Texas Lawmakers Propose School Security Tax Plan
Three state lawmakers want to allow voters to set up special taxing districts to pay for enhanced security at Texas public schools.
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Three state lawmakers want to allow voters to set up special taxing districts to pay for enhanced security at Texas public schools.
Texas Congressman Steve Stockman responded passionately in opposition to President Obama mentioning the possibility of executive action on some aspects of gun control.
Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has called for state-funded specialized firearms training for teachers and administrators to guard against school shootings.
McKinney ISD teachers, students and their parents should be heading to school with a little more re-assurance from now on. Every school will get officers.
After last week's deadly school shooting in Connecticut the Dallas Independent School District (DISD) has taken additional steps to make sure every school in the district is safe.
Gov. Rick Perry has asked Texans to join him in a moment of silence Friday in memory of the 26 victims of the Connecticut school shootings.
Five days after the murder of 20 children and six faculty members at a Connecticut elementary school, President Obama announced the formation of a task force to provide immediate recommendations of how to reduce gun violence.
The National Rifle Association is breaking its silence four days after a school shooting in Newtown, Conn., where 26 were killed, including 20 children.
Following the events in Connecticut last Friday, there is a fundamental question that keeps crossing my mind: Why did this have to happen? How many more schools need to be shot up before we act? How many children need to die over a Constitutional Amendment that addressed the right for Americans to possess muskets?
J.J. Pearce High School in Richardson will be holding a candlelight vigil on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in remembrance of the victims of last week's school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
The tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut has once again ignited a conversation about gun control – across the country and in North Texas.
The uncle of a six-year-old victim in the Connecticut elementary school shoot says his niece was friendly girl who offered him and his wife support.
The tragedy may have happened 1600 miles away, but at Liberty High School in Frisco, students are grieving.
A tragedy like the one that hit the small Connecticut town of Newtown underscores the concern of parents everywhere that their community may not be immune to senseless violence.
State officials are directing Texas school districts to review their emergency operation plans in the wake of the school massacre in Connecticut.
Parents across the country are struggling to find words to talk to their children regarding the Newtown, Connecticut shooting that killed 20 young children.
President Barack Obama spoke at about 2:15 local time for about five minutes regarding the tragic elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
A student at McKinney Boyd High School was detained on Monday night after making threatening statements on facebook. The McKinney Police Department received several tips on the posts, which included details on how to carry out a mass shooting at the high school.
Police shot and killed an armed 15-year-old student Wednesday at a Texas junior high school.
Students and professors could soon be 'packing heat' at universities across the state. Proponents say the move could deter a 'Virginia Tech' type of situation. Opponents think the proposed bill will make campuses less safe.
A Dallas County Community College was on lockdown for about an hour Monday after a report that a suicidal male student with a gun was barricaded in a campus bathroom.
