active shooterโ€™ incident, even though chief had labeled it a barricaded subject

Gov. Greg Abbott holds roundtable with local law enforcement in San Antonio

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott stopped by San Antonio on Thursday to hold a roundtable with local law enforcement.

Judge loses trust in Texasโ€™ child abuse investigation of foster care facility and calls for federal inquiry

U.S. District Judge Janis Jack said she is seeking a federal criminal investigation into allegations that children were sexually abused and trafficked at The Refuge, a state-licensed foster care shelter for victims of sex trafficking.

Texas Rangers confirm investigation into nude photos of children at Bastrop shelter but find โ€œno evidenceโ€ of sex abuse

An attorney representing foster care children in a suit against Texas said Department of Public Safety director Steve McCrawโ€™s conclusion that there was no evidence of sexual abuse despite the investigation into the photos was โ€œboth surprising and extremely troubling.โ€

Construction begins on Texas-Mexico border wall in Rio Grande City

On June 16, Abbott announced the State of Texasโ€™ plan for the border wall and authorized the transfer for $250 million as a down payment to launch construction.

WATCH LIVE: Gov. Abbott to debut Texas border wall construction in Rio Grande City

Gov. Greg Abbott is holding a press briefing to debut the Texas border wall construction in Rio Grande City, along the Texas-Mexico border.

Gov. Abbott, Florida Gov. DeSantis address border security concerns in Del Rio

Gov. Greg Abbott met with Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida, law enforcement, state and local officials to discuss border security Saturday afternoon in Del Rio.

WATCH LIVE: Gov. Greg Abbott holds border security briefing in Austin

Gov. Greg Abbott is meeting with sheriffs from multiple communities to discuss border security Saturday afternoon at the Texas State Capitol.

Gov. Greg Abbott addresses border security in news conference

Gov. Greg Abbott will hold a press conference on Thursday in Fort Worth to provide an update on the state's efforts to secure the border and prevent the smuggling of drugs into Texas.

Gov. Greg Abbott gives update on โ€˜Operation Lone Starโ€™ at Texas-Mexico border

Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday held a press conference in the Rio Grande Valley where he provided an update on Texasโ€™ response to the surge of migrants at the southern border through Operation Lone Star.

Gov. Greg Abbott announces expansion of Operation Lone Star to include anti-human trafficking efforts

Greg Abbott announced Wednesday the expansion of Operation Lone Star to include efforts to crack down on human trafficking related to illegal border crossings. โ€œAmericans deserve to know what the Biden Administration is doing to investigate the surge of unaccompanied minors crossing the border and to protect those who are victims of human trafficking. That is why we are expanding Operation Lone Star to include anti-human trafficking efforts, such as interviewing unaccompanied minors to learn if they are victims of human trafficking. This will help us gain information to keep these children safe, root out human trafficking or other criminal activity, and prevent more children from being trafficked and abused. The new anti-human trafficking efforts will be supported by the Governorโ€™s Child Sex Trafficking Team and other organizations and agencies that work to combat human trafficking in Texas.

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