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Billboards in California use mass shooting in Uvalde to deter people form moving to Texas
‘The Texas Miracle Died in Uvalde,’ the billboards spotted around Los Angeles and San Francisco read.
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Texas Border, Kyle Rittenhouse Selfie: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week
This week’s top stories include a HGTV series casting San Antonio residents for its second season and bougie Dallas store Saint Bernard opening a San Antonio outpost.
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Actor Chuck Norris stars in new PSA to market Texas’ suspicious-activity reporting system
The 30-second PSA launched in media markets across Texas on Wednesday.
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Millions donated after Uvalde shooting still haven’t reached victims and families
The largest fund for those affected by the May 24 massacre is still months away from distributing most of the $16 million it has raised. Some families are turning to smaller donations to get by.
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Mayor Ron Nirenberg says Abbott, Texas Legislature pushing back on common-sense gun reform
Nirenberg said that Abbott and the state legislature have actively weakened gun laws following other mass shootings.
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San Antonio’s second-largest school district offers to pay for police training amid officer shortage
Northeast ISD is offering to cover the cost of police academy training for local cadets that commit to working with its police department for at least three years after graduation.
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Uvalde school board sets yet another date to vote on district police chief Pete Arredondo’s firing
A hearing to decide the fate of the embattled chief has already been delayed twice.
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Roberto Marquez’s mural offers a memorial to the 53 migrants who died this summer in San Antonio
Marquez spent nearly two weeks working in the heat, painting what he refers to as the ‘Trailer of Death.’
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Termination hearing for Uvalde School District police chief delayed — again
Chief Pete Arredondo has faced mounting criticism for his response to the shooting at Robb Elementary School.
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News organizations sue Texas Department of Public Safety for withholding info on Uvalde shooting
The coalition includes the Texas Tribune, the Washington Post, the New York Times Co., CNN and other major outlets.
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Uvalde school board postpones meeting to discuss firing police Chief Pete Arredondo
The school district canceled the meeting at the request of Arredondo’s lawyer. A new date has not been set.
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Ted Cruz says more cops will halt mass shootings, even though it didn’t work that way in Uvalde
Texas’ junior senator added that the passage of the first new gun-reform legislation in decades is likely to ‘do nothing to prevent violent crime.’
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Uvalde superintendent recommends firing of school Police Chief Pete Arredondo
A Texas House committee investigating the incident blasted Arredondo for failing to lead at the scene of the Robb Elementary School shooting.
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Document shows Uvalde officials tried to put spin on shooting response, New York Times reports
The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety refused to endorse the document during a ‘heated’ meeting days after the shooting.
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Beto O’Rourke closing in on Abbott’s lead in Texas governor’s race, according to new poll
The latest poll, conducted by the University of Houston, shows O’Rourke trailing by just 5 points.
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Video released from Uvalde shooting shows sluggish police response
The lengthy delay seen as police gather in the hallway backs up Texas Department of Public Safety reports that officers waited more than hour after the shooting began to take down the suspect.
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Beto O’Rourke to launch 49-day campaign tour of Texas
The Democratic gubernatorial challenger plans to hold 70 public events in more than 65 counties.
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Texas officials agree to release surveillance footage from Uvalde mass shooting
The update comes as some lawmakers accuse the Texas Department of Public Safety of orchestrating a coverup.
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Gov. Greg Abbott’s lead over Beto O’Rourke narrows to 6 points, poll finds
The 6-point gap is smaller than when Republican George W. Bush ousted Democrat Ann Richards in 1994.
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State Senator from San Antonio, Uvalde mayor say state isn’t aiding school-shooting families
The elected officials said one family almost had its power cut off while its child was in the hospital, while others only got ‘meager’ bereavement benefits.