Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – A top priority of Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan won preliminary approval Monday. House Bill 3 limes the governor and local governments in pandemic. By a vote of 92-45 the GOP-led chamber voted to curtail the governor’s power during a pandemic, and also puts limits on state and local governments’ power to…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man free on bond from a murder charge was returned to custody Monday after neighbors found a pet tiger wandering around a Houston neighborhood. Houston police tweeted Monday night that Victor Hugo Cuevas, 26, was back in custody charged with felony evading arrest. Police had said they believed the tiger…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Julian Read, whose long career in public relations included briefing the press after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963, has died in Texas. He was 93. Read died Saturday at a senior living community in Austin, his daughter, Courtney Hoffman, said on Monday. Read, working for Texas…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Restaurants and fast food chains are struggling to recover because of a worker shortage. According to a recent survey by the National Restaurant Association, 91% of operators say they currently have job openings that are difficult to fill, and most do not expect labor challenges to ease after the pandemic is over. The study…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)-The U.S. is expanding use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to children as young as 12. The Food and Drug Administration now says the shot is safe and offers strong protection for younger teens based on testing of more than 2,000 U.S. volunteers. Shots could begin soon once a federal vaccine panel issues recommendations for…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Former President Donald Trump announced his endorsement of Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick on Monday, as Patrick seeks his third term. “Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick is a great fighter for the people of Texas,” Trump said in a statement posted to his website. “He has stood up for up for Life, Liberty,…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Governor Greg Abbott has another challenger to worry about in next year’s Republican primary in the upcoming gubernatorial election. Former State Senator Don Huffines announced Monday morning that he’s throwing his hat into the race. “For decades politicians have promised to secure our border, to lower our taxes and protect our…… MORE
Lancaster, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Multiple police agencies on the scene of a reported officer-involved-shooting in Lancaster. One officer reportedly shot and killed a man after 9-1-1 calls about a disturbance involving a man with a gun, according to WFAA. One Lancaster officer reportedly shot and killed a man after 9-1-1 calls about a disturbance involving…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Texas health officials are shifting strategies in their continuing effort to make COVID-19 vaccines available to those Texans wishing to get them. Rather than allocate weekly doses based on county population, as has been done until this week, state health officials are taking requests from providers and passing those numbers on…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Another attempt to bring legalized casino gambling and sports betting to the Lone Star State appears to have gone bust in the Texas legislature … again. Millions of dollars was spent by gambling interests to promote the effort, while dozens of lobbyists backed the issue. Texas lawmakers who sponsored such bills told…… MORE
