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FEMA Boosts North Texas Food Bank Shelves
(WBAP/KLIF) — Trucks with new food shipments will soon be rolling to the North Texas Food Bank. The food bank serves 13 counties in North Texas and received some good news, Tuesday. Dallas Count...
Apr 15, 2020
A Change To The Disaster Declaration in Denton County Puts Golfers Back On The Green
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Denton County Commissioners Court made a change to the county’s Disaster Declaration today that many golfers will be pleased about, amid the COVID-19 outbreak...
Apr 14, 2020
Dallas County Census Team Ramps Up Online Efforts to Get Participation During COVID-19
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- The Dallas County Census team is working to get 100% participation amid COVID-19. Sophia Johnson coordinator for the Dallas County census says they have moved to a heavy digital st...
Apr 14, 2020
Dallas Food Truck Company Serves Meals to Essential Workers Amid COVID-19
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- A Dallas food truck company, Ruthie’s, is supplying meals for essential workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. “One of our customers called and graciously underwrote Rut...
Apr 14, 2020
Whiskey Distillery Donates Hundreds of Gallons of Sanitizer to First Responders
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A Waco based whiskey distillery is providing sanitizer to North Texas first responders as the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise. The Balcones Distillery delivere...
Apr 14, 2020
Dallas County Reports 10 COVID-19 Deaths as Confirmed DFW Cases Rise
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas and Tarrant counties are reporting more COVID-19 related deaths as the case count rises across DFW. Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 89 additional pos...
Apr 14, 2020
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Allows Medication Abortions in Texas Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
AUSTIN (AP) – A federal appeals court panel has ruled that medication abortions can be provided in Texas during the coronavirus pandemic. Last month, Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive ord...
Apr 14, 2020
Global Economy Will Suffer Worst Year Since The Great Depression; ‘Texas is in a Recession’
AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) – Beaten down by the coronavirus outbreak, the world economy in 2020 will suffer its worst year since The Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Mo...
Apr 14, 2020
Texas Governor Says No “Rushing The Gates” To Reopen
Gov. Greg AbbottCNN photo AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas businesses won't all reopen at the same time, Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday, even as President Donald Trump indicated he was itching to restore the ...
Apr 14, 2020
Pushback From Both Sides Over Trump’s Claim of ‘Total Authority’ to Re-Open Economy
(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump and governors from both parties are disputing who has the authority to reopen the economy. That, after Democratic leade...
Apr 14, 2020
