AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF)-The Texas House approved Senate Bill 8, the “Texas Heartbeat Bill” that would ban women from getting an abortion after a fetal heartbeat has been detected, while before Texas law allowed abortions as late as 20 weeks. Jonathan Saenz President of Texas Values said the bill had bipartisan support in the Texas House and Senate…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The new Dallas Police Chief is moving forward with his plan to reduce violent crime in the city. According to the Dallas Police Department, violent crime rates have risen in Dallas over the last three years. Months after taking the department, Chief Eddie Garcia presented his crime reduction plan to the Dallas…… MORE
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
