HOUSTON (AP) – Texas corrections officials are under a federal judge’s order to submit a plan by the end of the day to relieve hundreds of “heat-sensitive” inmates from the sweltering conditions inside a Southeast Texas prison. U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison has ordered the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to lower the housing area…… MORE
(CNN) — Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller has launched a grand jury in his investigation of Russian influence in the 2016 election, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Citing unnamed people familiar with the matter, the Journal said Mueller had impaneled the grand jury in Washington, where his team of investigators continue to look into whether…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Supporters of the so-called bathroom bill called on the Texas House to take up the measure passed by the Senate. Several dozen people gathered outside the state capitol on Thursday to urge lawmakers to consider the bill, which would only allow people to use the bathroom of the gender listed on their…… MORE
(CNN) — The United States and Russia are plunging deeper into their worst crisis since the Cold War, with politics in both nations outpacing the capacity of either government to mitigate the danger. President Donald Trump’s grudging signature on new sanctions punishing Russia for alleged meddling in last year’s US election sparked an explosive rhetorical…… MORE
DALLAS, (WBAP/KLIF) – Back to school season is around the corner the corner, which means parents will be rushing to get the children vaccinated with the proper immunizations. Parkland Health will once again offer “Walk-in Wednesdays”, where parents can bring in their children for immunizations without having to make an appointment. Immunizations during Walk-in Wednesdays will…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF News/CNN Money) — A Dallas businessman embroiled in a high-profile conspiracy theory has publicly denied any allegations of involvement. Wealthy Republican businessman Ed Butowsky said he did not act as a go-between in crafting a Fox News story that implicated murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich in the Wikileaks scandal. He’s been named in a lawsuit filed…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Texas House passed two bills that will help teachers transition once they retire. The measures would help with rising healthcare premiums and the cost of living. House Bill 20, written by Representative Trent Ashby (R-Lufkin), would transfer about $212 million dollars into the Teacher Retirement System-CARE program from the state’s Rainy Day Fund. The House…… MORE
(CNN) — President Donald Trump threw his support Wednesday behind legislation that looks to curb the level of legal immigration into the United States by proposing a skills-based immigration system. Trump backed the effort from Republican Sens. David Perdue and Tom Cotton in a speech at the White House. But the plan faces long odds…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – The wife and mother of a Texas man who died after a struggle with deputies in the county jail lobby have filed a federal lawsuit alleging excessive force and lack of training by the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office. A Dallas County grand jury declined to indict deputies involved in the August 2015…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – More than 50 Houston business leaders, including the heads of some of the nation’s top oil companies, are opposing a Texas “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people – adding to an already long list of powerful and lucrative firms opposing it. In a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday, the leaders…… MORE
