Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott Suggests Improving Voluntary Background Checks For Person-To-Person Gun Sales
Posted on · Abbott stopped short of saying the Legislature should make the background checks mandatory.
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Houston Matters
Full Show: Addressing Mass Shootings, Our Weekly Political Roundup, And The Best Happy Hours In Houston (Sept. 4, 2019)
Posted on · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: Lawmakers and businesses respond to the Odessa mass shooting, experts break down the week in politics, food writers discuss where they like to go for happy hour, and how prison shaped Ali Siddiq's comedy.
National
Walmart Will No Longer Sell Ammo For Handguns And The AR-15
Posted on · The company will also stop allowing customers to openly carry firearms inside its stores.
News
Texas Gunman Who Killed 7 Had Been Fired Just Hours Before Shootings: Reports
Posted on · Victims of the shooting spree in West Texas include a truck driver who moved to the area because he thought it was safer.
News
At Odessa Vigil, Permian Basin Community Comes Together To Mourn And Honor Lives Lost In Shooting
Posted on · Sunday’s vigil, held on the campus of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, began with a standing ovation for law enforcement and medical providers.
News
Death Toll In West Texas Shooting Rampage Now At 7
Posted on · The FBI says the shooting appears to have been perpetrated by a sole gunman and does not have any connection to terrorism.
News
Facebook Invests In Renewables With Texas Solar Project
Posted on · The Prospero Solar project just north of Odessa will have a capacity of 379 megawatts. That's enough to power around 72,000 homes based on the national average.
Houston Matters
The Flatlanders: A Musical Legacy Built on Serendipity
Posted on · In the early 1970s, a group of Lubbock musicians recorded an album under the name The Flatlanders. But the record was never released, and they parted ways. When the core members, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely and Butch Hancock, went on to achieve musical success on their own there was suddenly interest in their earlier […]