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After Uvalde shooting, Texas leaders will spend more than $100 million on school safety, mental health

After Uvalde shooting, Texas leaders will spend more than $100 million on school safety, mental health

Uvalde School Shooting

After Uvalde shooting, Texas leaders will spend more than $100 million on school safety, mental health

Uvalde School Shooting

Texas safety officials will begin “random intruder detection audits” of schools in September

Texas School Safety Center officials said they will alert districts and local law enforcement of the audits, but not campuses.
News

McDonald's across Texas raise more than $250K for Uvalde community

Ten percent of lunchtime proceeds from local McDonald's have been given to back to the community of Uvalde.
Uvalde School Shooting

Uvalde teacher wounded in school shooting returns home to welcome parade

Arnulfo Reyes has undergone several surgeries since last month's shooting.
Uvalde School Shooting

Uvalde school shooter's grandmother released from hospital after being shot in face before massacre

Celia Gonzales is the 66-year-old woman who was taken to University Health in San Antonio in critical condition on the day of the shooting.
Uvalde School Shooting

Butt family, H-E-B donate $10 million to replace Robb Elementary School in Uvalde after mass shooting

The timeline is still unclear for demolishing the school building. The district has plans to replace it with a memorial park.
Y'all-itics

What's on the Uvalde bodycam footage Texas DPS isn't releasing? 'Chaos,' says the state senator fighting for it to see the light of day

Texas State Sen. Roland Gutierrez tells Y'all-itics that the Texas Department of Public Safety said it would only share Uvalde records with him if he signed an NDA.
Nation World

Biden signs landmark gun violence compromise

The House approved the gun bill Friday, exactly one month after a gunman massacred 19 students and two teachers at an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school.
Uvalde School Shooting

Uvalde High School holds graduation exactly one month after mass shooting at Robb Elementary School

The graduation, which was originally scheduled for May 27, was put on hold following the tragic loss of life at Robb Elementary School on May 24.
Nation World

Senate passes landmark gun violence bill, House passage is next

It took nearly a month of closed-door talks but a group of senators emerged with a compromise embodying incremental but impactful movement.
Uvalde School Shooting

Texas agriculture commissioner plans to put more officers in school cafeterias

Sid Miller also said he is working with the USDA to direct federal funding toward the placements.
Uvalde School Shooting

Locks on 340,000 exterior school doors across Texas will be checked as part of Uvalde shooting response

HISD, the state's largest district, said teachers are advised to keep classroom doors locked at all times and school entrances and exits are checked regularly.