AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – The list of candidates challenging Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick’s re-election bid continues to grow. State Representative Michelle Beckley of Carrollton announced that’s she’s running for the seat Tuesday morning. Beckley said her top priorities would be expanding Medicaid, fixing issues with the state’s beleaguered power grid and fully funding public education.…… MORE
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Midlothian (WBAP/KLIF) – Due to an expected shortage of substitute teachers and buses on Friday [Nov 19], students and staff at Midlothian Independent School District have a day off. In a written statement, the district said that some students and teachers will be traveling for sporting and other events Friday. MISD says that it utilizes…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Calls for an independent investigation into what led to 10 deaths at the Astroworld music festival have gone unheeded. Houston-area officials instead chose Monday to direct a county administrator to conduct a review with other governmental entities. County Judge Lina Hidalgo had proposed a third-party probe of the planning and execution of…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – A Texas doctor linked to a lawsuit against a Tarrant County hospital over the use of ivermectin has been suspended by the Southeast Texas hospital were she works, according to the Houston Chronicle. Houston Methodist Hospital said in a statement that Dr. Mary Talley Bowden was “spreading harmful information about covid-19 and…… MORE