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More failures in Uvalde
The failures in Uvalde were deeper than we knew.
It was already known that it took law enforcement 77 minutes to enter the classrooms at Robb Elementary where the children and teachers had been shot.
Now a new federal report released by the Department of Justice on Thursday details how the leadership failures didn't end there.
"There was no plan to triage the 35 victims in classrooms 111 and 112," Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta told reporters in Uvalde. "Victims were moved without precautions. Without appropriate precautions, victims who had already passed away were taken to hospitals in ambulances while children with bullet wounds were put on school buses without any medical attention."
And information to families of the victims was disorganized and sometimes flat-out false. At one point, families waiting at the civic center for word on their children were told a busload of survivors were on their way. It was not true, Gupta said.
The federal report is the fullest accounting yet of what went wrong on May 24, 2022. Reporters Guillermo Contreras and Cayla Harris have much more on the report and what happens next.
Who's up, who's down
Up: Greg Abbott.
New campaign finance reports show the Republican governor received a record $6 million donation from Jeff Yass, a national school voucher advocate from Pennsylvania. Abbott of course has made school choice his biggest issue with the Texas Legislature, calling them into two special sessions and supporting campaigns against Republicans who opposed his plan to let parents use tax dollars to cover some of the cost of private school tuitions.
Down: Ken Paxton.
The Texas Attorney General announced Thursday that his agency will stop fighting a whistleblower lawsuit, effectively paving the way for a judge to award millions of dollars in damages to former aides who say he fired them in retaliation for reporting him to the FBI for alleged corruption. Reporter Taylor Goldentsein reports that in a court filing, Paxton's agency said it decided "not to contest this lawsuit, but rather to consent." The abrupt reversal, after years of fighting the suit that helped spur Paxton's impeachment, comes as the attorney general was set to be deposed.
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What else is going on in Texas
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SpaceX wants to acquire 43 acres from Boca Chica State Park. In exchange for the state land, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department would receive 477 undeveloped acres. |
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Wednesday's vote was the latest sign that the Dallas Democrat is willing to break party lines on the border as he seeks to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. |
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Mayor Ron Nirenberg made the remarks during an appearance on "Meet the Press NOW" while he is in D.C. for a U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting. |
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Harris County leaders are defending their new guaranteed income program, Uplift Harris, as state Sen. Paul Bettencourt raises questions about its legality. |
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If the Metro board approved the plan, the organization's almost 400 public safety employees would move under the city's police department. |
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Houston ISD's appointed school board is expected to vote on a resolution Thursday that would keep uncertified chaplains from serving as school counselors despite a state law allowing it. |
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Pick of the day
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Sarah Smith and Matt deGrood have a wild story on political unrest in a small Texas town outside of Houston involving Tony Buzbee and Rusty Hardin that has led to several consequences, including an effort to recall the mayor.
What else I'm reading
Politico is reporting that former President Donald Trump and people in his inner circle have told down-ballot Republican candidates not to hire Republican strategist Jeff Roe or his political consulting firm after Roe worked to elect Ron DeSantis, according to four people familiar with the conversations. That could be an issue for some Texas Republicans who have used Roe's company Axiom in the past. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, Attorney General Ken Paxton and U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Fort Bend, are among Axiom's clients.
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