AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — There are now more than 200 school districts in Texas that have adopted policies allowing staff to carry firearms, a number that spiked in the weeks following a deadly high school shooting in Florida. Dax González with the Texas Association of School Boards tells the Corpus Christi Caller-Times that as of…… MORE
Councilman Says Dallas Council Won’t Intervene in Push for Mandatory Sick Leave
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Dallas City Council is expected to stay out of the push to create mandatory paid sick leave for low wage workers and let voters decide — assuming it gets to that point. Councilman Phil Kingston spoke to WFAA’s “Inside Texas Politics” and said he does not expect the city council…… MORE
American Airlines Pays Up To Settle Collusion Lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP) – American Airlines has agreed to pay $45 million to settle a lawsuit that says it and other major U.S. airlines colluded to drive up the price of airfares. In settling the case, American denied any wrongdoing. The company, in a statement, said fighting the case in court would be costly. Earlier…… MORE
Laura Bush: Zero Tolerance Immigration Policy is Cruel and Immoral
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Former first lady Laura Bush is calling a new zero tolerance immigration policy from the Trump Administration cruel and immoral. Bush wrote an op-ed piece in the Washington Post, saying she appreciates the need to enforce international boundaries, but that the government should not be in the business of “warehousing children…… MORE
Five dead as SUV chased by Border Patrol crashes in South Texas
BIG WELLS, Texas (AP) — At least five people were killed and several others hurt Sunday as an SUV carrying more than a dozen people during a suspected “smuggling event” crashed while fleeing from Border Patrol agents in South Texas, authorities said. The SUV carrying 14 people went out of control at more than 100…… MORE
Dallas is not on the Army’s short list of possible headquarters sites
Washington, DC (WBAP/KLIF) – The U.S. Army has decided Dallas will not be the site of its new, Futures Command Headquarters. The Army had been looking at 15 possibilities, and Dallas was one of them. However it has now narrowed that list to five, and Dallas is not one of the finalists. Austin is, along…… MORE
Texas Tech student killed in Russia
Irkutsk, Russia (WBAP/KLIF) – A 27 year old Texas Tech graduate student was killed Saturday when he fell while hiking in Siberia. Architecture student Elmer Arrieta of El Paso was studying for his masters degree in Russia as part of an international program through the University of Texas. Exactly what happened to him isn’t clear.…… MORE
Two suspects arrested for a double murder
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police have arrested two suspects for a double murder that was discovered in a small city park a month ago. On May 15 the bodies of two men were found stuffed into the trunk of a black Cadillac parked at Pueblo Park in west Dallas. on Friday, June 15, 37 year…… MORE
Grand Prairie Police have arrested a serial vandalism suspect
Grand Prairie (WBAP/KLIF) – Grand Prairie Police believe they have caught the vandal who’s been shooting out storefront windows. At least 21 storefront windows on Main Street have been shattered by someone firing from a passing pickup truck just since February. A Dallas Police officer who saw surveillance videos of the incidents recognized the truck,…… MORE
Dallas County Offers to House Migrant Children
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County is again offering to temporarily house migrant children coming into the country illegally. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins says they must wait for the green light from the federal government. “These are children just like your children and my children,” Jenkins said. “You can have any feelings you want to…… MORE
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