Nation Oct 06 Uvalde school district abruptly fires ex-trooper who stood by during shooting after outcry Uvalde school officials have abruptly fired a former Texas state trooper who was on scene of the Robb Elementary School massacre in May and then hired by the school district.
Nation Sep 20 Texas sheriff believes ‘criminal activity’ involved in Martha’s Vineyard flights; opens investigation A Texas sheriff has opened a criminal investigation into two flights of migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Nation Aug 30 Associated Press, other news outlets sue Uvalde officials for records The Associated Press and other news organizations are suing officials in Uvalde, Texas, after months of refusal to publicly release records related to the May massacre at Robb Elementary School.
Politics Aug 22 Election workers abruptly quit, upending rural Texas county The entire elections staff in a rural Texas county has quit less than three months before November's midterm elections. Two full-time elections workers in Gillespie County say threats and harassment drove them out of the job.
Nation Jul 18 Texas state police launch internal review of Uvalde shooting response The review comes after a damning new 80-page report released over the weekend by the Texas House revealed wide failures by all levels of law enforcement.
Nation Jul 18 Damning report, bodycam video show chaos of police response to Uvalde shooting A damning report and hours of body camera footage laid bare the chaotic response to a mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school.
Nation Jul 17 ‘Systemic failures’ led to bewildering police inaction in Uvalde, report finds A report says nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting that left 21 people dead at a Uvalde elementary school. But “systemic failures” created a chaotic scene that lasted more than an hour before the gunman was…
Politics Jul 12 Video of school hall during Uvalde mass shooting to be shown for town residents A Texas lawmaker says surveillance video from the Robb Elementary School hallway where police waited as a gunman opened fire in a fourth-grade classroom will be shown this weekend to residents of Uvalde.
Nation Jul 07 Texas governor authorizes state forces to return migrants to border Abbott on Thursday authorized state forces to apprehend migrants and return them to the U.S.-Mexico border, pushing the boundaries of their enforcement powers and the Republican's escalating efforts to curb the rising number of crossings.
Politics May 13 Texas Supreme Court to allow state to investigate trans youth parents The Texas Supreme Court is allowing the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse.