McKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – McKinney City Manager Paul Grimes proposed a $405.5 million total budget for Fiscal Year 2018 that would result in over a 3-cent reduction in the city’s property tax rate. The budget, which includes more than $137 million in the general fund, would lower the city’s property tax rate from 0.57 to 0.54. The proposed rate means property owners would pay $0.54 for every $100 of assessed property value. The rate reduction…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A small group of Texas House Republicans got in each other’s faces during a brief but intense exchange after the chamber passed a contentious property tax bill. The House voted Monday to require local governments to hold elections if property taxes increase by 6 percent, letting voters possibly “rollback” such increases. The…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Days after violent protests erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia over the removal of confederate memorials, Dallas City Council Member Phillip Kingston said “the sooner the better” in addressing statutes in Dallas that honor Civil War heroes. Kingston said a resolution written by a group of local clergy and historians outlines a plan. “It would…… MORE
(CNN) — The suspect being held in a Virginia jail in connection with a deadly crash near a scheduled rally of white nationalists holds extreme values, one of his former teachers told CNN on Sunday. James Alex Fields Jr., 20, of Maumee, Ohio, is accused of running his Dodge Challenger into a crowd of people, killing a…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF News) – Teachers in Fort Worth gathered to begin the 2017-2018 school year Monday morning. Students return to class next Monday. Jamie Casap, Google’s “education evangelist,” spoke at the Fort Worth Independent School District’s convocation. “We need to help our kids take information and convert it into real intelligence,” Casap said. “The…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A South Dallas landlord says heavy rains contributed to a garage apartment collapsing and leaving a man and woman trapped inside. The couple was saving to buy a house and lived in the space above an old garage. Landlord Robert Greer says the house has been leaning and gets worse every time it rains.…… MORE
(CNN) – President Donald Trump directly condemned white supremacists and neo-Nazis in a statement from the White House Monday afternoon. “Racism is evil — and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans,” Trump…… MORE
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ARLINGTON, TX. (WBAP/KLIF News) – The trial begins Monday for a man charged with shooting and killing someone after a Dallas Cowboys game two years ago will appear. The murder trial for 28 year old Marvin Rodriguez begins this afternoon in Fort Worth. He’s charged with shooting 43 year old Richard Sells in the neck, he…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) Dr. Kevin Grisham, the Assistant Director of Research for the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism told WBAP/KLIF he’s very concerned about copycat crimes to the one in Charlotteville, especially since similar rallies are planned nationwide. Research done by the California based center found a 6% increase in hate crimes in 25…… MORE
