Texas (WBAP/KLIFI) – The Texas unemployment rate was 6.5% in May, down just a fraction [0.2%] of a percent from April. In a press release, the Texas Workforce Commission says Texas added 34-thousand total non-agricultural jobs in May, marking gains in 12 of the last 13 months; and a total of 804,200 jobs since May…… MORE
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – After a year of protests over police brutality, some Republican-controlled states have ignored or blocked police-reform proposals and moved instead in the other direction. Lawmakers have granted greater powers to officers, made it harder to discipline them and expanded their authority to crack down on demonstrations. The states include Arizona, Iowa,…… MORE
PLANO, Texas (AP) – Democrats and Republicans are fighting furiously over an issue that rarely sways elections, and that’s the mechanics of voting. Donald Trump’s false claims that he lost reelection because of mass voter fraud have spurred Republican-backed laws restricting voting access in more than a dozen states. Democrats are trying to counter with…… MORE
Dallas (AP) – Texas is transferring inmates from a state prison to make room for migrants detained by state authorities. Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jeremy Desel says the prison system began moving inmates this week from the medium-to-minimum-security Dolph Briscoe Unit prison in Dilley, about 70 miles southwest of San Antonio. He says…… MORE
Austin (AP) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott has followed through on his threat, and vetoed the new state budget’s provision for paying legislative staff. Abbott vetoed the legislative staff budget Friday, as he threatened he would after a walkout by House Democrats in the final hours of the regular legislative session. The walkout denied a…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A surge of migrants and asylum seekers continues to arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border in the hopes of being allowed in. Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz criticizes the Biden administration’s approach to the border crisis. Cruz appeared on “Fox and Friends” to point out that neither the president nor the vice president have visited…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A Texas man has been indicted on charges of murder and assault for allegedly opening fire at a cabinet-making company where he worked. 27 year-old Larry Bollin is accused of fatally shooting one man and wounding five other employees at Kent Moore Cabinets in Bryan, TX. The Brazos County District Attorney’s office says a…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — A new study finds that female soldiers at army bases in Texas, Colorado, Kansas and Kentucky face a greater risk of sexual assault and harassment than those at other posts. More than a third of all active duty army women were sexually assaulted at bases in those four states during 2018. The study by…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas woman is in Police custody accused of fatally stabbing a young girl. 24-year-old Troyshaye Mone Hall is charged with Capital Murder and Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. According to the Dallas Police Department, Officers responded to reports of a stabbing at a home on Frazier Street, south of Fair Park,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki is returning to the team in an official capacity. The Mavericks announced on Friday that Nowitzki will serve as a special advisor to the franchise. The hiring comes a day after the resignation of Head Coach Rick Carlisle. A day before that, the Mavericks and long-time General…… MORE
