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No teacher raises. A failed school voucher push. Armed guards. Hereโ€™s what changed for public education this legislative session.

Lawmakers sacrificed school funding to block school vouchers, but the issue could be debated again in a special session. Districts will get new funds for school safety, though Uvalde families were ultimately left disappointed with inaction on gun restrictions.

โ€œSomber dayโ€ in Uvalde as community commemorates one year since Robb Elementary shooting

Numerous vigils and memorials were planned in Uvalde to mark one year since the Robb Elementary School shooting. In what became the deadliest school shooting in Texas, a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers and injured 17 others.

Uvalde school shooting: What we know one year later

Twenty-one people died at Robb Elementary on May 24, 2022. The mass shooting and delayed police response spurred calls for stricter gun laws.

Texas Senate passes school safety bill that would require districts to bolster their active-shooter plans

Both chambers have said school safety is a priority this session after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at a Uvalde elementary school last year.

Texas House passes ban on devices that modify handguns, but averts vote on increasing age to buy semi-automatic rifles

A Texas lawmaker introduced an amendment that would have revived a proposal to raise the minimum age to buy certain semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21 before it was ultimately withdrawn.

Deaths from firearms reach new highs in Texas, decades after lawmakers began weakening gun regulations

The rate of firearm-related deaths in Texas has reached a level not seen since the 1990s. Texas lawmakers have approved more than 100 bills that loosened gun restrictions since 2000.

โ€œRight wing death squadโ€: What to know about the Allen shooterโ€™s suspected extremism

The shooterโ€™s โ€œRWDSโ€ patch offers troubling clues about his potential ideology โ€” and how it might connect to views that are common among white supremacist groups.

โ€œThis canโ€™t be happeningโ€: Allen becomes latest U.S. town to grapple with a mass shooting

After mall shooting, residents of the Dallas suburb are experiencing familiar rituals: mourning, anger and despair.

Republican leaders in Texas downplay guns, focus on mental health in aftermath of Allen shooting

President Joe Biden confirmed Sunday that the shooter used an AR-15 in the attack.

Gunman kills 8 people at a North Texas outlet mall

The shooter was also killed by a police officer after he opened fire in Allen. Gov. Greg Abbott called the shooting โ€œan unspeakable tragedy.โ€

Authorities announce capture of man suspected of killing 5 neighbors in San Jacinto County

Officials did not specify the location of his arrest on Tuesday night, but they said the suspect was being held at the Montgomery County jail where he was initially taken.

FBI, Texas authorities search for gunman who killed 5 neighbors in San Jacinto County

In the face of mass shootings in Texas, state leaders have made it easier to access guns.

A divided Uvalde hasnโ€™t had time to heal, speakers say

During a Texas Tribune event marking one year since the shooting at Robb Elementary School, parents, mental health experts and faith leaders talked about how the path to recovery isnโ€™t the same for everybody.

Texas House votes to require panic buttons in every classroom and armed guards in every school

Lawmakers have said school safety is a priority this session, but it is still unclear whether theyโ€™ll listen to Uvalde families who want to raise the minimum age to purchase semi-automatic guns from 18 to 21.

Texas Senate passes bill to strengthen school active-shooter plans

Senate Bill 11, which aims to get hundreds of districts without adequate safety protocols to adopt one, would also beef up truancy laws.

In overnight testimony, Uvalde victimsโ€™ family members call on Texas lawmakers to raise age to buy semi-automatic guns

The families of Uvalde shooting victims waited hours to testify at a House committee hearing in support of House Bill 2744, which would raise the minimum age to purchase semi-automatic guns from 18 to 21.

โ€œHe has a battle rifleโ€: Police feared Uvalde gunmanโ€™s AR-15

In previously unreleased interviews, police who responded to the Robb Elementary shooting told investigators they were cowed by the shooterโ€™s military-style rifle. This drove their decision to wait for a Border Patrol SWAT team to engage him, which took more than an hour.

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.

SXSW EDU panelists say the only solution to school safety is to address gun policy and mental health, not one or the other

Gun policy reform is the best way to address school safety, according to experts on a panel in Austin. They also cautioned against doubling down on surveillance technology.

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelanโ€™s new priority bills focus on school safety, requiring districts to adopt active-shooter plans

More than nine months after the Uvalde school shooting, top GOP lawmakers maintain focus on school safety reforms and investments in mental health resources in hopes it will prevent future tragedies.

