AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott sent a message to the Secretary of the Senate on Thursday identifying legislation to increase the penalties for illegal voting as an additional agenda item for the Third Special Session that began on Monday, September 20. The Governor said the the penalties were reduced in Senate Bill 1 that…… MORE
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A Texas man who says he is affiliated the anti-government “boogaloo” movement has pleaded guilty to opening fire on a Minneapolis police station last year during unrest over the death of George Floyd. Ivan Harrison Hunter was accused of firing 13 rounds from a semi-automatic assault-style rifle on the Third Precinct police…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – An audit of the City of Dallas’ IT Department revealed millions of Dallas police files have been lost due to poor data management and lack of oversight; that’s according to results released on Thursday. The shortfalls led to a lone former IT employee deleting over 8 million mostly police department files. The…… MORE
SEARCY, Ark. (AP) – A Black man who was shot and killed in his apartment by a white off-duty Dallas police officer has been honored with a memorial at his alma mater on what would have been his 30th birthday. Botham Jean, a 2016 graduate of Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, was shot and killed…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas Democrats are targeted with a Molotov cocktail. Austin police are searching for a man wearing an American flag bandanna who tried to set the Travis County Democratic headquarters on fire with a Molotov cocktail. Fortunately, the fire bomb did not ignite, but a small paper fire resulted, which was quickly extinguished by…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — With 11 days left in the special legislative session, Texas Republicans have crafted another redistricting map. The map came out, Thursday, and proposes to strengthen republican districts. Democrats and Latino advocacy groups protested the proposals which they say have fewer districts with a majority of minority voters. Republican leadership said race wasn’t taken…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The effort to assist families impacted by this week’s explosion at a South Dallas apartment complex is citywide. The American Red Cross DFW continues to work with the City of Dallas Office of Emergency Management and apartment property management to assist residents displaced by the explosion. Following the blast, local officials evacuated…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – With only hours to spare, Congress passed legislation that would avoid a partial federal shutdown and keep the government funded through December 3rd. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. The votes will help avert one crisis, but efforts to stave off a second crisis that…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Mavericks, on Wednesday, announced the team’s COVID related requirements for the upcoming season. According to requirements sent to season ticket holders, and posted on the team’s website, the Mavs are requiring fans to show proof of a negative COVID test within 48 hours of attending a home game or to…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Governor Greg Abbott is planning to appeal the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s denial of the state’s emergency declaration request amid recent surges at the Texas-Mexico border. The denial on Wednesday of supplemental federal assistance comes in the wake of a recent surge of more than 16,000 migrants, many of them Haitian,…… MORE
