In the weeks and months after the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last May that left 19 children and two teachers dead, Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas’ state leadership promised change — more than $500 million worth of it.
A year later, the state still hasn’t disbursed more than $100 million, or a fifth, of that money. And only a small fraction of it has been put to use, an analysis of state funds by the Austin American-Statesman, part of the USA TODAY Network, found.