Texas superintendent resigns after student finds his gun in school bathroom

The incident comes as lawmakers debate how to make schools safer after the Uvalde massacre and favor measures like arming more educators.

Biden rule reclassifying some pistols as short-barreled rifles draws Texas lawsuit

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives amended a rule that classifies guns with โ€œstabilized bracesโ€ as rifles, which are subject to different regulations, triggering the objection of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Gun Owners of America.

As lawmakers begin a new session, Texas mayors want to maintain control of local issues

Mayors from the stateโ€™s most populous cities presented their legislative wish list, including economic development and workforce programs, broadband infrastructure and violence prevention.

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.

Watch: After the Uvalde shooting, one Texas school district increases focus on mental health

Round Rock ISD is thought to be among the first school districts in Texas where social workers and police officers work directly with one another to provide mental health support to students.

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.

Broken hearts lead to broken traditions in Uvalde as Mata family celebrates first holidays without Tess

The Matas never celebrated Day of the Dead before; this year they built an altar at the grave of 10-year-old Tess, surrounded by family. For Thanksgiving and Christmas, they broke their traditions.

Facing possible removal for alleged incompetence, El Paso District Attorney Yvonne Rosales resigns

The first-term DA was under fire for the officeโ€™s mishandling of criminal cases and for potentially jeopardizing the prosecution of the man charged in the 2019 Walmart massacre.

โ€œIโ€™ll still be sharing Lexiโ€™s storyโ€: Mother of Uvalde victim vows to remain politically engaged

Some parents and family of the students killed at Robb Elementary in May campaigned for Democrats. They were hoping for stricter gun control laws in Texas.

Four Uvalde shooting victims left classrooms alive. Investigators are reviewing whether a faster response could have saved them.

The inquiry will help determine whether criminal charges should be brought against responding officers.

โ€œIโ€™m so scaredโ€: 911 recordings reveal fear and urgency of those trapped in Uvalde elementary school

Audio obtained by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica shows just how long police and dispatchers likely knew that children and teachers were in danger before taking action at Robb Elementary School.

El Paso district attorney faces trial to oust her from office over incompetency, misconduct claims

El Paso County District Attorney Yvonne Rosales has been accused of bungling cases and is ensnared in controversy surrounding prosecution of the alleged gunman in the 2019 Walmart massacre.

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.

Uvalde school officials approve terms of superintendentโ€™s retirement without publicly disclosing them

The school board also named Gary Patterson as the interim superintendent, but didnโ€™t say when he would start or Harrell would depart.

Texas may delay trial for alleged Walmart shooter if federal prosecutors want to seek death penalty

A state district judge in El Paso said Tuesday that heโ€™ll wait to see what federal prosecutors decide in their case before moving ahead with a state trial for the man accused of killing 23 shoppers in 2019.

Chaos surrounding rookie El Paso DA Yvonne Rosales fuels concerns about Walmart massacre prosecution

Mistakes and backbiting have engulfed the El Paso County district attorneyโ€™s office. Some question whether she is competent to handle one of the most high-profile death penalty cases in recent Texas history.

Uvalde school district suspends its entire police department, and superintendent announces retirement plans

All of the departmentโ€™s activities were suspended for an unspecified period of time, and two employees were placed on administrative leave after it was revealed this week that one of the first state troopers to respond to the deadly school shooting in May was later hired as a district police officer.

Gov. Greg Abbott appoints first school safety chief four months after Uvalde shooting

John P. Scott, a former U.S. Secret Service agent, is tasked with ensuring Texas schools implement statewide safety policies and safeguard against school shootings.

Families of three Uvalde shooting survivors sue school district, gun makers, city officials and others

The lawsuit says each defendant played a part in the shootingโ€™s tragic outcome, from failing to comply with safety protocols to pushing dark marketing that pitches lethal weapons to young minds.

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.

Five Department of Public Safety officers face a formal investigation over Uvalde shooting response

Hundreds of law enforcement officers from several local, state and federal agencies have been heavily criticized for the delayed response in confronting the gunman during the worst school shooting in Texas history.

Photos from Uvalde: How a grief-stricken community prepared to send its children back to school

Today, students in Uvalde return to classrooms for the first day of school, just 15 weeks after the deadliest school shooting in Texas history.

Uvalde residents question the school districtโ€™s new safety plans for first school year since mass shooting

Uvalde trustees are unsure if officers who will provide school security this year were part of the delayed response to the shooting at Robb Elementary.

