UPDATED: 5/27/23 Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The legislative director for the Texas Veterans of Foreign Wars talks up the agency’s stance on a number of issues, including a failed effort by the Texas legislature to ban some hemp products – which the agency opposed – to major federal legislation that expanded a toxic exposure-related lawsuit against…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – UPDATE 5p.m. 5/27/2023 The Texas House of Representatives approved a resolution on Saturday afternoon to impeach State Attorney General Ken Paxton by a vote of 121-23. The measure heads to the Senate where an impeachment trial will be held. The trial is expected to happen during special session. The regular legislative session…… MORE
FOX News (WBAP/KLIF) – Authorities are investigating the mysterious death of a Texas sergeant who was found dead inside his vehicle. Harris County Sheriff’s Office said in a press conference that deputies were notified by a concerned citizen of a body inside a vehicle. Police say that when authorities arrived on the scene they found…… MORE
Update at 5-26 2:00pm: AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas House of Representatives will vote Saturday on whether to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton, an investigating panel announced Friday. Paxton, 60, finds himself on the brink of impeachment after years of scandal, criminal charges and corruption accusations. The House will consider a resolution calling…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are pushing debt ceiling talks to the brink. As they prepare to leave town Thursday for a long Memorial Day recess, it’s a display of risky political bravado. They’re just days out from a potentially devastating debt default if Congress fails to act to raise the borrowing limit. The fallout…… MORE
The former fire chief of Denton County’s Emergency Services District 1 pleaded guilty Wednesday to 13 federal felony charges. Troy “Mac” Hohenberger confessed he embezzled about half a million dollars from the Argyle Volunteer Fire Department’s operating fund. Federal authorities say he spent the money on personal expenses, gambling trips, and gifts to relatives. Hohenberger…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas House of Representatives’ General Investigating Committee heard testimony on Wednesday surrounding allegations against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The embattled Attorney General is facing lingering social securities fraud charges and is accused of using taxpayer money to settle a $3.3 million whistleblower lawsuit. Former Paxton employees allege they were fired…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and ‘70s and survived her horrifying marriage to triumph in middle age with the chart-topping “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” has died…… MORE
Nash, Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – Authorities in Bowie County say four family members died and a teenaged suspect is in custody following a shooting late Tuesday morning in town of Nash, located on the West side of Texarkana. The sheriff’s office says the teen was barricaded inside the home for about two hours before surrendering. The…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered Texas flags across the state be lowered to half-staff on Wednesday and issued a statewide call for Texans to take part in a moment of silence at 11:30 AM CT in memory of the victims, survivors, families, loved ones, and entire Uvalde community on the one-year anniversary of…… MORE
