DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A bill to require transgender Texas athletes to compete only on teams that match the sex designated on their birth certificates appears to be dead in Austin. The Texas House Committee on Public Education refused to pass the bill by Lubbock Republican Senator Charles Perry on to the full House after…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – More than 50 companies and business organizations have sent an open letter to the Texas Legislature expressing their opposition to “any changes” that would make it harder to vote in this state. Tuesday’s letter was signed by American Airlines, Microsoft, HP, Levi Strauss, and others. It was released to the public as…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia will present his 29 page crime fighting plan to the Dallas City Council today. It will say that violent crime is primarily centered on four geographic areas within the city, covered by the department’s southeast, southwest, and south central divisions. The chief’s plan is quite detailed in…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Are the National Rifle Association’s leaders abusing the legal system to duck accountability for their mismanagement? Or are they making a legitimate move to reorganize following attacks from politicians bent on dismantling the gun-rights group? A federal judge in Dallas heard those competing narratives Monday during closing arguments in the NRA’s bankruptcy…… MORE
UNDATED (AP) – As much as billionaire couple Bill and Melinda Gates want to keep their pending divorce private, the split is already sending shockwaves through the worlds of philanthropy and public health. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has an endowment of nearly $50 billion and donates about $5 billion annually to causes around…… MORE