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Challenges, updates on the Uvalde school shooting. What’s actually been done?

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Posted on August 15, 2022 · Since the tragedy in Uvalde, the new school year has us all looking for answers. Today, we get a current update from The Texas Tribune, talk with those who have the power to make change, and we hear from the father of one of Robb Elementary School's shooting victims.

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Houston ISD approves funding for police equipment in case of active shooting situation

Cory McGinnis

Posted on August 12, 2022 · Equipment includes rifles, ballistic shields, bulletproof vests and ammunition for HISD officers.

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Beto O’Rourke curses at laughing heckler during speech about Uvalde school shooting

Adam Zuvanich

Posted on August 11, 2022 · The Texas gubernatorial candidate was speaking at a campaign rally in Mineral Wells when someone in the crowd laughed as he talked about the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School.

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Uvalde CISD adds virtual learning option for families reeling from mass shooting

Camille Phillips, TPR

Posted on August 9, 2022 · During a school board meeting Monday evening, Uvalde Superintendent Hal Harrell said the district had gotten permission from the Texas Education Agency to launch a virtual academy for any Uvalde family that wants it.

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Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School Principal Mandy Gutierrez reinstated days after suspension

BONNIE PETRIE, TPR / Dan Katz, Texas Public Radio

Posted on July 29, 2022 · Gutierrez said she followed the training she was provided to the best of her abilities, adding that she would second guess herself for the rest of her life.

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Uvalde’s Robb Elementary principal placed on administrative leave

BONNIE PETRIE, TPR

Posted on July 26, 2022 · The Uvalde School Board also agreed to move the first day of school from Aug. 15 to Sept. 6, giving the district extra time to improve security and put programs in place to support the children emotionally when they return to school.

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‘They’re Hunting Us’: Texas Abortion Mutual Aid Fund Prepares For Effects Of New Law

BONNIE PETRIE, TPR

Posted on September 2, 2021 · TPR’s Bonnie Petrie spoke with Makayla Montoya Frazier, founder of the Buckle Bunnies Fund, a group that helps fund abortions in Texas, about how this new law is impacting her work.

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CDC Recalls Coronavirus Patient After Release From Isolation In San Antonio

BONNIE PETRIE, TPR / Joey Palacios, TPR

Posted on March 2, 2020 · The recall prompted criticism of the CDC from San Antonio's mayor.

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Total Confirmed COVID-19 Cases At San Antonio Quarantine Rises To 6

BONNIE PETRIE, TPR

Posted on February 25, 2020 · The three new cases are among the evacuees from the Diamond Princess cruise ship that arrived at Lackland Air Force Base a week ago.

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San Antonio Air Force Base Will House Quarantined Evacuees From China As Coronavirus Spreads

BONNIE PETRIE, TPR

Posted on February 3, 2020 · Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland announced on Saturday it had been selected by the Department of Health and Human Services.

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San Antonio Researcher Helps Develop Experimental Zika Test

BONNIE PETRIE, TPR

Posted on January 30, 2019 · The new technology uses fluid and tools including lasers to look at molecules on a small chip to quickly learn several things.

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‘How Did I Leave My Child in The Car?’ Experts Say It’s Easier than You Might Think

BONNIE PETRIE, TPR

Posted on July 25, 2018 · So far, this year there have been 25 confirmed heatstroke deaths in cars in the U.S. Two of them were in Texas

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San Antonio Researchers Conduct Breakthrough Study In Treating Autism

BONNIE PETRIE, TPR

Posted on July 12, 2018 · Researchers successfully reduced exaggerated repetitive behaviors in mice by "cutting" the gene at a location they believe causes the habitual actions.

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Researchers In San Antonio Offer New Hope To People With Tuberculosis

BONNIE PETRIE, TPR

Posted on July 6, 2018 · For centuries, a TB diagnosis was often a death sentence, but since the 1940s doctors used antibiotics to treat the infection.

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Zika Study Finds High Miscarriage Rate In Infected Primates

BONNIE PETRIE, TPR

Posted on July 5, 2018 · There is currently no vaccine against Zika, but scientists are working on it.

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