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Listen: Through art, keepsakes and advocacy, families are making sure 21 Uvalde victims are not forgotten

Wednesday marks exactly a year since a mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. The community continues to grapple with the trauma and pain, and for those who lost someone that day, they’re determined to keep the memories of their loved ones alive.

The Texas Tribune

After Uvalde, Texas fortifies schools

Texas lawmakers poised to pass sweeping school fortification bill

Axios

A year after Uvalde's school massacre, healing remains elusive

There are still many unresolved questions about the shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers. As they grasp for answers, surviving families and the broader community feel suspended in grief.

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'I can't promise we'll be safe:' A Uvalde teacher reflects, a year after the shooting

Nicole Ogburn no longer tells her students that she promises they are safe. Instead, she has taken to saying: "We're safer than we've ever been."

WEKU

Editorial: Uvalde school survivor feels guilt and pain but won’t give up fight

Not many people are shot twice with an AR-15 during a mass shooting and live to talk about it, but Arnulfo Reyes has. And we should all listen to what he has to say.

Tribune News Service

Uvalde victim's mother perseveres through teaching, connecting with daughter's memory

The relatives of 19 students and two teachers gunned down at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, are still waiting for answers a year later

The Independent UK

‘Loss and pain’: Sen. Roland Gutierrez is driven to fight for Uvalde victims’ families

AUSTIN, Texas – Roland Gutierrez is stuck.

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Mental health help on standby for Uvalde a year after shooting

Trauma from a mass shooting can be exacerbated around the date of the incident.

Axios

Uvalde families' push for gun control barely moves the needle

Republican leaders remain unwilling to restrict firearm access.

Axios

‘Not lost in vain’: Report outlines ways to help Uvalde community heal, rebuild, act

A day shy of the one-year anniversary of Texas’ deadliest school shooting, a comprehensive report outlined numerous ways local, state and federal leaders can assist the Uvalde community in its efforts to not only heal and rebuild, but to honor their lost loved ones with action.

Tribune News Service

Remembering Uvalde children's joy one year after shooting

Stuffed animals, crosses and bright murals memorialize the 21 people killed in the Texas school shooting on May 24, 2022.

Axios

A year after Uvalde, lawsuits will test firearms industry's immunity protections

Federal law protects the firearms industry from many lawsuits, but Uvalde parents are putting the laws to the test by suing a gun manufacturer over the way they market their weapon.

WEKU

Gun safety advocates see signs of progress in first session after Uvalde shooting even though raise-the-age bill stalled

Emotions often ran high over a proposal to limit young adults’ access to some firearms. Lawmakers have largely prioritized school safety measures, but there was still progress for some gun-related legislation.

The Texas Tribune

New video from Uvalde massacre shows police officers vomiting and sobbing after discovering victims

‘I just want to see the big picture of it, exactly what she went through, where she was at,’ father of survivor says

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Texas Tribune, Frontline and Futuro Investigates are collaborating on an Uvalde shooting documentary that airs May 30

The film, “After Uvalde: Guns, Grief and Texas Politics,” will be broadcast nationally on PBS and also available for streaming.

The Texas Tribune

Watch: A Uvalde family remembers their 10-year-old through the mementos he left behind

Evadulia Orta’s son, Rojélio Torres, died in the school shooting in Uvalde last year. Her other children still collect Pokémon cards to add to his collection, and his cousins play with his football.

The Texas Tribune

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.

The Independent UK

Uvalde families dig in for new test of gun industry protections

Families in Uvalde, Texas, are digging in for a new test of legal protections for the gun industry as they mark one year since the Robb Elementary School shooting

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The Independent UK

ABC News crew spends year in Uvalde, documents journey of survivors, families of shooting victims

Coverage of mass shootings have seemingly taken on a numbing sameness

Reason

"FIRE to Uvalde: Lift Ban on Father who Questioned School Safety or We'll Sue"

From a press release by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, whose descriptions and analyses of their cases I have generally found reliable: Mere months after the Uvalde school district suspended its entire police force for failing to effectively respond to a deadly shooting at an elementary school, school…

The Texas Tribune

Texas schools say it’s time to stop tying mental health funding to school safety money

Federal pandemic aid helped build public school mental health services in Texas. School officials now brace for the expiration of those funds next year. They’re urging lawmakers to create a dedicated funding stream for mental health assistance in schools.

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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.

The Independent UK

Father of Uvalde victim is kicked out of Texas capitol after gun reform bill misses deadline

Brett Cross was the only person to have reportedly been removed from the chambers

The Texas Tribune

In surprise move days after Allen mall shooting, Texas House panel OKs bill raising age to buy semi-automatic rifles

The legislation would raise the minimum age for purchasing certain firearms but likely wouldn’t have been a hindrance to the Allen gunman obtaining a weapon. The bill still faces an uphill climb in the Legislature.

The Independent UK

Why Greg Abbott’s response to the latest Texas mass shooting shouldn’t come as a surprise

When five people were shot dead in their home over a noise complaint, Greg Abbott labelled the victims ‘illegal immigrants’. True to form with past shootings in his state, he made no mention of the role his own lax gun laws may have played. Rachel Sharp reports

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