The chamber’s attempt to ban semi-automatic weapons after a series of mass shootings appears destined to fail in the Senate.
Stories by Texas Tribune fellows
The Texas Tribune welcomes a group of student fellows into our newsroom each spring, summer and fall. Here is a sampling of their work. Learn more about the fellowship program here.
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Guns in Texas
Texas’ complex relationship with firearms: Leading America in gun sales, but with a declining gun ownership rate
We examine decades of data on gun ownership and gun violence to show trends across the state. Some of them might surprise you.
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Public Education
Texas suing USDA over requirement to add LGBTQ protections to nutrition programs’ nondiscrimination policies
The USDA Food and Nutrition Service announced in May that it would expand its definition of sexual discrimination to include gender identity and sexual orientation. Paxton and other attorneys general are suing in response.
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Uvalde school shooting
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.
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Congress
Only one Texas Republican in Congress voted to protect marriage equality
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales was the only Texas Republican to vote for a bill seeking to codify the right to same-sex marriage. The measure passed the House, but its fate in the Senate is uncertain.
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Uvalde school shooting
“What are you going to do about your failures?”: Uvalde parents demand answers at school board meeting
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.
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Uvalde school shooting
Texas Department of Public Safety investigating how 91 of its troopers and Rangers responded to Uvalde school shooting
The department’s officers made up nearly one-fourth of the 376 law enforcement members who responded to Texas’ deadliest school shooting. Announcement of the inquiry came one day after a report criticized police response to the massacre.
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Texas Abortion Restrictions
U.S. House approves Rep. Lizzie Fletcher’s bill to protect the right to seek an abortion out of state
The bill would also shield the rights of any person or group helping someone get an abortion out of state.
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Politics
Two Texas congressmen attended White House meeting about overturning 2020 election results, Jan. 6 committee reveals
It’s not clear what roles Brian Babin and Louie Gohmert played in the December 2020 meeting preceding the U.S. Capitol attack that interrupted Congress’ certification of the vote.
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Uvalde school shooting
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 Association’s annual conference in Austin this week drew a large crowd. It discussed the roles counselors play before and after such traumatic events.
