AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A tough Texas bill cracking down on local police who refuse to help enforce federal immigration law has cleared a key legislative hurdle toward becoming law. A House committee voted 7-5 without debate Wednesday to approve a softened version of the anti-“sanctuary cities” bill approved by the state Senate in February.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) United Airlines is in for a world of suffering following the removal of a passenger from an overbooked flight. Criticism is pouring in from around the globe, and CEO Oscar Munoz has made conflicting statements on the incident. Many of the condemning remarks are from China, where the carrier is trying to…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — After eight weeks of government-called witnesses, the corruption trial of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price is finally shifting over to the defense. Federal prosecutors wrapped up their case Tuesday, but not before being scolded by the judge for handing over newly discovered evidence four times in the last week. The…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Arlington City Council voted to extend the city’s smoking ban last night after making a last-minute exception for bingo halls. The move comes after groups like the Lion’s Club and the Masonic Lodge argued the ban could result in a loss of business and a drop in donations. They also extended…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A judge has moved the criminal trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to Houston after uprooting the case from the Republican’s hometown. State District Judge George Gallagher made the decision Tuesday after special prosecutors argued they couldn’t get a fair trial in the conservative Dallas suburb of McKinney, where Paxton…… MORE
Frisco (WBAP/KLIF News) – Developers have broken ground on two hotels as part of a mixed-use development near “The Star” in Frisco. The hotels, both owned by Marriott, should open next year. Frisco Station will be built with five million square feet of office space and 2,400 apartments. “You’ve got Baylor, Scott and White Hospital,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo was wearing a different Dallas uniform Tuesday morning. He’ll be wearing it Tuesday night too, when he suits up with the Mavericks in full uniform for their season finale against the Denver Nuggets. Romo says the team reached out to him last week about letting…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Some iconic pieces of history from Texas’ most notorious couple will be up for auction this summer. Eighty-three years after Bonnie and Clyde were shot to death in Louisiana, the public will now have a chance to take home artifacts that have been kept by the duo’s families. The artifacts were…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — For the third time in a week, federal prosecutors have handed over new evidence in the corruption trial of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price. It didn’t sit well with the judge the first time prosecutors presented new evidence, and the same can be said again this time, with the judge…… MORE
AUSTIN (AP) – A judge has ruled for a second time that Texas’ strict voter ID law was intentionally crafted to discriminate against minorities. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos of Corpus Christi on Monday comes more than two years after she likened the ballot-box rules in Texas to a “poll tax”…… MORE
