AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas House passed two bills that will help teachers transition once they retire. The measures would help with rising healthcare premiums and the cost of living. House Bill 20, written by Representative Trent Ashby (R-Lufkin), would transfer about $212 million dollars into the Teacher Retirement System-CARE program from the state’s Rainy Day Fund. The House…… MORE
(CNN) — President Donald Trump threw his support Wednesday behind legislation that looks to curb the level of legal immigration into the United States by proposing a skills-based immigration system. Trump backed the effort from Republican Sens. David Perdue and Tom Cotton in a speech at the White House. But the plan faces long odds…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – The wife and mother of a Texas man who died after a struggle with deputies in the county jail lobby have filed a federal lawsuit alleging excessive force and lack of training by the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office. A Dallas County grand jury declined to indict deputies involved in the August 2015…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – More than 50 Houston business leaders, including the heads of some of the nation’s top oil companies, are opposing a Texas “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people – adding to an already long list of powerful and lucrative firms opposing it. In a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday, the leaders…… MORE
(CNN) — Anthony Scaramucci is out as White House communications director. It’s the latest high-profile departure from the Trump White House. Chief of Staff Reince Priebus resigned at the end of last week, replaced by John Kelly, whose first day is Monday. “Anthony Scaramucci will be leaving his role as White House Communications Director,” White…… MORE