HOUSTON (WBAP/KLIF News) — Governor Greg Abbott is on a roundtable tour across the state, telling teachers he believes the best of the best deserve to make six-figure salaries. According to KTRK-TV, Governor Abbott sat down with a handful of teachers near New Braunfels to outline a plan he wants the legislature to take up. That…… MORE
FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF News) — Frisco voters will get to make a decision on its tax rate this November. The Frisco ISD school board unanimously approved Monday night putting what is ultimately a two cent decrease in property taxes on the ballot. Sean Heatley is a co-chair on the facilities and programs evaluation committee and says the…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Researchers say drug overdoses were the leading cause of maternal deaths in Texas between 2012 and 2015, with opioids to blame for the majority of those. A report Monday by a state task force blamed 64 maternal deaths occurring up to a year after giving birth on overdoses from 2012-2015, or…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A judge has denied bond for the mother of a Texas teenager who used an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck. Tonya Couch will now await her trial on money laundering and hindering apprehension charges in the Tarrant County Jail. Her trial is now set for Nov. 12. State…… MORE
We’ve been seeing Beto yard signs everywhere lately, but Ted Cruz signs are hard to come by… is this a strategic move by the Cruz campaign or a warning sign heading to November?… MORE