Families of the Uvalde shooting victims denounce Gov. Greg Abbottโ€™s inaction on gun reform

The governor has made a vocal enemy in the families of Robb Elementary shooting victims. They are demanding a special legislative session to reach a compromise on the minimum age to purchase semi-automatic rifles.

โ€œWeโ€™re not doneโ€: Uvalde residents say the fight for accountability wonโ€™t stop with Pete Arredondoโ€™s firing

Some parents and community members are calling for more school district employees to be fired and for the state to raise the minimum age for buying an assault rifle.

โ€œI think of them always,โ€ survivor of El Paso Walmart shooting says of those who were killed three years ago

Speaking out for the first time, an El Paso mom recounts the moments from a bank inside the Walmart where 23 people were fatally shot and dozens more were injured in 2019.

Parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim call for accountability in Alex Jonesโ€™ defamation trial

The parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis are suing Jones for falsely claiming that the 2012 mass school shooting was a hoax meant to take away Americansโ€™ guns. The trial is the first of three to determine monetary penalties against the Texas-based conspiracy theorist for his lies about the tragedy.

Alex Jonesโ€™ company files for bankruptcy midway through Sandy Hook damages trial

Free Speech Systems submitted the filing during a two-week trial to determine how much the Texas-based conspiracy theorist will award the parents of a victim in the 2012 school shooting, prompting speculation about the companyโ€™s effort to avoid bankruptcy oversight as a small business.

Uvalde principal placed on leave pushes back against investigationโ€™s findings about school security

In a letter to the Texas House committee investigating the stateโ€™s deadliest school shooting, Robb Elementary principal Mandy Gutierrez says school leaders werenโ€™t complacent about security.

Uvalde school board pushes Greg Abbott for special legislative session to increase legal age for purchasing assault rifles

The gunman who killed 19 elementary students and two teachers bought the assault rifle he used after turning 18 just days before the massacre.

Texas House publishes report of Uvalde school shooting investigation in Spanish

The House committee investigating the Uvalde school shooting said it intended to publish the report in both languages but was unable to get it translated before a meeting last Sunday when the English version was released.

Here are eight pivotal moments of the police response to the Uvalde shooting captured by officersโ€™ body cameras

The new material further illustrates the lack of coordination among officers, the confusion over the chain of command and the delays in confronting the shooter.

Uvalde shooting victimsโ€™ parents, other residents fiercely criticize school leaders at heated forum

For about three hours, people demanded the resignation of the school district superintendent and threatened to keep their children out of school until campus security is improved.

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.

Uvalde parentsโ€™ anger and quest for answers persist after committee faults school and police in mass shooting

Uvalde residents who lost loved ones at Robb Elementary say they want to know if officers will face repercussions.

Uvalde police lieutenant placed on leave after report faults several agenciesโ€™ school shooting response

Lt. Mariano Pargas was the acting city police chief the day of the shooting. Mayor Don McLaughlin said the city is investigating Pargasโ€™ role in the delayed confrontation of the shooter.

Five takeaways from the House committee report on the Uvalde shooting

Among the findings: Police lacked clear leadership and basic communications, school doors were routinely left open and the gunman gave hints of his coming rampage.

A year before Uvalde shooting, gunman had threatened women, carried around a dead cat and been nicknamed โ€œschool shooterโ€

Identified as at-risk, he never received special education services and ultimately flunked out, according to a Texas House committee report.

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.

At their first conference after the Uvalde shooting, school counselors grapple with supporting students in an age of mass violence

One session on school shootings at the American School Counselor Associationโ€™s annual conference in Austin this week drew a large crowd. It discussed the roles counselors play before and after such traumatic events.

An Austin coupleโ€™s fear turns to frustration after a mass shooting in their hometowns

A local couple with young children whose hometowns were hit by mass shootings over the last two months is grappling with grief and fear, and theyโ€™re demanding change.

Uvalde mayor disputes report that police missed opportunity to shoot gunman

Mayor Don McLaughlin denied a recent report that said a Uvalde officer passed up a chance to shoot the gunman at Robb Elementary. The officer never saw the gunman, he said.

Uvalde shooting victims arenโ€™t getting compensated from state fund as intended, officials say

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.

