DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) –If you are looking for work, UPS is hiring. The shipping giant is looking to fill 1,200 seasonal jobs in DFW. Pay will run between $14.50 and $21 per hour depending on the position. Online shopping is expected to be gangbusters this year due to Covid-19. UPS said it’s not unusual for seasonal…… MORE
More Cuts Could be Coming for Dallas Based Southwest Airlines
More than 400 employees have been told they could be furloughed in January if they do not agree to a 10 percent cut in pay. The furlough warnings were issued to members of the Mechanics Fraternal Association that represents mechanics, maintenance technicians and employees who clean the planes. Southwest, which is still trying to recover…… MORE
Governor Abbott, TEA, TDEM Announce $420 Million Reimbursement Program for Texas Schools to Continue Virtual Learning
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas schools will have access to a $420 million reimbursement program to help students continue to learn virtually as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Governor Abbott announced Wednesday the money will help reimburse costs for WiFi hot spots and eLearning devices such as laptops, tablets and Chromebooks for he 2019-2020 school year. The…… MORE
KLIF Morning News: EPA Talks COVID Prevention, Disinfectants
Environmental Protection Agency administrator Andrew Wheeler joined Dave & Amy to talk about his visit with American Airlines to see what they’re doing to disinfect planes from COVID-19. We also talk about what the Trump administration has done during his tenure with the EPA.… MORE
KLIF Morning News: The Media Is Covering Ivanka Trump’s Childhood Farts
Why is the media publishing a story about Ivanka Trump blaming her childhood farts on other people? Dave and Amy tell you the story, plus have audio from Governor Andrew Cuomo getting frustrated with a reporter.… MORE
KLIF Morning News: Ted Cruz vs. Chris Cuomo
Did you see the Twitter spat between Senator Ted Cruz and CNN’s Chris Cuomo? We’ve got it all right here with Dave & Amy, along with Cuomo’s on-air reaction to it all. Plus, a story about a wedding gone wrong during the COVID-19 era, and Matthew McConaughey considering a run for governor??… MORE
First-Time Weekly Jobless Claims Increase to 742,00 as Pandemic Worsens
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose last week to 742,000, the first increase in five weeks and a sign that the resurgent viral outbreak is likely slowing the economy and forcing more companies to cut jobs. The Labor Department’s report Thursday showed that applications for benefits rose…… MORE
‘We’re in trouble’: Texas Sending Record Help to Hospitals
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is sending medical staff to overworked hospitals by the thousands — more now than at any point during the pandemic — as a worsening surge of cases leaves virus patients waiting for beds and large public buildings were ordered shut Wednesday in one West Texas city where fire officials are…… MORE
MedStar Enacts its COVID ‘Worst case scenario’ Plan of Action
Tarrant County (WBAP/KLIF) – As a COVID-19 surge continues across the country and across the metroplex, a long-planned ‘worst-case scenario’ plan of action was enacted this week by Tarrant County’s MedStar EMS service. The agency used its ambulances to transport patients from a crowded hospital in downtown Fort Wort to less crowded facilities elsewhere, according…… MORE
Major League Cricket Signs Long-Term Lease to Develop First Major Cricket Stadium in Grand Prairie
GRAND PRAIRIE (WBAP/KLIF)- Major League Cricket (MLC) has received approval from the City of Grand Prairie on a long-term lease agreement to begin an extensive redevelopment of AirHogs Stadium as the organization’s first major cricket stadium in the United States. The parent company of MLC, American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) — in cooperation with USA Cricket, the…… MORE
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