Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Public Utility Commission has decided to let stand the 16-billion dollar overcharge imposed on utility companies during the statewide energy crisis last month. The discrepancy was discovered by an independent market monitor last week. Potomac Economics found that ERCOT kept market prices too high for nearly two days after widespread…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Now that President Joe Biden is on the verge of his first big legislative victory, a key moderate Democrat says he may be open to changing Senate rules that could allow for more party-line votes to push through the White House’s agenda. Sen. Joe Manchin says he wants to retain a procedural…… MORE
NEW BOSTON, Texas (AP) – A Texas woman facing murder and kidnapping charges in the death of a pregnant woman and removal of the baby from the victim’s womb now faces a second murder charge. The Texarkana Gazette reports that a Bowie County grand jury on Thursday indicted 28-year-old Taylor Parker for murder in the…… MORE
Atlanta (AP) – A shooting on Interstate 85 in suburban Atlanta has claimed the life of a rising Texas rap artist. It was one of three interstate shootings in the Atlanta metro area in two days. Police say rapper Corey Detiege, who performed under the stage name Chucky Trill, died at a hospital after the predawn…… MORE
Irving (WBAP/KLIF) – The body of an unidentified adult man was found Saturday near the Irving Golf Club, formerly known as the Twin Wells Golf Course. Two canoeists found the body in a wooded, brushy area near the golf course. Dallas Police brought in a helicopter to help locate it, and the body was recovered…… MORE