AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas House has approved a strict ban on “sanctuary cities” in the country’s second-largest state, seeking to empower police to enforce federal immigration law against anyone they detain and threatening to jail police chiefs and sheriffs who refuse to do so. Thursday’s 93-54 vote followed 15-plus hours of emotional debate,…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) — The Texas House is still waiting on its version of the bathroom bill to be put up to a vote. The House held an open session last Wednesday where citizens could sign up to speak either in favor of against the bill, which is seen as a less restrictive version than…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A lawsuit against the University Interscholastic League for allowing a high school transgender wrestler from Euless to compete against girls will go to court today. A Travis County judge will determine whether or not the suit is valid, after the UIL filed a plea last month asking the court to dismiss…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — The jury is in day four of deliberations for the corruption trial of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price. They’ve been deciding whether or not Price is guilty of 11 different counts of tax evasion, mail fraud, and bribery for roughly 20 hours now dating back to last Wednesday. One legal…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — A second Dallas Police officer was arrested over the weekend in connection to the burglary of an Aubrey home. Officer Angelle Ponseti turned herself into the Denton County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday for assisting in a burglary last fall that another Dallas Police officer was also connected to. Sergeant Gregory Epley…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Day three of jury deliberations in the corruption trial of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price have concluded, and still no verdict has been reached. The jury began deliberating Wednesday morning after closing arguments took the entire day Tuesday. One legal analyst says the length of the deliberation isn’t so much…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) — Nearly 400 people testified early Thursday morning on the Texas House’s version of the controversial bathroom bill. Tom Giovanetti is the president of the Institute for Policy Innovation and testified this morning — he says the Texas Senate went too far with its version of the bill last month. “Their response in…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Closing arguments for the corruption trial of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price will be heard Tuesday morning. The jury will receive the case after both sides make one final push to whether or not Price took roughly a million dollars in bribes to sell his votes. But one legal analyst…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — One of the larger cities in Texas is trying to lure Dallas Police officers away from North Texas. The San Antonio Police Department has paid for billboards on major Dallas highways, including 75, I-35, and the Dallas North Tollway, touting things like a shorter academy training, competitive salaries, a $7,500 relocation…… MORE
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The US military has dropped an enormous bomb in Afghanistan, according to four US military officials with direct knowledge of the mission. A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, nicknamed MOAB, was dropped at 7 p.m. local time Thursday, the sources said. The MOAB is also known as the “mother of all…… MORE
