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How Texas Educators Train before Arming Themselves at School
Posted on · The school marshal program allows certain school staffers to carry a firearm and neutralize active shooters on campus. Here's how participants train.
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Texas Senate School Safety Committee Recommends Focusing on Mental Health, Avoids Gun Control
Posted on · The Senate Select Committee on Violence in Schools and School Safety also wants to explore new funding to help arm certain school employees.
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Blocked from Distributing Plans for 3D-Printed Guns, ‘Crypto-Anarchist’ Is Still in The DIY Gun Business
Posted on · Cody Wilson's group Defense Distributed is known for attempting to upload the digital blueprints for 3D-printed guns. But he also helps customers make unregistered, unserialized conventional firearms, from Glocks to AR-15s.
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West Texas A&M President Finds Home in Panhandle after Controversial Past
Posted on · Walter Wendler, president of West Texas A&M University, has expanded community outreach and doctoral programs for rural areas, but his past has its share of contentious moments
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The Trump Administration Will Aid Farmers Hurt by Trade War; Some Texas Lawmakers Call It Welfare
Posted on · The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $12 billion in emergency aid to offset the effects of new tariffs — to the relief of many Texas farmers
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Guns Chill Free Speech, UT-Austin Professors Will Argue At Federal Appeals Court
Posted on · Three UT-Austin professors sued to end a state law mandating campus carry in Texas. Though a federal judge dismissed the suit, the fight isn't over as the case goes to a federal appeals court.
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Texas A&M Vet School Tells Texas Tech: This State Ain’t Big Enough For The Two Of Us
Posted on · To address a shortage of rural vets, Texas Tech plans to build a new vet school, which would be the second in the state. But A&M said doing so would detract state resources without solving anything.
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Arming Teachers With Guns? West Texas A&M Arms Teachers With Computers
Posted on · 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.
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Border Official Says Agency Isn’t Referring Immigrant Families For Prosecution
Posted on · Another federal official did say, however, that two Texas military bases will be used to house migrants.
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Lawmakers To Address Neglect Of Medically Vulnerable Texans Following Dallas Morning News Report
Posted on · Following the newspaper's investigation into failings and cutbacks in the state's managed care program, three Texas House committees will meet this month to discuss ways to improve the program.
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Texas Abortion Rights Groups Sue In An Effort To Strike Down Years Of Abortion-Related State Laws
Posted on · The advocates are attempting to undo Texas abortion-related laws going back to 1999. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Austin.
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Beto O’Rourke Says He’s ‘Very, Very Proud Of My Mom’ After Ted Cruz Brings Up Her Tax Fraud Case
Posted on · Cruz called O'Rourke a hypocrite for supporting taxing business for sales across state lines, pointing to a furniture store owned by O'Rourke's mother that was found guilty in 2010 of tax law violations.
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As Bayer And Monsanto Push For Merger, Texas Farmers Fear Rising Prices
Posted on · Multinational agricultural firms Bayer and Monsanto say their planned merger will boost innovation by consolidating resources. But some farmers say the merger eliminates competition and could lead to higher seed prices.
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Cities Race To Annex Land Before New Texas Law Goes Into Effect Dec. 1
Posted on · A new law will require certain cities to get the consent of a majority of property owners before annexing their land.
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Some In Texas Legislature Call For Rethinking State’s Gun Laws
Posted on · Following the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history, some Democrats and at least one Republican in the Texas Legislature are calling on state leaders to take a hard look at the state's gun laws.