DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Big corporations continue to push back against proposed voting laws being considered in the Texas legislature. Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk is behind the newly formed group, Fair Elections Texas, which has organized dozens of big corporations and chambers of commerce to publicly oppose legislation they believe restricts acts to voting. “We…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (WBAP/KLIF News) – Facebook will continue it’s ban on former President Trump’s account for now, following a decision by its independent oversight board on Wednesday. Trump was suspended from the social media platform over posts made surrounding the deadly January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol which violated Facebook’s rules. Oversight Board Member…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Former President Donald Trump won’t return to Facebook – for now. The social network’s quasi-independent Oversight Board voted to uphold his ban from the platform after his account was suspended four months ago for inciting violence that led to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot. While upholding the suspension, the board…… MORE
Van Horn (WBAP/KLIF) – 60 years ago on May 5,1961 Alan Shepard became the first American to fly a rocket into space. Multi-billionaire Jeff Bezos has picked the anniversary to begin selling tickets for tourist-type adventure rides into space aboard his Blue Origin company rocket which he has named “New Shepard.” The start of ticket…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The No. 2 House Republican is publicly calling for the removal of Rep. Liz Cheney as the party’s third-ranking leader in the chamber. Rep. Steve Scalise, the House GOP whip, issued a statement early Wednesday backing Rep. Elise Stefanik for the post. It’s the first public statement from Republican leadership that Cheney…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A bill to require transgender Texas athletes to compete only on teams that match the sex designated on their birth certificates appears to be dead in Austin. The Texas House Committee on Public Education refused to pass the bill by Lubbock Republican Senator Charles Perry on to the full House after…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – More than 50 companies and business organizations have sent an open letter to the Texas Legislature expressing their opposition to “any changes” that would make it harder to vote in this state. Tuesday’s letter was signed by American Airlines, Microsoft, HP, Levi Strauss, and others. It was released to the public as…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia will present his 29 page crime fighting plan to the Dallas City Council today. It will say that violent crime is primarily centered on four geographic areas within the city, covered by the department’s southeast, southwest, and south central divisions. The chief’s plan is quite detailed in…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Are the National Rifle Association’s leaders abusing the legal system to duck accountability for their mismanagement? Or are they making a legitimate move to reorganize following attacks from politicians bent on dismantling the gun-rights group? A federal judge in Dallas heard those competing narratives Monday during closing arguments in the NRA’s bankruptcy…… MORE
UNDATED (AP) – As much as billionaire couple Bill and Melinda Gates want to keep their pending divorce private, the split is already sending shockwaves through the worlds of philanthropy and public health. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has an endowment of nearly $50 billion and donates about $5 billion annually to causes around…… MORE
