Uvalde

Nathan James Cruz, 17, was arrested on charges of making a terroristic threat and making a terroristic threat against his family. His mother reported his statements to police.

Kimberly Mata-Rubio says she hopes to reunite the community if elected. The town has been torn on how to move on after 19 children and two teachers were killed in the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary.

“If I were grading our state legislature based on their performance and what they did for children and families, even with grade inflation, I would give them a D plus, maybe a D minus.”

The two-year ban on Uvalde parent Adam Martinez has been lifted after the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression threatened to proceed with litigation against the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District.

Written in response to the deadly Uvalde shooting at Robb Elementary School in 2022 that killed 19 students and 2 teachers, House Bill 3 would require armed security in every Texas school. But critics say the last-minute measure won't make kids any safer.

On May 24, 2022, a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. People gathered to remember them across the state on the anniversary.

Both adults and children have lost faith that law enforcement can or will protect them.

Faith Mata says her sister Tess ‘was the most loving kid I think I could have ever imagined.’

Federal law protects the firearms industry from many lawsuits, but Uvalde parents are putting the laws to the test by suing a gun manufacturer over the way they market their weapon.

An open letter signed by Uvalde officials is urging people to give residents of Uvalde time, space and privacy to remember those lost on the one year mark of the Robb Elementary School shooting while a group representing some of the victims’ families wants people to come to town to mourn with them.

“I’m angry, and I’m not going to give up,” Nikki Cross, the mother of 10-year-old Uvalde shooting victim Uziyah, recently told a group of gun control advocates.

Veronica and Jerry Mata’s daughter Tess ‘was a loving little girl. She loved hugs. … She could make a friend in a minute.’