DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Early voting in the November 3 General Election begins Tuesday in Texas. Governor Greg Abbott issued an emergency proclamation in late July extending the early voting period for the election by an extra week, and allowing a voter to deliver a marked mail ballot in person prior to and on Election Day. Accordingly,…… MORE
Runoff Date Announced in North Texas Special Election
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – An important date is now set in a North Texas run-off election. Governor Greg Abbott named December 19 as special-election day in the runoff for Senate District 30 to fill Senator Pat Fallon’s seat. State Rep Drew Springer and Dallas Salon Owner Shelley Luther are on the ballot. The district covers a…… MORE
Former Major League Baseball Executive Dies
Houston (AP) – Jimmie Lee Solomon, a top executive for Major League Baseball under Commissioner Bud Selig, who established youth academies and helped launch the annual Futures Game of top prospects, has died at age 64. Solomon was among the highest-ranking Black officials in baseball until he left in 2012. His daughter, Tricia Solomon, says…… MORE
Republican Party Activists Want Texas Fully Open
Austin (AP) – Activists and leaders in the Texas Republican Party joined a crowd of 200 or so at the state governor’s mansion to protest some of Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s orders intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus. State GOP party chairman Allen West, and state Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, were among those…… MORE
Governor Abbott’s Order Limiting Mail-In Ballot Drop Off Locations Remains In Force
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas counties are once again not allowed to set up more than one drop off location for mail-in ballots. A federal judge in Austin Friday ruled Governor Abbott’s one-per-county order was voter suppression. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that a few hours later to give the state time to…… MORE