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Texas House Committee Concedes to Oil & Gas Industry on Weatherization Compromise
(WFAA) Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas House lawmakers have reached a compromise bill on weatherizing the state’s power infrastructure. In the bill ( a rewrite of SB 3), unveiled on Tuesday, th...
May 19, 2021
‘Unfillable Chair’ Memorial Honors Texas School Shooting Victims
Santa Fe Ten Memorial Foundation Facebook photo SANTA FE, Texas (AP) – A memorial honoring the 10 people who were killed during a shooting at a Texas high school in 2018 has been unveiled on the...
May 19, 2021
Changed By Pandemic, Many Workers Won’t Return to Old Jobs
Reddit There's a wild card in the push to return to pre-pandemic life: Many workers don't want to go back to the jobs they once had. Layoffs and lockdowns, combined with enhanced unemployment benefits...
May 19, 2021
Governor Abbott Prohibits Local Governments and Schools from Mandating Masks
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an Executive Order on Tuesday that prohibits local governments, school districts, public health authorities, or government officials from m...
May 18, 2021
Man Dies After Crashing SUV Into Arlington Pool
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – A man lost his life Monday night after he experienced a “medical episode” and crashed his SUV through a fence and landed in a pool in Arlington. It happe...
May 18, 2021
Voting Rights: Texas-Based Study of SB7 Concludes the Bill’s Impact Could Cost the Texas Billions
(WFAA) Tarrant County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Commenting on Texas Senate Bill 7 which would restrict voter access in Texas, among other things, Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley says the bill would ma...
May 18, 2021
Texas HB-19 Would Shield Commercial Vehicle Companies from Accident Liability
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas House Bill-19 which has already been approved in the chamber, would shield commercial vehicle companies from accident liability. Sponsors of the bill say it will preve...
May 18, 2021
Video Shows Murdered Dallas 4-year-old Taken From Bed
Cash Gernon, 4, (Inset) Darriynn Brown, 18 (Dallas Police Department) DALLAS (AP) – About two hours before a 4-year-old was found dead on a street in a southwest Dallas neighborhood, home survei...
May 18, 2021
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Dallas Case Involving the N-word
New Parkland Hospital– YouTube WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is declining to hear a case that would have let the justices decide whether a single use of the N-word in the workplace can cre...
May 18, 2021
Two Separate Tornadoes Confirmed to have Touched Down in North Dallas
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A section of North Dallas is taking issue with the old adage “lightning never strikes twice” following confirmation that two tornadoes touched down on Sunday aft...
May 17, 2021
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