Bexar County, TX (WBAO/KLIF) – The Bexar County judge was reportedly harassed over the weekend in the parking lot a popular grocery store over his mask mandate. County Judge Nelson Wolff was at an H-E-B in San Antonio when woman began recording herself that he should be ashamed of himself for masking children. In a…… MORE
Dallas/Fort Worth – As new daily COVID-19 cases continue to soar across Texas and nationwide, the American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday said that children now account for 22% of new cases in the U.S. In many cases children showed symptoms just days after started school, a testament highly infectious and rapidly spreading Delta variant.…… MORE
AUSTIN – Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Wednesday that he will convene a third special legislative session at 10 a.m. on Monday, September 20, 2021. The proclamation identifies 5 agenda items for the third Special Session. “The Texas Legislature now has the opportunity to redraw legislative and congressional districts in accordance with the new census…… MORE
TYLER (WBAP/KLIF News) – After months of bitter fighting within the Texas Legislature, Governor Greg Abbott signed the Election Integrity bill known as Senate Bill 1 into law. At a ceremony in Tyler on Tuesday, Abbott was joined by the bill’s authors, Republican State Senator Brian Hughes and Republican Representative Andrew Murr. Senate Bill 1, or…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott is expected to sign Senate Bill 1 – otherwise known as the election integrity bill – into law later this morning. The governor will be joined in Tyler for the signing ceremony by the bill’s authors, State Senator Bryan Hughes and Representative Andrew Murr. Republicans touted the bill as…… MORE
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – The Taliban say they have seized the last province not in their control after their blitz through Afghanistan last month. They overran forces who had opposed their takeover. According to witnesses, thousands of Taliban fighters charged into eight districts of Panjshir province overnight. A Taliban spokesman confirmed Monday that the province…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth ISD is now having to deal with thousands of students in quarantine. More than 5,000 students and teachers in the school district are having to stay home after being exposed to COVID-19. Over the past week, some 72 district staff and more than 450 kids tested positive for the corona virus.…… MORE
Austin (AP) – Opponents of a sweeping Republican elections overhaul in Texas filed a lawsuit against Governor Greg Abbott before he had even signed the changes into law. A broad coalition of voting rights attorneys, disability rights groups, and faith-based organizations filed lawsuits Friday over the far-reaching voting bill in Texas known as Senate Bill…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A state judge has shielded Texas abortion clinics from lawsuits allowed by a new state abortion law. The Texas “Heartbeat Law”, which took effect Wednesday, allows anyone anywhere to sue anyone connected to an abortion in which cardiac activity was detected in the embryo. However, state District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble issued a temporary…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A court strikes down the mask mandate of a North Texas school district. The 141st District Court in Tarrant County issued a temporary injunction against Fort Worth ISD for issuing a mask mandate in defiance of Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order. The court ruled, Friday, that the district cannot require students and faculty to…… MORE
