Houston (AP) – Jimmie Lee Solomon, a top executive for Major League Baseball under Commissioner Bud Selig, who established youth academies and helped launch the annual Futures Game of top prospects, has died at age 64. Solomon was among the highest-ranking Black officials in baseball until he left in 2012. His daughter, Tricia Solomon, says…… MORE
Republican Party Activists Want Texas Fully Open
Austin (AP) – Activists and leaders in the Texas Republican Party joined a crowd of 200 or so at the state governor’s mansion to protest some of Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s orders intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus. State GOP party chairman Allen West, and state Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, were among those…… MORE
Governor Abbott’s Order Limiting Mail-In Ballot Drop Off Locations Remains In Force
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas counties are once again not allowed to set up more than one drop off location for mail-in ballots. A federal judge in Austin Friday ruled Governor Abbott’s one-per-county order was voter suppression. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that a few hours later to give the state time to…… MORE
OurCalling dedicates new $1.7 million Women’s Center designed to support vulnerable homeless women
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- In North Texas, there are approximately 2,400 unsheltered homeless women who are among the most vulnerable populations, facing assault or abuse nearly every week. These women will now have a new safe and secure place to turn to as the $1.7 million OurCalling Women’s Center was dedicated today. The 16,000-square-foot center is funded…… MORE
Senate Hearings For Judge Amy Coney Barrett Begin Monday
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats are treading carefully on religious faith as they prepare to question President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. Several Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee say questions about her Catholic faith would be inappropriate. Instead they are promising to focus on health care and what would happen if the…… MORE
Hurricane Delta Downgraded To Tropical Storm
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) – Delta has been downgraded from a once powerful hurricane to a tropical storm as it moves inland across the U.S. South. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Delta came ashore Friday evening in southwest Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane but quickly weakened and has become a tropical storm as…… MORE
Texas’ U.S. Senate Candidates Clashed In Debate Friday
Austin (AP) – Texas Republican John Cornyn and Democrat MJ Hegar clashed over the response to the cornavirus pandemic and the confirmation of a Supreme Court justice Friday night in the only scheduled debate of their U.S. Senate race. Cornyn, who has been in the Senate since 2002, and is seeking a fourth term, faces…… MORE
Texas AG Drops Case That Touched Off A Staff Revolt
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he’s dropping an investigation sought by a wealthy donor that set off an extraordinary revolt by his own top deputies. Members of Paxton’s staff last week accused him of bribery and abuse of office over his launching of an investigation sought by Austin developer Nate Paul…… MORE
Judge Overturns Governor’s Ballot Drop-off Reductions
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – A federal judge has blocked Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s October 1 order that dramatically reduced the number of places where voters could drop off mail ballots during early voting in the November elections. Abbott’s order closed dozens of sites statewide, limiting the number of drop-off locations to one per county, including in…… MORE
Texas Baptist Men Are Headed Back to Louisiana Providing Hurricane Help
(WBAP/KLIF) — As Hurricane Delta made landfall Friday night, several humanitarian groups were preparing to provide relief. John Hall with Texas Baptist Men says their group is already headed to Louisiana to help those suffering. Many of the organization’s volunteers had just returned from assisting with Hurricane Laura before heading back out. Delta is hammering…… MORE
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