AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas’ Republican House speaker says he won’t work anymore on a “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people, putting the hotly debated legislation in jeopardy. House Speaker Joe Straus said Friday it was “absurd” how much time lawmakers have spent prioritizing efforts to pass a North Carolina-style law that would restrict bathroom rules…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas lawmakers have voted to allow handgun permit holders to have guns in their parked cars outside schools. The Senate gave final approval to the measure Saturday, sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott for his consideration. The vote came a day after Abbott signed into law a sharp decrease in fees…… MORE
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A Texas nurse who’s been serving a 99-year prison sentence for the fatal overdose of an infant in her care has been indicted in the death of another infant as prosecutors try to keep her behind bars. A Bexar (BAYR) County grand jury indicted Genene Jones Thursday on a murder count…… MORE
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Dozens of immigrant advocates from New Mexico are heading to Texas to protest that state’s new law allowing police officers to ask about a person’s immigration status. The advocates from the New Mexico Dream Team will join immigrant activists in Texas on Monday for a demonstration against the law at the…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) — A man is dead after police say he shot his wife and took his two children on a multi-county police chase. According to Lt. Christopher Cook with the Arlington Police Department the chase began around 2:30 a.m., Thursday morning when the mother of the children texted police that she had been…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas is moving closer to making offenses against police officers punishable as hate crimes. The state Senate passed 30-1 on Tuesday a bill adding law enforcement agents to the list of groups targeted by bias or prejudice. Hate crimes against officers would include arson, criminal mischief, graffiti, unlawful restraint, assault and…… MORE
DENTON (WBAP/KLIF News) — The airport in Denton suffered some significant damage because of strong winds early this morning. The City of Denton says around 15-20 airplanes were damaged, with some of them flipped over, and that 15 other structures were affected. “Obviously aside from all the planes found upside down and a couple of…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas lawmakers are reviving efforts to prohibit coverage of abortion by some health insurance plans with just a week left to deliver the bill to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. The Texas Senate on Monday night once again sent the measure back to the House, where the original bill never received a…… MORE
RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF News) — Richardson Police have released new surveillance video of a road rage incident that left one person dead last week. The department posted the video to Facebook. It shows the victim driving a grey or silver sedan side-by-side with the shooter’s white Toyota Camry. The shooter still has not been arrested. In…… MORE
Updated Tuesday, 4:07 am LONDON – Police in Manchester, England report 22 are dead and nearly 60 are injured after the explosion following an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena. A rep for the U.S. singer says she is okay. Police say they believe a man acted as a lone attacker, carrying explosives on him.…… MORE
