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Texas drops its defense of a law that bans young adults from carrying handguns in public

AUSTIN, Texas — Young adults may soon be allowed to carry handguns in public, after the state on Tuesday gave up defending the age-based restrictions in court.

Tribune News Service

AG sought list of trans people in Texas

This comes after a year of attacks on LGBTQ rights led by Gov. Greg Abbott and Republicans in the Texas legislature

Salon

Texas AG Ken Paxton sought data on transgender Texans, report claims

AUSTIN, Texas — Employees in the Texas Department of Public Safety were asked to provide a list of people who changed their sex on state documents in the past two years to the state attorney general’s office, according to the Washington Post.

Tribune News Service

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Texas Department of Public Safety renews enhanced vehicle inspections along Mexican border

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety announced Tuesday it would renew enhanced vehicle inspections across border points of entry, a move that frustrated business leaders when it was used earlier this year and was soon halted.

Tribune News Service

'Buried': Parliament's secret survey results unearthed after FOI battle

Census results reveal low staff morale and a lack of confidence in leadership.

The Canberra Times

Feds often hand migrants over to state police rather than process immigration claims, complaint says

State police often rely on federal immigration officials to lock up migrants on state trespassing charges, according to a new complaint by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas. The collaboration contradicts federal and Texas officials’ attacks on each other’s immigration policies.

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde survivors file a $27 billion class-action lawsuit against police and others

Parents, teachers, school staff and students who were on scene the day of the shooting are demanding redress for "the indelible and forever-lasting trauma" caused by the failures of law enforcement.

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Amid fallout from the Uvalde shooting, Texas DPS wants $1.2 billion for academy and active-shooter training facility

DPS is asking lawmakers to approve a $467 million active-shooter facility as a “down payment” for the training academy. “You play like you practice,” Director Steve McCraw said.

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde police chief who delayed during school shooting steps down

Mariano Pargas, who came under scrutiny over his response to deadly Texas shooting, resigns amid calls he step down.

Al Jazeera

It’s Election Day. Here’s what you need to vote in Texas.

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day. Here’s what’s on the ballot, what you’ll need to vote, how to get help and how to find election results.

The Texas Tribune

Records Shed Light on Abbott’s Secretive Border Wall Boondoggle

As Texas’ construction plans ramp up, records show the state has spent at least $220,000 on rural properties in Cameron and Val Verde Counties.

Texas Observer

Four Uvalde shooting victims left classrooms alive. Investigators are reviewing whether a faster response could have saved them.

The inquiry will help determine whether criminal charges should be brought against responding officers.

The Texas Tribune

Heartbreaking Uvalde 911 audio released

Audio shows just how long police likely knew that children and teachers were in danger before taking action

Salon

“I’m so scared”: 911 recordings reveal fear and urgency of those trapped in Uvalde elementary school

Audio obtained by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica shows just how long police and dispatchers likely knew that children and teachers were in danger before taking action at Robb Elementary School.

The Texas Tribune

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The Guardian - US

‘A change of heart’: sympathies shift over migrants in Texas border town

Eagle Pass has been a way station for undocumented immigrants for years, but recently their numbers have grown – and residents are divided

The Independent UK

New Uvalde video shows officers talking about fears of getting shot outside as gunman killed children inside

‘I’m not trying to get clapped out,’ one Texas DPS trooper says in the footage

Tribune News Service

Greg Abbott, Texas Republicans shift millions to fund border security, school safety

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP legislative leaders on Thursday shifted nearly $775 million into border security and school safety, plus $100 million to cover bills from Texas’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Texas Tribune

Texas diverts $359.6 million from prisons to keep Greg Abbott’s border mission operating

The latest infusion was among $874.6 million in “emergency” budget transfers requested by the Texas Legislative Budget Board, which is composed of GOP state leaders and budget writers.

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Texas Observer

The Uvalde Parents Won’t Back Down

Alongside diligent media members, and despite local divisions, these families aren’t letting Texas move on from the Robb Elementary tragedy.

The Texas Tribune

Tony Gonzales becomes first major Republican to call for DPS Director Steve McCraw to resign

The representative called for McCraw’s resignation after the Department of Public Safety director said in a meeting that the agency had not failed the city of Uvalde.

The Texas Tribune

Texas DPS chief Steve McCraw says his agency “did not fail” at Uvalde school shooting

At a public meeting where families that lost children in the school shooting said he should resign, McCraw said members of the Department of Public Safety made mistakes. But he said he’ll step down only “if DPS as an institution failed the families.”

The Texas Tribune

Early voting has started in Texas. Here are your rights at the polls.

Early voting runs from Monday, Oct. 24, to Friday, Nov. 4. The last day to apply to vote by mail is Friday, Oct. 28. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8.

The Texas Tribune

Texas state trooper who responded to Uvalde shooting fired amid investigations into police response

Department of Public Safety Sgt. Juan Maldonado is the first state police officer fired in the aftermath of a botched police response to the shooting. He was the highest-ranking state trooper to initially respond to Robb Elementary School.

The Independent UK

Police captain ‘tried to delay’ officers entering classroom during Uvalde school massacre, audio reveals

Official now under investigation for delayed response

The Independent UK

Misrach Ewunetie: Search for Princeton student who vanished from New Jersey campus six days ago

Misrach Ewunetie was sharing her location with a family member before her phone was switched off around 3.37am on 14 October

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