House Bill 33, titled the "Uvalde Strong Act," passed unanimously out of the House Committee on Homeland Security, Public ...

Former Uvalde Mayor and current state Rep. Don McLaughlin Jr., R-Uvalde, in February in his office at DKM Enterprises in Uvalde. Don McLaughlin wasn’t supposed to be mayor of Uvalde during the ...

Don McLaughlin wasn’t supposed to be mayor of Uvalde during the town’s darkest hour. When he was first elected in 2014, the small city of 15,000 limited mayors to three two-year terms. As he ...

The bill would require school districts and law enforcement to meet once a year to plan their response to an active shooter situation. It would also mandate annual multi-agency exercise drills on how ...

Freshman State Rep. Don McLaughlin (R-Uvalde), who was the mayor of Uvalde when the shooting happened, introduced the bill, which he calls the "Uvalde Strong Act." As mayor, McLaughlin witnessed ...

and the border needs to be shut down,” said Don McLaughlin, mayor of Uvalde. In the last fiscal year, which ended in February, Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 6,438 families and ...

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Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said an investigation would be launched to determine whether Pargas should have taken command of the scene. McLaughlin also said the city would now release all body ...