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Criminal Justice
After the Santa Fe shooting, a lawsuit aims to “effect change.” Can civil cases do what legislation hasn’t?
The lawsuit filed against the Santa Fe shooting suspect’s parents aims to hold gun owners responsible for the way they store their firearms around their troubled children. Experts say it fits into a nationwide pattern of gun liability cases that aspire to keep gun owners and manufacturers accountable through fear of high-cost lawsuits.
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Public Education
Texas House and Senate leaders take early steps to consider Gov. Greg Abbott’s school safety plan
Both chambers hope to have certain fixes in place before students return to school in August.
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Texas Elections 2018
Analysis: Lupe Valdez is a longtime cop. Why didn’t she lead the school safety conversation?
After a mass shooting, state officials and candidates were drawn into a public discussion of what to do next. The Democratic candidate for governor, someone with actual law enforcement experience, has had a more muted response.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has a 40-point plan for improving school safety. Here’s what it would do.
The plan includes new gun laws, training for school officials and an app.
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TribCast
Looking at Greg Abbott’s response to Santa Fe
In this edition of the TribCast, Texas Tribune political reporter Patrick Svitek sits down with CEO Evan Smith, executive editor Ross Ramsey and education reporter Aliyya Swaby.
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Analysis: After a mass shooting, a Texas governor’s call to arms
The timing of a terrible school shooting — as his re-election campaign kicks into high gear — gave Gov. Greg Abbott room to call for a change in the debate that usually follows these kinds of tragedies. What will he do with it?
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Criminal Justice
Less than two weeks after Santa Fe shooting, Gov. Greg Abbott to announce school safety plan Wednesday
Gov. Greg Abbott will unveil a plan Wednesday to make the state’s schools safer in light of the recent shooting rampage in Santa Fe that killed 10 people.
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Criminal Justice
After Santa Fe massacre, Texas shooting survivors give lawmakers policy solutions
A week after a student killed 10 people in Santa Fe High School, his classmates and teachers convened at the Capitol to discuss possible solutions for preventing future school shootings at the last of three roundtables on school safety Gov. Greg Abbott held this week.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants to change school architecture to prevent mass shootings. Experts say that’s already happened.
Architects and school safety experts say that campuses are already designed with minimizing death in mind — but that architecture can only go so far.
