AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas legislators will take up key issues like the state budget and education this legislative session but will also consider making a temporary waiver surrounding alcohol-to-go permanent. Senator Kelly Hancock and Representative Charlie Geren filed SB 298 / HB 1094 to make permanent Governor Abbott’s emergency waiver allowing restaurants to safely sell…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) A new area code is coming to areas of North Texas on Friday. The public utility commission has approved the new area code of 945 for Dallas county and some surrounding counties. The new 945 area code will be available in areas already using the area codes of 214, 469, and 972 on…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF)- Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Plano has tents set up in the lobby to help combat overcrowding in the emergency rooms. Texas Health Plano President Joshua Floren says the tents are used as treatment areas for non-Covid patients. He said given the increased demand, they wanted to be able to expand capacity so those…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – There’s been an arrest in the fatal shooting of an American Airlines IT director in Dallas and police believe an “emotional affair” may have lead to the murder. Dallas Police said 48-year-old Darrin Lopez was taken into custody Monday after investigators allege he drove from Tennessee to Oak Cliff October 9, 2020…… MORE
McConnell, McCain, and others now support impeaching President Trump. SMU Political Science Professor Dr. Cal Jillson joined Dave & Amy this morning to discuss how things are changing since the protest at the capitol.… MORE
TODAY IS DAY TWO OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION,… AND THEIR IS A LOT GOING ON POLITICALLY IN THIS COUNTRY. A NEW SPEAKER WAS CHOSEN, PROTOCOLS FOR COVID CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, AND SOME TEXAS RESTAURANTS MAY BENEFIT FROM THE ALCOHOL DELIVERY BILL. CLAYTON NEVILLE IS WITH DAVE & AMY THIS MORNING TO BREAK IT ALL…… MORE
AN IMPEACHMENT VOTE IS LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE IN THE U-S- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TODAY, FOLLOWING MIKE PENCE’S STATEMENT ABOUT NOT INVOKING THE 25TH AMENDMENT. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW EXPERT DAVID COALE OF LYNN, PINKER, HURST AND SCHWEGGMAN… JOINED DAVE & AMY THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT IMPEACHMENT, AND THE 14TH & 25TH AMENDMENTS.… MORE
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Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – President Donald Trump is on the verge of becoming the first president to be impeached twice, as lawmakers move quickly to punish him over last week’s deadly Capitol attack. The wall of Republican support that has enabled President Donald Trump to weather a seemingly endless series of crises is beginning to erode.…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Federal officials say a natural gas explosion at a Dallas home that killed a 12-year-old girl came after Atmos Energy failed to find a damaged line despite two nearby homes being destroyed in gas-related fires on the two previous days. National Transportation Safety Board officials said that after those first two incidents,…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – The manager for actor Chuck Norris says the “Walker, Texas Ranger” star was not present at last week’s deadly riot at the Capitol in Washington. A photo of a man resembling Norris apparently with a member of the mob began trending online. But Norris manager Erik Kritzer tells The Associated Press…… MORE
