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The mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde has been identified as the second deadliest mass school shooting in U.S. history. The deadliest occurred 11 years earlier in Connecticut. Though more than 2,000 miles away, that shooting hit home as few tragedies ever had before. The senseless killings of 20 schoolchildren no older than seven, along with six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown filled the hearts of so many with so much sorrow, so much anger and so much frustration that then-President Obama took to a podium at the White House to try to reassure the country and call lawmakers to action. Wiping tears from his eyes, President Barack Obama declared that the nation had to come together to end such tragedies.

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Schools, Not Prisons: Security Lessons From Rebuilding Sandy Hook Elementary

In Texas, the response from lawmakers was to implement something called the School Marshal Program in 2013 – giving educators the authority to carry weapons in schools. The idea, as its sponsor, former state Rep. Jason Villalba of Dallas explained, was to reduce the response time in an active school shooter situation to seconds, not minutes.
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Fast forward to today . Amid growing demands in Texas and beyond for action on gun safety after the tragedy in Uvalde, there is every indication that significant change to gun regulations will not be coming to Texas anytime soon. In our conversation with The Texas Tribune's Kate McGee, we learned just
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84 school districts out of the state's 1,200 districts have opted into the School Marshal Program.


Against the backdrop of failures by law enforcement during the shooting at Robb Elementary, and resistance from state Republican leaders and the legislative majority to pass gun restrictions, it is not unlikely that we may soon see a renewed push to arm educators. This won't be the last word on the conversation – far from it. With statewide elections in November for spots from the Governor on down, Texans have more than enough reasons to make their voices heard. In the meantime, we continue to listen to your stories and share them on our program. We hope to hear from you soon.

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Why was Uvalde’s school district police chief in charge of mass shooting response?

"People think about these police procedurals that they watch and FBI shows up and suddenly they’re in charge and they take over. But that’s not how it works in the real world.”



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‘Uvalde didn’t have to happen’: Teachers groups implore lawmakers to focus on gun safety policies

Texas educators – already stretched thin by the pandemic – say they chose their profession to teach, not to police their schools or bear the responsibility of preventing a mass shooting in their classrooms.




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In ‘Corrections in Ink,’ Texas journalist shares her journey from incarceration to investigating prisons & jails

Keri Blakinger’s new memoir details an early figure skating career with an abrupt end, her subsequent spiral into heroin addiction and a felony arrest and prison term in New York.




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Adrian Quesada conjures new grooves from bygone Latin beats in 'Boleros Psicodelicos '

The latest album by Quesada, one-half of Austin’s Black Pumas, celebrates Latin baladas of an earlier era.



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Uvalde mayor says he’s in the dark on shooting investigation
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Dallas County commissioners urge Abbott to call special session on guns
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A prison bus collided with a truck in Conroe hours after Texas suspended inmate transportation
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Faced with scooter seizures, Bird pays property tax bill months late
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The Talk of Texas is running down the state’s entire 254 counties – Anderson to Zavala – with points of interest pulled from the Texas Standard archives.


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Bandera CountyFounded: 1856
County seat: Bandera
Population: 20,851
Y'all come visit: Billing itself as the “Cowboy Capital of the World,” quaint and cute Bandera’s Central Texas location makes it a great destination for a quick weekend getaway. And we even did the legwork for you with this
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roundup of things to do in its namesake county seat.
Wonderful ranches: Owing to its cowboy capital status, Bandera has no shortage of historic dude ranches – some with slightly dubious backstories. But as an architecture professor
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told us back in 2017 , who cares if your “fly-in” ranch wasn’t really built by Frank Lloyd Wright? It’s a cool concept regardless.
One last thing: Speaking of ranches, in 2016 we
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profiled one remarkable rancher : Barbara Mazurek, who at the age of 80 lived and worked by herself raising goats. Mazurek died last year;
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you can read more here about her award-winning achievements.

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