AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a proclamation on Wednesday, announcing Sunday, March 13 as a Day of Prayer for Ukraine. The Governor also announced that the Texas Governor’s Mansion will be lit blue and yellow on Saturday, March 12 and Sunday, March 13 in solidarity with the Ukrainian people. In addition, the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas City Council unanimously approved, on Wednesday, a plan to make mental health leave available to all city employees. Previously, after the passage of a new state law, licensed peace officers were the only city employees who could take mental health leave after experiencing a traumatic incident while on the job.…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – President Biden met with veterans at the VA Clinic in Fort Worth on Tuesday afternoon. Air Force One landed at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth around 2 p.m. on Tuesday. The President’s agenda had him speaking with veterans, caregivers, and survivors about addressing the health effects of environmental…… MORE
WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) – A Texas man was convicted on Tuesday of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun, a milestone victory for federal prosecutors in the first trial among hundreds of cases arising from last year’s riot. A jury also convicted Guy Wesley Reffitt of interfering with police officers who were guarding the…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden has decided to ban Russian oil imports, toughening the toll on Russia’s economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the matter. The move follows pleas by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to U.S. and Western officials to cut off the imports. Energy exports…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott on Monday announced the adoption of new rules to ‘defund cities that defund police,‘ as spelled out in House Bill 1900 passed by the Texas legislature last year. The new Texas Administrative Code rules subject offending cities to tax rate limitations, loss of certain tax revenues or other budget…… MORE
Associated Press LONDON (AP) – Shell says it will stop buying Russian oil and natural gas. The energy giant also said Tuesday that it will shut down its service stations and other operations in the country amid international pressure for companies to sever ties over the invasion of Ukraine. Shell says in a statement that…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A North Texas health system is assisting the people of Ukraine as the Russian invasion of that country rages. Baylor Scott & White’s Faith in Action Initiatives announced on Monday that it is working with the Baptist World Alliance and the European Baptist Federation to send shipments to logistic centers in Poland and Hungary…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – President Joe Biden will be in North Texas on Tuesday. According to the White House, the President will travel to Fort Worth Tuesday to speak with veterans, caregivers, and survivors about addressing the health effects of environmental exposures, like burn pits. The President plans to visit the Fort Worth VA Clinic…… MORE
ASSOCIATED PRESS – WNBA star Brittney Griner is reported detained by Russian officials, with allegations vapes with hashish oil were found in her luggage by a drug sniffing dog. Griner is reported to have been playing for a Russian women’s basketball team, and is reported to have been arrested in a Moscow-area airport after vape…… MORE
