AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A small group of Texas House Republicans got in each other’s faces during a brief but intense exchange after the chamber passed a contentious property tax bill. The House voted Monday to require local governments to hold elections if property taxes increase by 6 percent, letting voters possibly “rollback” such increases. The…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Days after violent protests erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia over the removal of confederate memorials, Dallas City Council Member Phillip Kingston said “the sooner the better” in addressing statutes in Dallas that honor Civil War heroes. Kingston said a resolution written by a group of local clergy and historians outlines a plan. “It would…… MORE
(CNN) — The suspect being held in a Virginia jail in connection with a deadly crash near a scheduled rally of white nationalists holds extreme values, one of his former teachers told CNN on Sunday. James Alex Fields Jr., 20, of Maumee, Ohio, is accused of running his Dodge Challenger into a crowd of people, killing a…… MORE
WACO (WBAP/KLIF News) – A federal judge has ordered Baylor to hand over information from an independent investigation into how the university responded to accusations of sexual assault. Baylor hired the law firm Pepper Hamilton in 2015 to investigate the way the school handled accusations of sexual assault by members of the football team and…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Attorneys for Dallas Cowboy Ezekiel Elliott have issued a statement about the running back’s recent six-game suspension handed down by the NFL on Friday. The league issued a statement about its decision that laid out details of its investigation into allegations of domestic violence against Elliot. “League investigators interviewed more than…… MORE
BEDFORD (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s has ruled the death of 14-year-old Kaytlynn Cargill a homicide. The report said the teenager died due to “homicidal violence”. Cargill vanished while walking her dog near the Oak Creek Apartments on June 19th. Her body was discovered June 21st in the nearby Republic Services landfill in Arlington. While she was…… MORE
(CNN) — President Donald Trump reiterated his bellicose warning to North Korea from earlier in the week, telling reporters at his golf club in New Jersey on Thursday that his threat to bring “fire and fury” if North Korea continued to threaten the United States may not have gone far enough. “Maybe it wasn’t tough…… MORE
(CNN) — North Korea is “seriously examining a plan” to launch a missile strike near the United States territory of Guam in response to President Donald Trump’s warning to Pyongyang that any additional threats will be met with “fire and fury,” according to a new statement from General Kim Rak Gyom published by state run media…… MORE
TRAVIS COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News) – The battle over “sanctuary cities” continues in Texas. According to the Austin American Statesman, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton against the City of Austin and Travis County. BREAKING: Federal Judge Sam Sparks has dismissed AG @KenPaxtonTX suit against Austin, Travis County over #SB4…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The National Hockey League’s Dallas Stars have officially become the first Texas professional sports team to speak out against the so-called bathroom bill. In a statement issued Wednesday, the Stars’ Team President James Lites said they are “strongly opposed to any legislation perceived as discriminatory.” Lites also said the team decided to move…… MORE
