DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas City Councilman Philip Kingston was cleared Tuesday of any ethics violations by the city’s Ethics Commission. A public complaint filed against Kingston claimed the councilman pushed the city council to allow garage-apartment rentals in the city while he was planning to build an apartment on his garage in East Dallas. Members of…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court will decide whether the family of a Mexican teenager who was shot to death by an American border agent can sue for damages in U.S. courts. The justices said Tuesday that they will hear arguments next term in a case involving an agent who fired shots across the U.S.-Mexico…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is upholding an Indiana law that requires abortion providers to dispose of aborted fetuses in the same way as human remains. But the justices are staying out of the debate over a broader, blocked provision that would prevent a woman in Indiana from having an abortion based on gender,…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) — Texas’ interim Secretary of State has resigned. Governor Greg Abbott appointed David Whitley to the position in December, where Whitley then led an investigation into the citizenship of about 100,000 Texas voters. The list he sent county elections offices was outdated, and most in fact were citizens. Whitley stepped down just…… MORE
UPDATE 5-28-19 1:25 P.M. DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Authorities continue to work to determine the cause of a fire that gutted the historic Ambassador Hotel. The hotel’s redeveloper said Tuesday morning he plans to continue with some sort of project in the future. Jim Lake said the plan was to renovate the hotel that opened in…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lawmakers in gun-loving Texas have quietly gone around the National Rifle Association by slipping language into a massive spending bill that would fund a $1 million public safety campaign on gun storage. The last-minute move late Sunday sets up a political test rarely seen in Texas for Republican Gov. Greg Abbott,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The series finale of HBO’s Game of Thrones’ is inspiring donations to buy Dallas’ Robert E. Lee statue at auction. Pete Freedman is behind a GoFundMe Page raising money to buy the statue for no less than $450,000 to allow the city to recoup money spent to take the statue down. If…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – As the 86th Legislature winds down, one of the last bills passed allows Texans to carry their handguns for a full week following the declaration of a natural disaster. The bill passed by a 16-15 vote and is intended to discourage looting in affected areas. Opponents of the bill say it will…… MORE
BEDFORD (WBAP/KLIF) – A group of North Texas dog lovers is barking up the tree of a State Representative who it says killed an animal cruelty bill in the state legislature. Senate Bill 295 would have made it a crime to use a chain tether to restrain a dog outside. It also would have required dog…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A new report from the National Safety Council finds that 71-percent of drivers admit to using social media on their cell phones while passing the scene of an accident, nearly triple the percentage during regular driving. They admit to texting, taking photo’s, and uploading them. In 2018, forty first responders were killed…… MORE
