Dallas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Some local officials are calling it “pure politics” after the Texas Transportation Commission voted to eliminate a 1.8-billion dollar expansion of I-635 from the state’s 2018 budget. Governor Greg Abbot told commissioners last year to nix the project, along with proposed work on I-35 in Austin. Both projects involved adding new…… MORE
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Now that Ezekiel Elliott is near the end of a six-game suspension over domestic violence allegations, Dak Prescott doesn’t mind acknowledging that things changed for the Dallas Cowboys. Prescott was more defiant while the Cowboys were losing their first three games without last year’s NFL rushing leader and the quarterback’s backfield mate during…… MORE
Dallas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Right around the same time the Robert E. Lee statue was being removed from its nearly century old location in Oak Lawn, The Dallas School Board voted to move forward with renaming three schools named after Confederate leaders. The board last night approved the changes: Robert E. Lee elementary will be…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A top aide to Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton resigned Thursday after reports surfaced of him disparaging the stories of sexually harassed women as “pathetic” on Facebook. Paxton spokesman Mark Rylander said views expressed by associate deputy attorney general Andrew Leonie on social media “do not reflect our values.” The…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) Garland – Baylor Scot and White Hospital in Garland is slated to close February 28th because of a shortage of patients and not being able to find a new owner. The non-profit system put the hospital up for sale earlier this year but still hasn’t found a buyer. The closure will affect just…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas County Judge is giving one final reminder for the uninsured to sign up for coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Judge Clay Jenkins says if people are interested, don’t let uncertainty on Obamacare’s future prevent signing up. “Don’t let anyone stop you from getting the health coverage that your family…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas City Council has adopted the 360 Plan update, presented to it by Downtown Dallas Inc. DDI President and CEO Kourtny Garrett said, “For us, it really sets our priorities and our agenda and becomes what we work toward every day. It creates a system of accountability and consensus around the direction…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A top Texas senator said current policies against sexual harassment are so ambiguous that she “would be hesitant” to come forward with a complaint. Republican state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst is overseeing a rewrite of sexual harassment policies in the state Senate. The chairwoman of the Senate Administration Committee suggested Thursday that they…… MORE
(CNN Money) — The end of net neutrality may be here. The Republican-led Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to approve a controversial plan to repeal Obama-era net neutrality protections. The repeal passed 3-2, along a party-line vote. The vote came amid mounting protests from the tech industry, consumer advocacy groups and even some Republican members of Congress…… MORE
CORPUS CHRISTI (WBAP/KLIF News) – Republican Representative Blake Farenthold of Corpus Christi announced that he won’t seek re-election next year as he battles allegations of sexual harassment and verbal abuse of his staff. Farenthold has been under fire in recent weeks, after it was revealed that he had paid an $84,000 sexual harassment settlement using…… MORE
