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Texas moved a big step closer to arming more teachers and school personnel as a way to help prevent future campus shootings, under a bill sent to Gov. Greg Abbott. The measure approved Wednesday night by the state Senate changes the 6-year-old school marshal program that had limited the number of armed marshals, and instead opens campuses to as many as local school districts feel they need. (Vertuno, 5/22)

House Democrats pushed back Wednesday against legislative efforts to expand the ability to carry firearms in Ohio, proposing instead a trio of “common sense” gun safety bills that, based on history, likely will struggle to gain support among majority Republicans. Bills rolled out by Democrats would require safe firearm storage from minors; a legal avenue to temporarily remove guns from someone deemed dangerous; and expanded background checks for gun purchases. (Siegel, 5/22)