Austin (AP) – Texas hit a new record high for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 for the fifth consecutive day Friday, in a continued surge of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus following holiday gatherings and travel. Texas reported 12,481 COVID-19 patients in state hospitals on New Year’s Day, an increase of more than 1,750…… MORE
State Supreme Court Turns Its Thumbs Down On Austin Ban
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Supreme Court Friday night blocked the city of Austin and Travis County from enforcing orders that restricted bars and restaurants to takeout only during overnight hours. The rules went into effect in Austin on New Year’s Eve, and were scheduled to end Sunday morning. The Supreme Court upheld a request…… MORE
Congress Overrides National Defense Spending Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress has overridden President Donald Trump’s veto of a defense policy bill, a first by lawmakers since he took office nearly four years ago. In an extraordinary New Year’s Day session, the Republican-controlled Senate easily turned aside the veto. Lawmakers dismissed Trump’s objections to the $740 billion bill and handed the president…… MORE
Dave Rants On Vaccinations And Other Things
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Frank Swietek And Dave Review The New Movies
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Dave On New Year’s Celebrations
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Former Dallas City Manager Credited with Revitalizing Downtown Dies at 89
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Former Dallas City Manager George Schrader has died at the age of 89. Schrader served as Dallas city manager from 1973 to 1981. He’s credited with revitalizing Dallas’s downtown business district as well as having an integral hand in the development of DFW Airport, Reunion Arena, the Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Garden…… MORE
Suspect Shoots at Arlington Police, Hits Security Guard
(WBAP/KLIF) — Arlington police are involved in a new year’s eve shootout. Police were called to Arlington Memorial Hospital to investigate the shooting of a woman who suffered non life-threatening injuries at around 7 pm, Thursday. Officers determined the woman was shot at Las Lomas apartments in Arlington, where an officer was reviewing surveillance footage…… MORE
North Texas Plunges over 400,000 COVID Cases
(WBAP/KLIF) — North Texas has plunged over the 400,000 mark in Coronavirus cases. Dallas county has more than 172,000 positive tests, Tarrant county just eclipsed 150,000, Collin county at more than 43,000, and Denton over 39,000. The Dallas-Fort worth area approached another 6,000 new cases of COVID-19, Thursday. Dallas county health officials saw almost 1,800…… MORE
Texas Governor, Top Health Official Urge Quick Vaccinations
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the state’s top health official on Tuesday urged vaccine providers not to hold any doses in reserve and to distribute them as quickly as possible as the state deals with record-breaking numbers of virus patients in hospitals and new cases. In separate statements, Abbott and state…… MORE
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