DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The debate continued over short term rental properties in Dallas on Tuesday at Dallas City Hall. It’s been an issue for about four years. Some residents are upset over party houses and crimes associated with short term rentals in neighborhoods. A City Plan Commission is recommending re-zoning that would essentially bring a…… MORE
UPDATE: NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, according to several news reports. He entered the plea Tuesday during a brief arraignment in a lower Manhattan courtroom as prosecutors unsealed a grand jury indictment. The charges stem from a hush money payment…… MORE
There is a move afoot to try to make the ‘Bishop Evans Memorial Bill’ retroactive. Arlington (WBAP/KLIF) – The family of an Army National guardsman from Arlington killed in the line of duty wants a death benefits bill named after him to be made retroactive. 22-year-old Bishop Evans was working Gov Abbott’s Operation Lone Star…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Carroll ISD Board of Trustees, and conservative state lawmakers, have an ask of other Texas school districts. Carroll ISD recently cut ties with the Texas Association of School Boards, citing “woke” diversity and inclusion policies. State Rep Nat Schatlzine of Fort Worth said during a Monday press conference at the State…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Senator John Cornyn was one of a dozen members of Congress who were in Mexico City recently for a meeting with that country’s President. Cornyn told WFAA-TV’s “Inside Texas Politics” the idea was to focus on improving security along our common border. Cornyn says they reached no new agreements, but the…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A team of volunteers from the Texas Baptist Men is on its way to Little Rock, Arkansas to help with tornado recovery. Spokesman John Hall says they’re taking special, self-contained mobile kitchens to feed the tornado victims and first responders. He says at first they were told they’d be feeding about three…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The Allied Pilots Association, certified collective bargaining agent for the 15,000 pilots of American Airlines, confirmed over the weekend that its membership will begin voting to authorize a strike. The union announced on March 9 that its board of directors had unanimously approved a resolution directing that a strike authorization vote…… MORE
DFW (WBAP/KLIF) – It was a stormy afternoon across north Texas Sunday. Tornado Watches and Thunderstorm Warnings were issued by the National Weather Service for Tarrant, Dallas, Denton, Collin and several other counties. Quarter size hail and 60 mph winds were reported across the metroplex.… MORE
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A tornado has plowed through Arkansas’ capital and surrounding areas, reducing rooftops to splinters, toppling vehicles and tossing debris on roadways as people raced for shelter. The Little Rock Fire Department is reporting heavy damage and debris in the western end of the city and says firefighters have been performing…… MORE
UPDATED: A lawyer for Donald Trump said Thursday he’s been told that the former president has been indicted in New York on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter. It becomes the first ever criminal case against a former U.S. president and a jolt to…… MORE
