Analysis: What sees us through
In a steady rain of bad news — shootings, immigrant family separations, harsh political differences — one thing stands out. We're tenacious. Full Story
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![Jai Gillard, a freshman at Santa Fe High School, writes a message on a cross at a makeshift memorial left in memory of the victims killed in a shooting in Santa Fe, on May 21, 2018.]()
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Arming teachers with guns? West Texas A&M arms teachers with computers
West Texas A&M opened a simulated emergency operations center on campus to train student teachers on how to respond to crises, including active shooters and natural disasters. Full Story
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![Harry Hueston, professor of Criminal Justice at West Texas A&M University, demonstrates emergency operations software inside a classroom on campus in Canyon on June 15]()
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Parenting and stricter gun laws would make schools safer, Texas voters tell UT/TT Poll
Gun laws should be stricter, according to a majority of the voters surveyed in a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, but that's only one of several things they blame for recent school shootings. Full Story
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Cultural split is evident at Texas committee hearing on gun proposals
Gun rights advocates and student protesters at the Capitol on Monday argued over possible legislation to remove guns from people deemed dangerous and to mandate safe storage of firearms. The hearing was held after Gov. Greg Abbott requested legislators look at gun and school safety after the fatal Santa Fe school shooting. Full Story
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![The state House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence listens as former Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson testifies on potential gun legislation after the Santa Fe school shooting, on June 25, 2018.]()
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Will Texas pass a “red flag” law to remove guns from people who are deemed dangerous?
As part of his school and gun safety plan, Gov. Greg Abbott wants to explore a law that would allow local officials to take guns away from people if a judge declares them a danger — while also protecting Second Amendment rights. It's an issue that has previously gone nowhere in the Texas Legislature. Full Story
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![Travis County Judge Mike Denton describes the conditions — including the surrender of any guns — of a family violence protective order in his courtroom Friday, June 15, 2018.]()
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During school safety hearing, Texas lawmakers express support for arming faculty and staff — maybe even with rifles
Following Gov. Greg Abbott's recommendations on school gun safety, members of a Senate committee on school violence debated the efficacy of expanding programs that already arm faculty and school staff. Full Story
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![Left to right: State Sens. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, Eddie Lucio Jr., D-Brownville, and John Whitmire, D-Houston, at the second day of hearings held by the Senate Select Committee on Violence in Schools and School Security on June 12, 2018.]()
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Texas Senate committee discusses school safety after Santa Fe shooting
We livestreamed a meeting of the Texas Senate Select Committee on Violence in Schools & School Security. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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![Democratic candidate for governor Lupe Valdez during a Jolt the Vote event in Austin on April 29, 2018.]()
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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. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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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? Full Story
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![Texas Governor Greg Abbott convenes the second of three panels studying school safety and student mental health issues at the Texas Capitol in the wake of last week's Santa Fe, Texas school shooting that left eight students and two teachers dead.]()
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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. Full Story
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![Texas Governor Greg Abbott convenes the third of three roundtable discussions on school safety and student mental health issues, at the Capitol in Austin on May 24, 2018.]()
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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. Full Story
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![Santa Fe High School student Grace Johnson speaks during the third day of roundtable discussions on gun and school safety, held by Gov. Greg Abbott at the Capitol in Austin on May 24, 2018.]()
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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. Full Story
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After Santa Fe shooting talks, Abbott expresses support for mental health checks, reporting stolen guns
The Republican governor said he could get behind a few proposed regulations that arose from the second day of discussions on school and gun safety after a fatal shooting in Santa Fe. Full Story
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![Texas Governor Greg Abbott convenes the second of three panels studying school safety and student mental health issues at the Texas Capitol in the wake of last week's Santa Fe High School shooting that left eight students and two teachers dead.]()
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Dissecting Tuesday’s party primary runoffs in Texas
In this edition of the TribCast, the first one after the party primary runoffs, Texas Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey sits down with Political Editor Aman Batheja and reporters Patrick Svitek and Emma Platoff. Full Story
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![In this edition of the TribCast, the first one after the party primary runoffs, Texas Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey sits down with Political Editor Aman Batheja and reporters Patrick Svitek and Emma Platoff.]()
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott touts immediate plans to stop school shootings, but avoids talk of a special session
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott hosted his first of three roundtable discussions on gun violence at the Capitol Tuesday. Full Story
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![Gov. Greg Abbott (top center, in front of U.S. flag) held the first of three roundtable discussions on school safety in Austin on May 22, 2018, in the aftermath of the Santa Fe high school shooting.]()
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After Santa Fe shooting, prominent Texas House Republican asks Abbott to call special session on school shootings
House State Affairs Committee Chairman Byron Cook joined a growing chorus of Texas politicians who have already asked Abbott to call back lawmakers to weigh proposals on the issue. Full Story
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