AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas lawmakers have revived a more narrowly focused version of a transgender “bathroom bill” like the one in North Carolina that sparked a national backlash, but the Texas law would apply only to public schools and not all bathrooms. A broader proposal mandating that transgender Texas residents use public restrooms according…… MORE
CELINA, TX (WBAP/KLIF News) – A man has been walking into Celina businesses trying to coerce young women into posing naked. Investigators say it happened at four different places that employed young women. Celina police say in each case, an Asian man came into the stores and told the women he was a producer shooting a…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Dallas County has provided an update on this year’s mumps outbreak. The Health Department says there have been 90 cases in 2017 — 69 of those connected to the recent outbreak in Cedar Hill ISD. The county has also confirmed four related cases in Desoto and 17 unrelated cases in Mesquite,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill that bans sanctuary cities in Texas. The governor posted a video of him signing the bill on Facebook. The law makes sheriffs, police chiefs and other local leaders subject to a misdemanor and jail time if they refuse to honor detainer requests from Immigration…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Dallas Fire Department and the Assist the Officer Foundation hosted a blood drive Friday morning at the downtown La Madeline restaurant in honor of the paramedic who was shot in the line of duty Monday. Members of the department say the amount of community support, from blood donations to monetary…… MORE