AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF)- Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan is commenting on a request of him by Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick surrounding school safety. Lt. Gov Patrick announced last Friday that he is asking Phelan to join the Senate members of the Legislative Budget Board in a budget execution letter to move $50 million to either the…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott sent a letter on Tuesday directing Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw, Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath, and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Commissioner Harrison Keller to expand and accelerate their efforts to promote the ability to report suspicious activity known to students, staff, and families…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Downtown Dallas, Inc. on Tuesday announced the launch of its 2022 comprehensive Public Safety Summer Operations Plan. The initiative addresses both quality of life and public safety challenges as thousands more workers return to the urban core and the convention and tourism industry reports a return to pre-pandemic levels. “Our city center remains…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The presiding federal judge in a long-running lawsuit against Texas’ foster care program says she may slap the state with huge fines for contempt of court. Judge Janis Graham Jack didn’t say how large those fines might be. but she did say they would be large enough that the state might want…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The operator of Texas’ power grid is expecting record-breaking electricity demand this week. With temperatures expected to hit 100 degrees or more each day through the end of the week, ERCOT expects total daily demand to rise above 75,000 megawatts. Such daily peaks would all be above the previous daily record of…… MORE
Associated Press The former top leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group and other members have been charged with seditious conspiracy for what federal prosecutors say was a coordinated attack on the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, the former Proud Boys chairman, and…… MORE
UVALDE (WBAP/KLIF) – Uvalde County officials are opening a temporary facility for the newly created Uvalde Together Resiliency Center on Monday, to begin providing long-term support services for the community. Operated initially by the local district attorney’s office, the Center will offer ongoing mental health resources and other assistance provided by state agencies and local…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of one of its own. According to the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 5 p.m. on Sunday, a Deputy suffered a medical emergency while on a call. Life-saving measures were conducted on scene and he was taken to Harris Hospital in…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas state lawmakers are expected to hold committee meetings surrounding ways to better protect Texas children later this month. The committee’s were formed after Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed state leaders in a letter to convene them in the wake of the elementary school massacre in Uvalde. 19 students and 2 teachers…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – During a U.S. House committee hearing on gun control Thursday, one Republican lawmaker pulled out weapons. Rep. Greg Steube of Florida was speaking by video during discussion on the Protecting Our Kids’Act when he held up several different gun. Among comments, Steube said, “Don’t let them fool you that they’re not attempting…… MORE
