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Hot temperatures across Texas are stressing the power infrastructure. But if your home loses electricity this summer, it’s not necessarily because of the state grid.
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State Rep. Dustin Burrows said lawmakers also plan to discuss their probe into the May 24 school shooting with family members of victims. The announcement comes as the investigation into the shooting continues to face heavy criticism.
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The Texas Department of Public Safety, Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock, Gov. Greg Abbott and others have asked Uvalde District Attorney Christina Busbee to make the 77-minute-long video public. Busbee says no.
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Mayor Don McLaughlin denied a recent report that said a Uvalde officer passed up a chance to shoot the gunman at Robb Elementary. The officer never saw the gunman, he said.
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In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled that states could not invoke sovereign immunity that shielded them from lawsuits under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994.
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Roland Gutierrez, a San Antonio Democrat whose district includes Uvalde, said DPS has “unlawfully denied” his request and hasn’t responded to the senator within the timeframe set forth in Texas law.
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It took about an hour and 14 minutes from when officers arrived at the school to when they breached the door and ended the standoff with the gunman.
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The review came after Gonzalo Lopez escaped on May 12 and eventually killed five people.
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A Texas Tribune interview with UCISD police chief Pete Arredondo, along with video and shooting investigation materials reviewed by The New York Times, provide further details into how law enforcement responded to last month’s shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde.
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Texas Department of Public Safety officials were heavily criticized by Uvalde parents and residents for walking back some initial information provided to the public — including key details about the police response.
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State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, who represents Uvalde, told The Texas Newsroom he thinks the decision to allow witnesses to testify in private was “just another lack of transparency.”
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The decision by Mexican President AndrésManuel López Obrador to boycott the Summit of the Americas comes after Mexico refused to sanction Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.