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Amid fallout from the Uvalde shooting, Texas DPS wants $1.2 billion for academy and active-shooter training facility

DPS is asking lawmakers to approve a $467 million active-shooter facility as a “down payment” for the training academy. “You play like you practice,” Director Steve McCraw said.

The Texas Tribune

More Texans turn to home schooling after the pandemic showed them what learning outside of schools could be like

Some new home-schoolers disagree with how race and sex are taught at schools. Others cite safety concerns after the Uvalde shooting and poor academic outcomes.

The Texas Tribune

Police: 5 dead, 18 hurt in Colorado gay nightclub shooting

The violence is the sixth mass killing this month and comes in a year when the nation was shaken by the deaths of 21 in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

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Michigan students travel to Uvalde, Texas, to support their fellow school shooting survivors

DETROIT — Oxford High graduate Zoe Touray climbed through the window of her fifth-hour classroom on Nov. 30, 2021, to escape a gunman carrying out an attack inside Oxford High School.

Tribune News Service

Uvalde police chief who delayed during school shooting steps down

Mariano Pargas, who came under scrutiny over his response to deadly Texas shooting, resigns amid calls he step down.

Al Jazeera

Acting Uvalde police chief during Robb Elementary shooting resigns

Lt. Mariano Pargas was one of the nearly 400 law enforcement officers who responded to the shooting at Robb Elementary on May 24.

The Texas Tribune

Acting Uvalde police chief during school shooting steps down

The Uvalde officer who was leading the city’s police department during the hesitant law enforcement response to the elementary school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers has stepped down

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What Greg Abbott’s decisive win over Beto O’Rourke portends for his future

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 Texas Tribune

Uvalde acting chief delayed after learning children were alive

Call between the Uvalde acting police chief and dispatcher underscores delay in response to US school shooting.

Al Jazeera

Report: Uvalde police chief told kids were alive in school

A police commander at the scene of the Uvalde massacre was informed that children were alive in a classroom with the gunman more than 30 minutes before officers breached the room

The Independent UK

“The fight goes on”: Families of Uvalde shooting victims hoped for change that didn’t come

The families of some of the 19 children killed at Robb Elementary rooted for Beto O’Rourke, hoping he would help change Texas gun laws. They left disappointed but determined to fight on.

The Texas Tribune

Texas judge orders sealing autopsy reports of Uvalde school shooting victims

District attorney Christina Mitchell Busbee argues that ‘release of the details contained in the autopsy records would alert potential suspects of information’

The Independent UK

Months after Massacre, Uvalde County Turns Out for Greg Abbott

Uvaldeans voted resoundingly for the incumbent—who opposes even common sense gun control—over Democrat Beto O’Rourke by a 22-point margin

Texas Observer

The murders of 21 children and teachers in Uvalde weren’t enough to bring down Greg Abbott

On the Texas ballot were the lives of the 19 young students and two heroic teachers killed during the 24 May mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, writes Rachel Sharp

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Greg Abbott reelected Texas governor, defeating Beto O’Rourke

The governor prevailed after a tumultuous period that included the pandemic, a statewide blackout, restrictions on voting and abortion and the Uvalde school shooting.

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South Texas, Abbott vs. O’Rourke, and Harris County: Here are the biggest things to watch for on election night

While the GOP focuses on the border and economy under President Joe Biden, Democrats are hoping to prove polls and political forecasters wrong by tapping into anger over the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the Uvalde school shooting.

The Independent UK

Mother of girl killed in Uvalde shooting hits out at school district after her surviving daughter was dress-coded

Kimberly Mata-Rubio said she received a message from a school official asking her to bring leggings for her surviving daughter

France 24

US midterm elections: Texan voters divided over gun control

One of the key issues on US voters' minds during the upcoming midterm elections will be gun control. Around 40,000 people die from gun violence in the country each year. After every mass shooting, the same questions are asked about whether to restrict access to weapons. In the weeks following…

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Roland Gutierrez Won’t Let Greg Abbott Forget Uvalde

While he's not a "singular-issue" politician, "for these parents … there’s no issue out there that matters if you don’t have your kid.”

The Texas Tribune

Panic buttons, automatic locks and bulletproof windows top the proposed safety rules after Uvalde shooting

These proposed requirements could take effect this school year after the Texas Education Agency takes public comment into consideration.

Tribune News Service

Panic buttons, locked doors could be required in Texas schools

DALLAS — Texas schools would need silent panic buttons in classrooms and two-way emergency radios on campus under a new proposed state rule.

The Texas Tribune

In wake of the Uvalde shooting, hoax active-shooter calls keep parents and police on edge

An increase in fake active-shooter reports since the beginning of the school year has intensified parents’ anxieties and required an additional law enforcement response.

WEKU

Día de los Muertos takes on new meaning in Uvalde

Día de los Muertos, honors loved ones who have passed, the holiday resonated in Uvalde, Texas with a deeper degree of tragedy this year after the community lost 19 children and two teachers last May.

The Texas Tribune

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.

The Texas Tribune

Photos: In the wake of tragedy, Uvalde residents look to murals for healing

Murals of the victims give the community a positive outlet to process their grief and celebrate their loved ones’ lives.

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