…the rule to its elementary schools. The original plan was adopted in the months following the Uvalde school shooting in May 2022, which left 19 children and two teachers dead…
There's a Buc-ee's Knockoff in Mexico?
…Bryan. The lawsuit was ultimately dismissed and settled out of court. Chicks has since been sold and rebranded as Stripes Convenience Store. Buc-ee’s also sued B&B Grocery in Uvalde County…
ID System Hoped To Boost Safety at Local ISD
…and security experts, as The Dallas Express reported. Yet education officials have been pressed to reconsider their security protocols in the aftermath of the Uvalde Robb Elementary shooting in which…
Armed School Guard Law Kicks in This Fall
…tragic mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde in May 2022. In addition to mandating armed security on campuses, Texas also conducted an intruder audit of most campuses in the…
Final School Campus Intruder Audits Released
…As previously reported by The Dallas Express, intruder audits were ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott following the deadly school shooting at Uvalde Elementary School in May 2022. The final report…
Gutierrez Announces 2024 U.S. Senate Campaign
…decade and was elected to the State Senate representing District 19 in 2020, per Axios. District 19 includes Uvalde, the location of a school shooting that left 21 people dead….
Local ISD Implements Clear Bag Policy
…clear backpack to students free of charge upon request. Several school districts in Texas have adopted clear bag policies after 21 students and teachers were killed in the Uvalde Robb…
Will DISD Clear Bag Policy Keep Students Safe?
…students (grades 6-12) for the 2022-2023 school year a few months after the deadly Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde in May of last year. This meant students were either…
Future of 'Lost' Texas Transparency Bill Uncertain
…on the loophole since 2017 but has garnered bipartisan support after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde in 2022. “More than anything, the families of the #Uvalde…
TX Schools Lag in SRO Active Shooter Training
Many school resource officers (SRO) have yet to undergo active shooter training more than one year after the mass shooting at Uvalde Elementary School, according to the expert assigned to…
DISD Apologizes for Winnie-the-Pooh Shooting Book
…focus on the new reality of insufficient school security, barely more than one year out from the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. One of the book’s passages reportedly…
TX Legislature Passes School Safety Measures
…anniversary of the Uvalde shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 dead, passed through the Texas House and Senate on Sunday. House Bill 3 requires an armed security officer…
Cornyn Visits Local School To Survey Security
…through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022, enacted in the wake of the deadly Uvalde school shooting last May. In addition to expanding funding for enforcing “red flag” laws,…
Parent of Uvalde Survivor Banned From Campus
Free speech litigation brought by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) is set to move forward against Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (UCISD) after a parent claimed his…
Moment of Silence for Uvalde at 11:30 a.m.
…officer, as previously reported by The Dallas Express. Uvalde residents are still grieving one year after the tragedy. City officials for Uvalde issued a joint statement ahead of the anniversary,…
Remembering Uvalde One Year Later
One year later, the Uvalde community continues to grieve and remember those killed at Robb Elementary School. It marks the anniversary of the tragic mass shooting. On May 24, 2022,…
Allen Mall Victims Honored by Dallas Artist
…pieces for other shootings, such as the Uvalde shooting that occurred nearly one year ago. But this latest memorial was different in terms of community response and engagement. “[Previously, when…
Anti-Gun Bill Advances After Allen Mass Shooting
…referred to the shooter’s weapon as an “AR-15 style” rifle, similar to the type of gun used in last year’s Robb Elementary shooting in Uvalde, which killed 21 people, including…
Opinion: Congressional Gun Lovers: Accessories Before the Fact
…high school kids and even grade school children. Columbine. Sandy Hook. Parkland. Uvalde. The list is long and continues to grow longer. More innocent lives lost. More families plunged into…
By Dan McGuire | May 9, 2023
Local School Board Races: Results and Issues
…of talk among parents about how teachers can keep our kids safe in a post-Uvalde world, and we trust them with guns, but we don’t trust them with books,” Trevino…