Associated Press (WBAP/KLIF) – A GOP lawyer who advised former President Donald Trump on his campaign to overturn the 2020 election results is now playing a central role coordinating the Republican effort to tighten voting laws around the country. Cleta Mitchell, a longtime Republican lawyer and advocate for conservative causes, is also fighting Democratic efforts…… MORE
AP – A delay in census data is scrambling plans in some states to redraw districts for the U.S. House and state legislatures. The Census Bureau has said redistricting data that was supposed to be provided to states by the end of March won’t be ready until August or September. That’s after the deadline to…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Texas is set to begin making COVID-19 vaccines available to anyone who wants one. On Monday, Texas will become the most populous U.S. state to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all adults. The state has nearly 30 million residents. This will come more than a month before President Joe Biden’s goal of…… MORE
Houston (AP) – The Biden administration is not requiring FBI fingerprint background checks of caregivers at its rapidly expanding network of emergency sites to hold thousands of immigrant teenagers. That alarms child welfare experts who say the waiver compromises safety. The FBI fingerprint checks use criminal databases not accessible to the public and can overcome…… MORE
Mexia (WBAP/KLIF) – The suspect wanted for the Friday night shooting of a Texas State Trooper apparently killed himself Saturday evening when he was surrounded in a house he was hiding in near Mexia. 36 year old DeArthur Pinson reportedly shot trooper Chad Walker when Walker pulled over to the side of highway 84 to…… MORE