AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas legislative leaders, along with Governor Greg Abbott, announced on Tuesday the transfer of $105.5 million to support additional school safety and mental health initiatives through August 31 of next year. According to the Governor, the additional funding will boost actions the State of Texas has already taken to make schools safer and…… MORE
Airbnb Makes Party Ban Permanent
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Airbnb is making its once temporary ban on parties and events at its properties permanent. The home rental service said there’s a direct correlation between a 44% drop in complaints about parties globally since the temporary measure was enacted in August 0f 2020. Brent Breit is with the company’s public…… MORE
[WATCH LIVE]: Jan. 6 Panel to Hear from Top Aide in Trump’s White House
The hearing which was just announced on Monday gets under way at 12 Noon Central. Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The House panel investigating the Capitol insurrection will hear testimony Tuesday from Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide in Donald Trump’s White House. She’s considered a vital witness in the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021…… MORE
Burleson: Woman Fatally Caught in Crosshairs of Shootout on Busy Highway
Burleson, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Burleson Police arrested six people in connection with a shooting incident that left an innocent woman dead with a gunshot wound to the head.. Police say the suspects were engaged in unspecified illegal activities that killed 64-year old Kathryn Ann Bryan who was driving along the busy Wilshire Blvd and I-35W…… MORE
46 Dead After Trailer Carrying Migrants Found in San Antonio
Forty-six people were found dead in and near a tractor-trailer and 16 others were taken to hospitals in a presumed migrant smuggling attempt into the United States, officials in San Antonio said. It’s among the deadliest tragedies to have claimed thousands of lives of people attempting to cross the U.S. border from Mexico in recent…… MORE
Texas Leaders React to SCOTUS Decision on Prayer
(WBAP/KLIF) – Following Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court Decision that a former Washington football state had a right to pray after games, Texas leaders are praising the ruling. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said that the ruling affirms a First Amendment right to freely practice religion. “Today’s judicious ruling is a great victory for Americans of all…… MORE
Texas Leaders React to SCOTUS Decision on Prayer
(WBAP/KLIF) – Following Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court Decision that a former Washington football state had a right to pray after games, Texas leaders are praising the ruling. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said that the ruling affirms a First Amendment right to freely practice religion. “Today’s judicious ruling is a great victory for Americans of all…… MORE
GlobiTech Semiconductor Facility to Expand in Sherman
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott announced on Monday that GlobiTech Incorporated will establish an additional manufacturing facility in Sherman. GlobiTech, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based GlobalWafers Co., Ltd., provides silicon epitaxy products and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry. “The State of Texas continues to attract and support world-class manufacturers and global investments that are…… MORE
Supreme Court Sides With High School Football Coach Who Prayed on the Football Field
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor a high school assistant football coach from Bremerton, Washington who lost his job for kneeling and praying on the field after games. Kennedy was fired in 2015 after refusing to stop his on-field prayers. His case was argued before the High Court on…… MORE
League of Women Voters Texas Expects Voter Registration Boost Following Supreme Court’s Roe v Wade Decision
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The League of Women Voters Texas is one of several state advocacy groups that have been registering citizens to vote in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to overturn Roe v Wade. Texas is one of several states that subsequently enacted trigger laws, severely limiting or outlawing…… MORE
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