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How Texas Educators Train before Arming Themselves at School

Matthew Choi Texas Tribune

Posted on August 14, 2018 · The school marshal program allows certain school staffers to carry a firearm and neutralize active shooters on campus. Here's how participants train.

Tags active shooters arms firearms guns schools Texas educators

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Texas Senate School Safety Committee Recommends Focusing on Mental Health, Avoids Gun Control

Matthew Choi Texas Tribune

Posted on August 6, 2018 · 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

Matthew Choi Texas Tribune

Posted on August 6, 2018 · 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.

Tags 3D-printed guns Cody Wilson gun control gun rights activist guns texas

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West Texas A&M President Finds Home in Panhandle after Controversial Past

Matthew Choi Texas Tribune

Posted on July 31, 2018 · 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

Matthew Choi Texas Tribune / CLAIRE PARKER, The Texas Tribune

Posted on July 26, 2018 · 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

Tags farmers texas Trade War

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Guns Chill Free Speech, UT-Austin Professors Will Argue At Federal Appeals Court

Matthew Choi Texas Tribune

Posted on July 11, 2018 · 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.

Tags gun gun safety texas texas law UT Austin

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Texas A&M Vet School Tells Texas Tech: This State Ain’t Big Enough For The Two Of Us

Matthew Choi Texas Tribune

Posted on July 9, 2018 · 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.

Tags a&m texas Texas A&M Texas A&M vet school Texas Tech

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Arming Teachers With Guns? West Texas A&M Arms Teachers With Computers

Matthew Choi Texas Tribune

Posted on June 28, 2018 · 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.

Tags arming teachers computers guns Texas A&M

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Border Official Says Agency Isn’t Referring Immigrant Families For Prosecution

Matthew Choi Texas Tribune / Shannon Najmabadi, The Texas Tribune

Posted on June 25, 2018 · Another federal official did say, however, that two Texas military bases will be used to house migrants.

Tags border families divided immigrant families immigration Texas military bases

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Lawmakers To Address Neglect Of Medically Vulnerable Texans Following Dallas Morning News Report

Matthew Choi Texas Tribune / Brandon Formby, The Texas Tribune

Posted on June 19, 2018 · 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

Matthew Choi Texas Tribune

Posted on June 14, 2018 · 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

Matthew Choi Texas Tribune

Posted on June 6, 2018 · 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

Matthew Choi Texas Tribune

Posted on November 28, 2017 · 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

Matthew Choi Texas Tribune

Posted on November 16, 2017 · 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

Matthew Choi Texas Tribune

Posted on November 8, 2017 · 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.

Tags Governor Greg Abbott gun control gun control reform Sutherland Springs SUTHERLAND SPRINGS SHOOTING Texas Gun Sense

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