Texas safety officials will begin โ€œrandom intruder detection auditsโ€ of schools in September

Texas School Safety Center officials said they will alert districts and local law enforcement of the audits, where trained staff will try to find access points into school buildings. But school campuses will not be informed ahead of time.

Sister of Uvalde shooting victim testifies before Texas lawmakers: โ€œIโ€™m terrified to go backโ€ to school

Jazmin Cazares, 17, was one of several family members of shooting victims and experts testifying before Texas lawmakers on Thursday. Her sister, Jackie Cazares, 9, was one of the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde.

Uvalde schools police chief placed on leave amid fierce criticism of school shooting response

The move comes weeks after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary. Uvalde CISD police Chief Pete Arredondo, one of the first to respond, and state officials have provided differing stories about what happened inside the school.

Uvalde mayor accuses state of leaking records to make local police look bad

Relatives of the victims and other members of the community also called for the ousting of Pete Arredondo, who is the police chief of the cityโ€™s school district and a newly elected council member.

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.

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.

The last hearse travels the final mile: Layla Salazarโ€™s burial ends Uvalde funerals for shooting victims

The unremitting pace of ritualized mourning ended Thursday as the town buried an 11-year-old victim of the Robb Elementary shooting. Survivors now face less structured grief, starting each day knowing they will live it out differently than they should have.

Almost 100 Texas school districts have added their own police departments since 2017, but not everyone feels safer

Officials have called for more armed officers on campuses in the wake of the Uvalde shooting. Experts and some parents, though, say more law enforcement on campus doesnโ€™t necessarily make schools safer.

โ€˜Two separate conversationsโ€™: San Antonio psychiatrists weigh in after politicians link mental health to mass shootings

After the Uvalde school shooting, like many mass shootings, mental health became a topic of discussion among politicians after the public demanded change in gun laws.

Waiting for keys, unable to break down doors: Uvalde schools police chief defends delay in confronting gunman

Criticized by law enforcement experts for slowness in taking out the shooter, Pete Arredondo described an agonizing wait for a key that would work. In an interview with The Texas Tribune, he said he hadnโ€™t spoken out sooner because he didnโ€™t want to compound his hometownโ€™s grief or point blame.

Feds warn that Uvalde massacre, impending abortion ruling and midterm elections could spur more acts of violence

In a bulletin, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said that recent and upcoming events could be โ€œexploited to justify acts of violence against a range of possible targets.โ€

Federal investigation into law enforcementโ€™s response to Uvalde shooting wonโ€™t be criminal, DOJ says

Authorities have been criticized for waiting over an hour to enter the school and confront the shooter. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said law enforcement agencies have promised to cooperate with the federal inquiry.

10-year-old Sutherland Springs church shooting survivor prepares for 31st surgery

Next week, 10-year-old Ryland Ward will enter University Hospital for his 31st surgery after being shot five times during the 2017 Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church massacre that killed 26 people.

John Cornyn says bipartisan gun legislation wonโ€™t include weapons bans or expanding background checks

Cornyn on Monday made clear in a Senate floor speech that there are limits to what he and the Senate GOP conference are willing to support in their efforts to pass bipartisan gun legislation.

Texas politicians search for solutions after another mass shooting. Experts say weโ€™ve already found them.

In arguing over causes of the latest mass shooting, political debate often overlooks the range of incremental steps that could lessen the chances of mass killing and help address the nationโ€™s persistent gun violence.

Some Texas GOP donors urge Congress to act on gun control measures like โ€œred flagโ€ laws, expanded background checks

More than 250 self-declared gun enthusiasts, including donors who have contributed to Gov. Greg Abbottโ€™s campaigns, have signed on to an open letter supporting Sen. John Cornynโ€™s efforts at bipartisan gun reform legislation.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick calls for spending $50 million to buy bulletproof shields for school police

Patrick said he wants police in as many Texas schools as possible to have bulletproof shields before the fall. Heโ€™s asked other state leaders to move around money in the state budget to make it happen.

Police chief who led the response to the school shooting in Uvalde had no radio at the scene, reports say

The revelation is the latest to point to deficiencies and missteps in authoritiesโ€™ response to the shooting at Robb Elementary School. Police opted to wait for reinforcements and tactical gear, taking more than an hour to confront and take down the shooter.

