AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott announced on Friday that his Public Safety Office will administer more than $296 million in grant funding for a variety of programs and services in Texas to support a broad range of public safety initiatives. The grant funding is made possible through a combination of federal and state dollars. “Nothing…… MORE
EL PASO (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott announced his appointment of Rebeca Huddle to the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday in El Paso. Huddle will replace Justice Paul Green on the bench, who retired in August of this year. The announcement was made at Stephen F. Austin High School, which is where Huddle attended school.…… MORE
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) – Republicans are fuming that two of the most-used social media networks in the U-S actively stopped people from sharing an article appearing in the New York Post newspaper alleging discovered e-mails showed Hunter Biden arranging meetings between his father, then Vice-President, and officials at Ukrainian energy company Burisma. Both Twitter and Facebook…… MORE
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Senator Kamala Harris has canceled travel through Sunday and will suspend in-person events until Monday after two staffers tested positive for coronavirus. The California Senator’s campaign told reporters her communications director and a traveling staff member for her travel to Arizona are now infected. Former Vice President…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The U.S. Census Count concludes Thursday following a decision by the U.S. Supreme court which allowed the Trump Administration to stop the count a month earlier than originally planned. Sophia Johnson with the Dallas Census says her team is doing a final push to make sure everyone is accounted for. “Because the impact lasts for…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Fidelity investments plans to hire 550 financial advisers, licensed representatives and customer service workers in Dallas-Fort Worth. The company says the jobs are needed due to increased trading activity and pandemic-related demand for financial services. The new hiring round comes only a few months after the company announced it would add some…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is presenting herself as a judge with deeply held personal and religious beliefs, but one who vows to keep an “open mind” on cases coming to the court. She faced a final round of questioning Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Republicans champion her conservative approach…… MORE
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is back before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a third day of her confirmation hearings Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is back before the Senate Judiciary Committee to face more questions from senators at her confirmation hearing. Tuesday’s session lasted nearly 12 hours. Barrett declined to voice an…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The first day of early voting in November’s general election brought big crowds to the polls in North Texas on Tuesday. Long lines were reported at many polling places but poll workers kept voters socially distanced the best they could. The American Airlines Center and the Allen Events Center both opened as mega…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas restrictions allowing only a single drop-box for mail-in ballots in each county were reinstated by a federal appeals court in New Orleans. The ruling late Monday sided with Governor Greg Abbott who on Oct. 1 ordered the shuttering of multiple drop boxes where thousands of ballots in some of Texas’s largest…… MORE
