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The radio ad, which criticizes Phelan for appointing Democratic committee chairs, prompted pushback from Republican colleagues in the House over why the state party would use resources to attack its own member.

After defeating O’Rourke — Texas’ most promising Democrat in recent history — Abbott begins his third term in a strong position, with a rising national profile and a governing mandate in the eyes of fellow Republicans.

The current speaker, fellow Republican Dade Phelan, is expected to seek the gavel again but has not made an official announcement yet.

The ad drew swift pushback from Republicans criticizing its use of the gunman’s image.

Texas lawmakers on both sides of the aisle talked schools, abortion and guns in advance of next year’s session in a range of panels at The Texas Tribune Festival.

However nearly 400 officers waited 73 minutes before breaching the classroom as newly released footage shows chaotic scene

Family members of Texas school shooting victims say state legislature’s 77-page report ‘doesn’t change anything’

The investigative committee found law enforcement's response to the massacre involved little coordination and no leadership. School faculty, meanwhile, failed to uphold existing safeguards.

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

‘That’s a slap to our babies’ faces and we’re tired of this. We can’t trust anybody’

AUSTIN, Texas — For the first time since the May 24 shooting, the public can now see portions of video from the scene of the Uvalde shooting, including the first ever images of the shooter carrying out the attack, after the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE-TV published footage Tuesday.