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A property tax deal has eluded Texas lawmakers. Here’s where things stand at the start of another special session.

Top Republicans promised property tax cuts, but have been locked in standoffs on how to achieve it. Gov. Greg Abbott has called another overtime legislative session in hopes of solidifying a plan.

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Texas Republicans ended a patchwork of local rules they say hurt business. They also eroded powers of city councils.

Lawmakers delivered Gov. Greg Abbott a long-sought bill to stop local governments from enacting local laws that exceed state law on a number of fronts.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Senate passes school safety bill that would require districts to bolster their active-shooter plans

Both chambers have said school safety is a priority this session after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at a Uvalde elementary school last year.

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Texas House approves sweeping limits on local regulations in GOP’s latest jab at blue cities

City officials say the full scope of the legislation advanced Tuesday is still unclear, but it would limit their ability to issue worker protections, water restrictions and more.

The Texas Tribune

Police feared Uvalde gunman’s AR-15

Police told investigators they were cowed by the shooter’s military-style rifle

Salon

“He has a battle rifle”: Police feared Uvalde gunman’s AR-15

In previously unreleased interviews, police who responded to the Robb Elementary shooting told investigators they were cowed by the shooter’s military-style rifle. This drove their decision to wait for a Border Patrol SWAT team to engage him, which took more than an hour.

The Texas Tribune

Texas cities have adopted ordinances to benefit workers. Sweeping legislation could roll many back.

Lawmakers say their bills are needed to provide small businesses with consistent regulations and that regulatory power should be returned to the state. Labor groups say the proposal could undo hard-fought measures to protect workers.

The Texas Tribune

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Texas GOP push to limit city ordinances could target rules from droughts to beekeeping

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott is throwing his weight behind a push to limit city ordinances that local officials say could undermine rules from beekeeping to payday lending.

Tribune News Service

Texas GOP launches radio attack ads against Republican state House speaker

The radio ad, which criticizes Phelan for appointing Democratic committee chairs, prompted pushback from Republican colleagues in the House over why the state party would use resources to attack its own member.

The Texas Tribune

What Greg Abbott’s decisive win over Beto O’Rourke portends for his future

After defeating O’Rourke — Texas’ most promising Democrat in recent history — Abbott begins his third term in a strong position, with a rising national profile and a governing mandate in the eyes of fellow Republicans.

The Texas Tribune

State Rep. Tony Tinderholt, one of the most far-right members of the House, announces he’s running for speaker

The current speaker, fellow Republican Dade Phelan, is expected to seek the gavel again but has not made an official announcement yet.

The Texas Tribune

Dark-money group features Uvalde shooter footage in ad criticizing Abbott’s gun policies

The ad drew swift pushback from Republicans criticizing its use of the gunman’s image.

The Texas Tribune

Ahead of the 2023 session, Texas lawmakers previewed their objectives. Here are five things you need to know.

Texas lawmakers on both sides of the aisle talked schools, abortion and guns in advance of next year’s session in a range of panels at The Texas Tribune Festival.

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde body camera video shows some police knew they needed to act quickly

However nearly 400 officers waited 73 minutes before breaching the classroom as newly released footage shows chaotic scene

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‘Not good enough’: Uvalde victims’ families react to report on police failures

Family members of Texas school shooting victims say state legislature’s 77-page report ‘doesn’t change anything’

WEKU

These are the 4 key takeaways from the Uvalde shooting investigation report

The investigative committee found law enforcement's response to the massacre involved little coordination and no leadership. School faculty, meanwhile, failed to uphold existing safeguards.

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde parents’ anger and quest for answers persist after committee faults school and police in mass shooting

Uvalde residents who lost loved ones at Robb Elementary say they want to know if officers will face repercussions.

The Independent UK

Uvalde families furious as footage of killer and police inside school is released before they’ve seen it

‘That’s a slap to our babies’ faces and we’re tired of this. We can’t trust anybody’

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First video of Uvalde school shooting published as Texas lawmakers prepare to release footage Sunday

AUSTIN, Texas — For the first time since the May 24 shooting, the public can now see portions of video from the scene of the Uvalde shooting, including the first ever images of the shooter carrying out the attack, after the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE-TV published footage Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Uvalde shooting video from inside school to be released Sunday by Texas House committee

AUSTIN, Texas — The chairman of a Texas House committee investigating the Uvalde school shooting indicated Tuesday that he would defy a local district attorney and release video from within Robb Elementary School to the public.

The Texas Tribune

Leaked video shows Texas law enforcement’s long wait to confront Uvalde school shooter

Elected officials and law enforcement leaders criticized the leak of the video that was supposed to first be shown to victims’ families.

The Independent UK

Video from school hall outside Uvalde massacre to be shown

A Texas lawmaker says surveillance video from the Robb Elementary School hallway where police waited as a gunman opened fire in a fourth-grade classroom will be shown this weekend to residents of Uvalde

The Independent UK

Anger mounts among Uvalde families, new report expected soon

Texas lawmakers investigating the Uvalde school massacre say it intends to show residents of the town surveillance video from the hallway at Robb Elementary School on the day of the May 24 attack

The Guardian - US

Texas officials agree to release hallway video from Uvalde school shooting

Local district attorney accused of blocking release of footage, taken from surveillance video at Robb elementary school

Tribune News Service

Surveillance footage from Uvalde school massacre could finally be released

The missing 77 minutes between the start of the Robb Elementary School shooting and the police shooting of suspect Salvador Ramos could finally be a little clearer.

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