House Bill 33 was filed by State Rep. Don McLaughlin, who was Mayor of Uvalde when the mass shooting occurred at Robb ...

House Bill 33, authored by the former mayor of Uvalde, would require school districts to meet annually with state and local ...

Representative Don McLaughlin’s House Bill 33, otherwise known as the Uvalde Strong Act, has garnered overwhelming support ...

Texas lawmakers appear determined to prioritize school safety this legislative session. Two bills recently filed center around additional funding for law enforcement’s presence at campuses, and ...

She has joined Paul Hollywood to judge the forthcoming series of The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer on Channel 4.

Former Uvalde mayor Don McLaughlin now serves as a Texas lawmaker, tackling law enforcement reform and conservative ...

The Republican has made addressing law enforcement response to mass shootings a top priority, but he does not favor stricter ...

Don Johnson has been friends with Bruce Willis for decades and reminisced about the early days of their friendship amid the star’s dementia diagnosis. Johnson took it upon himself to call the ca ...

Former Uvalde Mayor and current state Rep. Don McLaughlin Jr., R-Uvalde, in February in his office at DKM Enterprises in Uvalde. Credit: Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribune ...

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.

Then-Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin speaks during a city council meeting on June 21, 2022. Credit: Kylie Cooper/The Texas Tribune McLaughlin had proposed a city resolution that would authorize local ...