Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Congressman Kevin Brady says he will not run for re-election in 2022. Brady has represented the 8th Congressional District north of Houston since 1997. His announcement makes him the most senior house Republican to retire from Congress at this point in the 2022 mid-term election cycle.… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Vice President and Border Czar Kamala Harris encouraging the federal government to designate Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. The Governor included a background document detailing how these drug cartels clearly meet the three-part test required for the designation.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — Mark the date in your digital calendar: April 8, 2024. That’s when the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex will get a total eclipse of the sun. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. It becomes a total eclipse for people in the dead center of the shadow’s…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is publicly warning a political action committee founded by Democrat Beto O’Rourke to watch its step. Paxton wants the “Powered By People” PAC to turn over to his office a list of COVID-19 vaccine events it sponsored, and explain how it collected and used any personal information…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Senate has advanced a bill that is intended to change the way the state oversees its electric grid operator. Senate Bill 2 would require ERCOT’s Board of Directors to all be residents of Texas. The chairman would have to be appointed by the Governor, and approved by the state Senate.…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police say former Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst was arrested Tuesday on a domestic violence charge because he pushed his girlfriend down while trying to take their shared laptop away from her. It happened in front of a hotel near Dallas Love Field. Hotel security video allegedly shows Dewhurst chasing his…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Want to travel for free on Dallas based Southwest Airlines? You’ll need more Rapid Rewards points. Since the pandemic, the airline is the first major carrier to makes its points, or miles, less valuable. It will cost you about 6.5% more rewards points to get a free flight. The airline says it…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The City of Fort Worth and MedStar are holding a community pop up vaccine clinic April 15th. Up to 1,000 vaccines will be available and all adults 18 years and older are eligible. It will be at the North Tri-Ethnic Community Center 2950 Roosevelt Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76106 from 8 a.m.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County residents can now schedule a same-day or next-day appointment for their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at the Fair Park Community Vaccination Center through the Dallas County website. Dallas County Health and Human Services announced on Wednesday that it has transitioned from the registration wait-list to a vaccination scheduler…… MORE
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A prosecutor said Wednesday that he will charge a white former suburban Minneapolis police officer with second-degree manslaughter for killing 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright in a shooting that ignited days of unrest and clashes between protesters and police. The charge against former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter will…… MORE
