Uvalde shooting victims’ parents criticize school leaders at forum

Uvalde shooting victims’ parents criticize school leaders at forum

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. UVALDE — Tina Quintanilla-Taylor’s 8-year-old daughter joined an army of angry adults in this town of 15,000 people Monday night and stood at a microphone, looking up to school district officials who sat behind tables … Read more

Texas DPS investigating its officers’ Uvalde school shooting response

Texas DPS investigating its officers’ Uvalde school shooting response

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. UVALDE — The Texas Department of Public Safety is reviewing how 91 state troopers and Rangers responded to the Robb Elementary School shooting to determine if any violated policies or laws. The agency’s announcement Monday … Read more

Video of Uvalde shooting shows police’s delay in confronting gunman

Video of Uvalde shooting shows police’s delay in confronting gunman

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news UVALDE — On the same day that a Texas House committee investigating the Uvalde school shooting announced plans to release footage of law enforcement response to the incident, a video showing police waiting for more … Read more

Jill Biden apologizes to Latino community for “breakfast tacos” comment

Jill Biden apologizes to Latino community for “breakfast tacos” comment

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. First Lady Jill Biden apologized Tuesday after she said during a San Antonio speech that the Latino community was “as unique as the breakfast tacos” in the city. “The First Lady apologizes that her words … Read more

U.S. Supreme Court limits EPA’s authority in regulating greenhouse gases

U.S. Supreme Court limits EPA’s authority in regulating greenhouse gases

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have broad authority to require states to decarbonize their electricity sectors, a decision that is expected to dramatically slow the United States’ … Read more

Supreme Court ruling on coach’s case adds religious protections at schools

Supreme Court ruling on coach’s case adds religious protections at schools

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a Washington state football coach’s post-game prayer on the 50-yard line was protected by the First Amendment, a decision that sets a precedent for more protections for … Read more

WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia extended

WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia extended

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The detention of Brittney Griner, the WNBA professional basketball player from Houston who was arrested in Russia more than four months ago, has been extended by six months pending the outcome of her trial, her … Read more

At least 46 migrants found dead in San Antonio, Texas

At least 46 migrants found dead in San Antonio, Texas

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. SAN ANTONIO — A tractor-trailer found near Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio contained the bodies of 46 dead people, along with 16 others who have been taken to hospitals, local officials in San … Read more

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade in move with major Texas impact

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade in move with major Texas impact

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional protection for abortion and allowing states to set their own laws regulating the procedure. This represents one of the most significant … Read more

Clarence Thomas invites legal challenges to contraception, same-sex marriage

Clarence Thomas invites legal challenges to contraception, same-sex marriage

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Tucked inside the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Friday that overturned the long-held constitutional protection for abortion was a concurring opinion from conservative Justice Clarence Thomas. In it, he pushed the court to revisit cases that … Read more