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AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott added his voice to growing calls for video from the Uvalde school shooting to be released, over the objections of a local district attorney. Abbott told a KTVT-TV reporter in Dallas that he supported the release of an abridged video from inside Robb Elementary, as requested by a Texas House committee investigating the shooting. Uvalde …

AUSTIN — Republican lawmakers announced Friday they reached agreement over a bill to let people carry handguns in public without a license or training that clears the path to Texas becoming the latest state to lift gun permitting rules. The deal would keep in tact many of the changes made by the Senate, including stiffer penalties for felons who illegally …

AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) — The Texas House and Senate have reached a compromise on a bill to allow the permitless carrying of handguns, the top negotiators said Friday, moving it even closer to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk for a likely signature. The author of the legislation, Rep. Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, announced the deal in a statement Friday afternoon, and the Senate …