Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – The Lake Highlands High School valedictorian scrapped a speech approved by her school administrators and delivered an abortion rights call in its place. Paxton Smith submitted a speech to school officials that addressed the effect of the media on young minds. instead, she spoke at Sunday’s graduation ceremony of what she called…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Republican lawmakers visited the U.S. southern border, Wednesday, to promote solutions to the surge of illegal immigrants at the hand of smugglers. Aishah Hasnie reports on a 5 year old boy left in the middle of the night screaming near El Paso. The five year old child was left by smugglers, who were…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The U.S. Census Bureau’s latest population estimates show Fort Worth jumping from the 13th to 12th largest city in the United States with a population of 927,720. Fort Worth gained 19,229 residents from 2019-2020, climbing ahead of Jacksonville, Fla. Fort Worth’s increase was the third largest, behind Phoenix, which added 25,194 residents,…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas gun rights laws are headed to the governor’s desk. Governor Greg Abbott vowed to protect the states second amendment rights by signing three bills into law. Abbott says that Texas is finally making sure citizens have the constitutional right to carry a gun as he vows to protect Texans right to bear arms. …… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The border crisis is costing Texas counties and residents millions of dollars. The governor of Texas is pledging a billion dollars to help Texas counties affected by the border crisis. Greg Abbott has offered additional DPS resources to better secure the Texas border with Mexico. With drug smuggling, mass illegal immigration, theft, farm…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — George P. Bush, the son of former presidential candidate and Florida Governor Jeb Bush, announced his plan to run for attorney general in Texas, Wednesday night. Bush currently serves as Texas Land Commissioner and has posted on his social media accounts about pushing back against the Biden administration’s “Federal overreach” in the state.…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Governor Greg Abbott is firing back at Democrats who walked off the job to prevent a voter protection bill from passing. Abbott says he’ll veto a line in the state budget that allows lawmakers to be paid. The Biden administration has called Texas SB-7 as one of the most stringent voter suppression bills…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- With warmer weather, all of the rain that North Texas has had recently and more predicted, there’s emerging concerns about West Nile Virus. “It is very likely that with all the rain and standing water that mosquito season is going to be very serious this year and some of those mosquitoes may…… MORE
MCALLEN (WBAP/KLIF) Senator John Cornyn is pushing his new bipartisan legislation that confronts the current surge of migrants at the southern border. Senator Cornyn and his coauthors visited with law enforcement in the Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday, and toured a facility in Donna. Cornyn’s ‘Bipartisan Border Solutions Act’ focuses on ways the Federal government…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – Several North Texas cities are struggling to fill summer jobs, leading to reduced hours at pools and rec-centers. Cities like Lewisville, Irving, and Plano are short on lifeguards. Health concerns and uncertainty brought on by the COVID pandemic are partially to blame, even for previous employees. “They’ve gone out and found other…… MORE
