Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Another attempt to bring legalized casino gambling and sports betting to the Lone Star State appears to have gone bust in the Texas legislature … again. Millions of dollars was spent by gambling interests to promote the effort, while dozens of lobbyists backed the issue. Texas lawmakers who sponsored such bills told…… MORE
Grand Prairie, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The body of an elderly man was recovered from Joe Pool Lake over the weekend. The Grand Prairie Fire Department says the 75-year old man dove off a boat late Saturday afternoon and never resurfaced. Divers who searched the lake until dark, recovered the man’s body when they resumed the…… MORE
GRANBURY, Texas (AP) – A North Texas mayor has submitted his resignation following his third driving while intoxicated arrest. Granbury Mayor Nin Hulett had been arrested on April 25 on a DWI charge, which had initially been a class B misdemeanor. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the charge was upgraded to a felony on May…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A top political aide to Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has been arrested after accusations that he stole money from investors looking to join the state’s new hemp industry. Court records show Todd Smith is charged with third-degree felony theft. Smith is a longtime political aide to Miller, whose department issues…… MORE
(UNDATED) – The county officials who run elections are facing a slate of new punishments as part of a nationwide Republican campaign to roll back access to the ballot, months after many hailed them as heroes for the creative ways they expanded voting access last year during the coronavirus outbreak. The penalties, typically buried within…… MORE