SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A trial in Texas is underway with Democrats and minority rights groups arguing that the booming state needs new election maps for 2018 to undo discrimination. Texas on Monday returned to court again on the defense over voting rights. Two federal courts this year found that Republican lawmakers purposefully discriminated against…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Interviews for the next Dallas Police Chief will begin this week. All seven finalists for the job are in town beginning Monday, when they’ll tour police facilities and become more familiar with the city. Interviews with police associations and city leaders will begin tomorrow, and sit-downs with City Manager TC Broadnax…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) – Dallas city officials are asking one council member to pay back more than $8,100 of his salary because he allegedly missed too many meetings during the past year. The Dallas Morning News reports council member Philip Kingston is accused of having 11 unexcused absences out of 81 scheduled meetings. A City Charter…… MORE
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) – The Trump administration says Texas has rid its voter ID law of any discriminatory effects and is asking a judge who once compared the measure to a “poll tax” to not take further action. The U.S. Justice Department under former President Barack Obama had previously joined minority rights groups in…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Baylor University has agreed to a settlement with one of several women who sued amid a sexual assault scandal that rocked the nation’s largest Baptist school. A settlement notice was filed in federal court in Texas on Thursday. No details were released. Several women have sued Baylor, alleging the university ignored…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Owning a home in DFW looks to be a struggle for millennials. According to apartment finder ABODO, only 28.7 percent of millennials own a home in the area. DFW ended up being ranked No. 106 when it came to cities with the most millennial home ownership. Over the past fiver years home prices…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A federal appeals court says immigrant children who cross the border without their parents have the right to a court hearing to challenge any decision to detain them instead of turning them over to family in the U.S. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that two laws passed…… MORE
ALBUQUERQUE (WBAP/KLIF News) — New Mexico police have ruled the death of a Flower Mound couple a murder-suicide. The bodies of Jacob Kokotkiewicz, 31, and Ursula Kokotkiewicz, 32, were found Thursday in a pickup truck along Interstate 40 west of Albuquerque. According to the Star-Telegram, a 9mm handgun was found between Jacob Kokotkiewicz legs. He was positioned…… MORE
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Public school districts in the U.S. are rethinking how they cope with unpaid lunch debts amid a wave of outrage over practices that single out children by taking food out of their hands or stamping them with a payment reminder. The U.S. Agriculture Department is requiring districts to adopt policies…… MORE
DALLAS, TX (WBAP/KLIF News) – A lot of the good July 4th stuff actually happened yesterday, but there’s plenty of stuff you can still do today. Arlington 4th of July Parade – begins at 9 a.m. at the intersection of Mitchell and West streets. Free. Information at arlington4th.org. Fair Park Fourth – Festivities include rides,…… MORE
