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Senator Cornyn Meets with Afghan SIV Holders in North Texas

Senator Cornyn Meets with Afghan SIV Holders in North Texas

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Senator John Cornyn joined DFW area Afghan Special Immigrant Visa holders, and refugee resettlement organizations on Friday at the Northwest Community Center in Dallas to discuss the resettlement process. The roundtable touched on the resettlement process to assist SIV holders with job-skills training, mentoring, language learning, and additional services.    Leaders from the Northwest Community Center, International Rescue Committee in Dallas, Refugee Services of Texas,…MORE

DOJ will ask Supreme Court to Halt Texas Abortion Law

DOJ will ask Supreme Court to Halt Texas Abortion Law

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Biden administration says it will turn next to the U.S. Supreme Court in another attempt to halt a Texas law that has banned most abortions since September. The announcement Friday by the Justice Department comes after an appeals court again left in place the law that bans abortions once cardiac…MORE

Candle Vigil Honors Fallen Law Enforcement Officers for ‘Police Weekend’

Candle Vigil Honors Fallen Law Enforcement Officers for ‘Police Weekend’

Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund [NLEOMF] honored fallen police officers in 2020 and 2021 during it’s 33rd annual candlelight vigil ceremony. During the ceremony the names of all 701 fallen officers nationwide in the past two years were read. Two-thirds of those who died succumb to COVID-19. Lori Sharp-Day, Board…MORE