AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A special committee of the Texas Senate has convened to hear executives from Houston’s largest utility provider explain the massive electricity failure that occurred when Hurricane Beryl hit the city on July 8. CenterPoint Energy’s chief executive officer told a panel of state senators in the Texas Capitol on Monday that…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that “extremism” on the U.S. Supreme Court is undermining public confidence in the institution and called on Congress to quickly establish term limits and an enforceable ethics code for the court’s nine justices. He also called on lawmakers to ratify a constitutional amendment limiting presidential immunity.…… MORE
By Kimberly James; WBAP and KLIF News, Dallas, Texas. DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn have introduced legislation that would place sanctions on Mexico for failure to deliver water to the Rio Grande as per a 1944 international treaty that allows for and mandates the sharing of water resources between…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth will soon be looking for a new City Manager. After serving as City Manager for over ten years, David Cooke is retiring. After being first reported by the Fort Worth Report, the city later confirmed the news. A statement from Cooke called his ten years at the top of…… MORE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has laid out his plans to wholeheartedly embrace cryptocurrency if elected for a second term. In his keynote address Saturday at a bitcoin conference in Nashville, Tennessee, the Republican presidential nominee promised to make the United States the “crypto capital of the planet” and create a bitcoin…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department has accused TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on views on divisive social issues like gun control, abortion and religion. Government lawyers say in a brief filed in federal court…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s favored inflation measure remained low last month, bolstering evidence that price pressures are steadily cooling and setting the stage for the Fed to begin cutting interest rates in September. Prices rose just 0.1% from May to June, up from the previous month’s unchanged reading. Compared with a year earlier,…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – ARLINGTON, TX – Arlington Renegades wide receiver Deontay Burnett has signed with the Dallas Cowboys. Burnett saw action in all 10 games for the Renegades this season, and started in five. He finished the 2023 season with 33 catches for a total of 306 yards, averaging 30.6 yards per game. Earlier this year,…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – KELLER, TX – Last week, Keller ISD released a new plan to enforce new cell phone rules in the classroom. All cell phones must now be powered off and in a bag during all school hours. Students are not allowed to even have phones in their pockets. Headphones and unapproved blue tooth devices…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – UVALDE, TX – Adrian Gonzalez has been charged with 29 counts of abandoning and endangering a child for his alleged actions or lack thereof, during the Rob Elementary School shooting in 2022. The 29 counts are for each of the 19 children who were killed that day, and for 10 child survivors who…… MORE
