WATCH: ABC political director talks about COVID-19 stimulus package, Trump impeachment trial
ETN: Rick Klein By KLTV Digital Media Staff | February 4, 2021 at 1:45 PM CST - Updated February 4 at 6:12 PM
EAST TEXAS (KLTV/KTRE) - During his East Texas Now appearance Thursday, Rick Klein, ABC Newsâ political director talked about a wide variety of topics related to national politics.
Klein spoke to ETN host Jeremy Butler about the pending COVID-19 stimulus package, the chances of former President Donald Trump being convicted in the upcoming trial in the U.S. Senate, and controversial U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who represents Georgiaâs 14th congressional district.
WATCH: ABC Newsâ Dr. Jennifer Ashton says some COVID-19 variants evade immune system
ETN: Dr. Jennifer Ashton gives COVID-19 update By Gary Bass and Jeremy Butler | February 2, 2021 at 1:58 PM CST - Updated February 3 at 1:00 AM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - During an East Texas Now interview, Dr. Jennifer Ashton said that some of the recently emerging variants of the COVID-19 virus are concerning because it seems like they have found âways to evade or somewhat evade the immune system.â
Ashton, ABCâs chief medical correspondent, spoke to ETN host Jeremy Butler on Tuesday about the variants of the COVID-19 virus that have popped up in California, the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Brazil.
ETN: State Sen. Bryan Hughes on sex offender bill By Stephanie Frazier | January 29, 2021 at 3:42 PM CST - Updated February 1 at 6:56 PM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Texas District 1 Senator Bryan Hughes joined us on East Texas Now to discuss two bills he has introduced to legislators in Austin, including one that deals with limiting where sex offenders can live.
State Bill 441 deals with the authority of a county to restrict sex offenders from child safety zones in the unincorporated area of any Texas county.
“When folks in those situations are paroled and not in jail anymore, there are rules about where they can live, for obvious reasons, in areas where they’re not supposed to go because of the presence of small children,” Hughes said.
State Rep. Keith Bell prioritizing âelection integrityâ in House filing session
TX Rep. Keith Bell Intvw By KLTV Digital Media Staff | January 28, 2021 at 3:37 PM CST - Updated January 28 at 4:07 PM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - State Rep. Keith Bell will introduce two bills during the Texas House of Representativeâs filing session, one would honor two law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, the other intended to address election integrity concerns.
Bell spoke with East Texas Nowâs Jeremy G. Butler Thursday afternoon where he outlined these priorities.
Regarding the first bill, H.B. 1321 would designate a portion of State Highway 198 in Henderson County as âThe Deputy Sheriff Tony Ogburn and Deputy Sheriff Paul Habelt Memorial Highway.â Ogburn and Habelt were killed in the line of duty in 2008. Bell said the memorialization of the highway would serve as a reminder of the deputiesâ sacrifice.