More Texas schools are investing in online student surveillance. But does it work?
Uvalde’s school district is one of several statewide using online monitoring of student writing and messaging. But it’s not a perfect solution. Full Story
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Abortion funds languish in legal turmoil, their leaders fearing jail time if they help Texans
It’s unclear whether Texas’ tangled web of abortion laws would make it a crime to pay for a Texan to leave the state to get an abortion, but the threat has compelled the funds to cease services. Full Story
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Texas will increase checkpoints for trucks crossing from Mexico after migrant smuggling deaths
DPS said the checkpoints won’t occur at the ports of entry, which is different than in April when Abbott mandated all commercial vehicles entering from Mexico be checked by state police. The order snarled trade with Mexico at the time. Full Story
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After Uvalde shooting, Texas leaders will spend more than $100 million on school safety, mental health
Almost half the money is going toward bullet-resistant shields for school police officers, a move that Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called on fellow state leaders to support. Full Story
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Butt family, H-E-B donate $10 million to replace Robb Elementary School in Uvalde after mass shooting
The timeline is still unclear for demolishing the school building. The district has plans to replace it with a memorial park. Full Story
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Supreme Court sides with school coach who prayed at a game, offering more protection to public displays of religion
The court ruled a Washington state coach was praying as a private citizen when he knelt after a game on the field, not as an employee of the district. Full Story
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Pandemonium, then silence: Inside a Texas abortion clinic after the fall of Roe
Texas clinics immediately stopped providing abortions Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Then, they had to tell their patients. Full Story
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Republican Texas House candidate in Collin County charged with impersonating public servant
Frederick Frazier’s runoff opponent accused him of posing as a city code compliance officer to get campaign signs taken down. Frazier said his opponent is to blame in the case. Full Story
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U.S. Supreme Court rules there’s no right to abortion, setting up Texas ban
The high court’s monumental ruling will have major impact on Texas, which has a trigger law banning abortions that goes into effect soon. Full Story
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Sister of Uvalde shooting victim testifies before Texas lawmakers: “I’m terrified to go back” to school
Jazmin Cazares, 17, was one of several family members of shooting victims and experts testifying before Texas lawmakers on Thursday. Her sister, Jackie Cazares, 9, was one of the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde. Full Story
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Watch live: Sister of a Uvalde shooting victim and others testify before Texas legislative committee
A joint committee of the Texas legislature is meeting to examine strategies to prevent acts of violence after the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde. Full Story
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Texas is unlikely to adopt key provision of bipartisan gun bill — a red flag law to take guns away from people deemed dangerous
Red flag laws likely remain a nonstarter among Republican leaders in Texas, where Gov. Greg Abbott already faced a conservative backlash after he asked the Legislature to consider them four years ago. Full Story
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Texans tell environmental agency: Stop being reluctant to regulate industry
A report from the state Sunset Advisory Commission found that Texas Commission on Environmental Quality commissioners have become “reluctant” regulators and often encourage industry to “self police.” Full Story
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Texas ag commissioner proposes armed guards at school cafeterias
Experts said the plan, announced at the state GOP convention on Saturday, is not realistic and possibly not legal. Full Story
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State Sen. Roland Gutierrez sues DPS for not releasing Uvalde shooting records
State and local Uvalde officials have fought the release of records that could provide clarity on the botched emergency response to the shooting that killed 19 children and two educators. Full Story
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Locks on 340,000 exterior school doors across Texas will be checked as part of Uvalde shooting response
Texas has more than 1,200 school districts, but the education commissioner promised plans for the review will be completed this summer. Full Story
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Here’s how Pete Arredondo and other law enforcement differ on what happened during the Uvalde shooting
New information released by law enforcement sources and the director of the Department of Public Safety tells a different story about police response to the shooting than Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pete Arredondo. Full Story
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Henry Cuellar wins Democratic primary to keep his South Texas congressional seat, recount finds
A separate recount found that Michelle Vallejo won the party’s nomination for another congressional seat. Full Story
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Uvalde school police chief “decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children,” Texas DPS director says
Steve McCraw testified before a Texas Senate committee, laying blame on local police officers in Uvalde for not acting faster to save children during the school shooting. Full Story
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DPS Director Steve McCraw testifies before Texas Senate committee on Uvalde shooting
A special Texas Senate committee is meeting at 9 a.m. Central on Tuesday in response to the Uvalde school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead. Full Story
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