A corrido is written for the lost โ€œAngels of Uvaldeโ€ as Latino artists begin crafting tributes

Through music and painting, artists have begun works to preserve the lives lost in the Robb Elementary School shooting. โ€œWe want them to be monumental,โ€ one artist said. โ€œBecause those lives shouldโ€™ve been monumental.โ€

In battered Uvalde, where a police chief is in hiding, grief gives way to calls for accountability

As chief of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department, it was Arredondoโ€™s call to wait more than an hour for backup instead of ordering officers on scene to immediately charge the shooter.

House Speaker Dade Phelan announces legislative committee to investigate Uvalde shooting

Phelan said it is an โ€œoutrageโ€ that officials still do not have a clear picture of what happened during the shooting. The committeeโ€™s findings will inform the Houseโ€™s legislative response.

For the children who survived the Uvalde shooting uninjured, trauma will take time to heal

Uvalde offers mental health resources for the victims and considers rebuilding the school where the shooting took place as the community tends to its invisible wounds.

Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who represents Uvalde, says itโ€™s a โ€œslap in the faceโ€ to be left off committee responding to shooting

Gutierrez, a Democrat who has been critical of the stateโ€™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.

Uvalde school districtโ€™s police chief didnโ€™t know about 911 calls coming from inside the school, lawmaker says

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 โ€œsystem failure.โ€

Irma and Joe Garcia, a teacher and her heartbroken husband, are buried together in Uvalde

They were high school sweethearts. Irma Garcia taught at Robb Elementary for her entire 23-year career. Her husband died of a heart attack days after she was shot.

Gov. Greg Abbott instructs school safety officials to conduct โ€œunannounced, random intruderโ€ audits of Texas public schools

Abbott has tasked the Texas School Safety Center with conducting in-person, unannounced audits of public schools to see how quickly staff can enter a building without being stopped and detect weak points.

Gov. Greg Abbott asks for legislative recommendations in response to Uvalde shooting

The committees are different from a special legislative session, which Democrats โ€” and at least a couple Republicans โ€” have asked for after the shooting. Abbott has not ruled that out.

Gun ownership is ingrained in Uvaldeโ€™s culture. Some here are rethinking how it should be regulated.

Longtime Uvalde residents say the city is a hunting mecca and the love for guns goes right along with it. But some would now support measures like raising the age limit to buy AR-style weapons or monitoring high-volume ammunition purchases.

Uvalde buries 10-year-old Amerie Jo Garza, the first of many funerals to come

She wanted to be an art teacher. Her favorite color was purple. She was laid to rest three weeks after her birthday.

โ€œWe will be reunited with them one dayโ€: Uvalde worshippers pray for peace, healing and the souls of 21 lives lost

Residents of Uvalde, a deeply religious community, prayed, cried and embraced each other on the first Sunday since a gunman killed 21 people at an elementary school.

โ€œThis is not usโ€: Tight-knit Uvalde, rooted in Texas history, navigates incalculable grief

Residents of this town, which is nicknamed โ€œthe Crossroads of America,โ€ grapple with the horror of losing 21 lives.

โ€˜Do something!โ€™ Biden is urged as he leaves Uvalde church

Facing yet another community grieving after a mass shooting, the president replied, โ€˜We will.โ€™ But Congress hasnโ€™t managed to change gun policy for decades.

A gun and a prayer: How the far right took control of Texasโ€™ response to mass shootings

The โ€œGod-given rightโ€ to self-defense has become a rallying cry in Texas politics, further cementing gun ownership as a holy cause and political identity. The stateโ€™s Republican leadership has spent decades carrying the banner.

Texas Senate Democrats call for special session to raise age to purchase gun, require universal background checks

All 13 Senate Democrats demanded lawmakers pass legislation that raises the minimum age to purchase a firearm and requires universal background checks, among other measures.

Trump and Cruz propose โ€œhardenedโ€ one-door schoolhouses. Experts say thatโ€™s not a credible solution.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and other Republicans argue that gunmen can be stopped by locking all but one door and posting guards at schools. School officials and safety experts say thatโ€™s not realistic.

Gov. Greg Abbott says he was misled about poor police response to Uvalde shooting

โ€œI am livid about what happened,โ€ the governor said at a tense press conference in Uvalde. โ€œThe information I was given turned out, in part, to be inaccurate, and I am absolutely livid about that.โ€

Watch: Grief shattered Uvalde; it has united it, too

Uvalde is grieving the loss of 19 students and two teachers after Tuesdayโ€™s devastating shooting at a local elementary school. In this video, residents say their town will never be the same, but they will help each other through the healing process.

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