The Latest Breaking News from Uvalde

The Texas state senator who represents Uvalde, alongside the parents of the children killed in the state’s deadliest school shooting, are calling on the Texas Department of Public Safety’s director to resign following reports a former trooper who responded to the massacre was hired as a school district police officer.

Gov. Greg Abbott said the school district knew the ex-trooper “had actions inconsistent with training and department requirements.”

Families of those killed in May school shooting support Democrat in race against Texas governor Greg Abbott

Abbott’s team rejected the assertion, saying that O’Rourke agreed to the audience-free debate months ago.

Uvalde school massacre and immigration to be hot topics at debate

Parents of some of the 19 children killed in the Uvalde school massacre are calling for tougher gun laws in Texas as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke meet for their only debate

In a news conference ahead of the only gubernatorial debate, 35 family members of Uvalde school shooting victims said they would support O’Rourke because of Gov. Greg Abbott’s inaction on gun control measures.

The lawsuit says each defendant played a part in the shooting’s tragic outcome

The debate, the candidates’ first and likely only one before the November election, begins at 7 p.m. Central time in Edinburg.