Before Uvalde, a Year of "Protecting Children" in Texas

State leaders have campaigned in 2022 on "saving" Texas children from threats real and imagined. All the while, we've been selling them out. May 27, 2022 NEWS & POLITICS [A Year of “Protecting Children” in Texas]( State leaders have campaigned in 2022 on "saving" Texas children from threats real and imagined. All the while, we've been selling them out. [READ STORY](   IN OTHER NEWS Politics & Policy [“It Will Happen Again”: Texas Leaders Have No Plans to Prevent the Next Uvalde]( Defenders of limitless guns are out of ideas but full of excuses. [READ STORY](   MORE OF THE LATEST BBQ Joint Reviews [Trinidadian Flavors Bring the Heat to North Texas’s Barbecue Scene]( Smoked jerk chicken, Trini pepper sauce, and fry bread sandwiches shine alongside Willie Meshack's classic Texas-style meats in Plano. [READ STORY]( Texas Country Reporter [Inside the Oldest, Largest Independent Comic Book Store in Texas]( Third Planet Sci-Fi Superstore in Houston is home to hundreds of thousands of comic books and collectibles. [READ STORY]( TREAT YOURSELF TO OUR BEST OFFER [Enjoying What You’ve Read So Far?]( There's so much more where that came from. [Subscribe now]( to get both the print and digital editions for only $25! [Subscribe](   ONE MORE THING Tacos [Big Red–Infused Tortillas Aren’t Gimmicks. They’re Revelations.]( Leo Davila’s combos are twists on the classics of his multicultural San Antonio upbringing, and they make Stixs & Stone worth the hype. [READ STORY](   SPONSORED [Location is Everything]( [Location is Everything]( There’s nowhere in the Texas Hill Country where land this special is available for purchase. Stake your claim at Round Mountain Reserve. [Read More](   TRENDING ONLINE - [Border Patrol Agents Killed the Uvalde School Shooter. But Why Were They on the Scene?]( - [A Year of “Protecting Children” in Texas]( - [Cancel Culture Comes for Beto O’Rourke]( - [East Texas’s Most Exciting New Store Is Hidden in a Small-town Mansion]( - [Love and Death in Silicon Prairie, Part I: Candy Montgomery’s Affair]( [Join Our Community of Proud Texans](   Get the best of Texas, by Texans, for everyone. Save up to 76% on a Texas Monthly subscription when you order today. [SUBSCRIBE]( [Subscribe]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( You are receiving this message because you signed up for our newsletters. Want more? Check out [our other newsletters](.   P.O. Box 1569, Austin, TX 78767 [View Online]( [Unsubscribe](