AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott held a roundtable discussion at Houston Methodist Hospital on Tuesday to highlight his legislative priorities to ensure a healthier future for the state of Texas. During the roundtable, the Governor and staff members from Houston Methodist discussed strategies to build a healthier Texas during and after the pandemic.…… MORE
Washington, DC (AP) –Twelve U.S. Army National Guard members are being removed from the security mission to secure Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration. A U.S. Army official and a senior U.S. intelligence official say the Guard members were found to have ties to fringe-right group militias. The Army official and the intelligence official spoke to The…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell opened the Senate on Tuesday saying the mob that stormed the Capitol was “fed lies” by the president and others in the deadly riot. McConnell’s remarks come on President Trump’s last full day in office. The Republican leader vowed a `safe and successful’ inauguration of Biden on…… MORE
NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – North Texans are invited to participate in President-elect Joe Biden’s Inaugural Committee’s “National Moment of Unity and Remembrance” today to honor Americans who have died from COVID-19. At 4:30 p.m. (CST) Tuesday, 400 candles will be lit at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington D.C. Each candle represents one thousand…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Austin’s top health authority is offering coronavirus vaccines to Texas lawmakers and their key staffers, regardless of whether they are currently eligible under state guidelines. Dr. Mark Escott, interim medical director for Austin Public Health, told The Dallas Morning News that he organized the vaccination effort with a local hospital health…… MORE