Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Workforce Commission is still waiting for guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor before making changes to unemployment benefits. President Trump’s weekend executive order extends enhanced benefits by 300-hundred dollars, but the TWC and other unemployment agencies across the country have not updated their systems as they wait for possible…… MORE
DALLAS (AP) — The jurors appeared on screen from their living rooms, bedrooms and home offices. Juror 11 took notes as a sheriff’s deputy testified about giving a speeding ticket. Juror 18 occasionally looked away as a white cat scampered across her couch. They gathered on a video conference call Tuesday in what Texas court…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Metroplex mortality rate for the Coronavirus has now dropped below 1.3%. The number of cases in North Texas is approaching 106,000, while the death toll nears 1,400. Dallas county surpassed a total of over 55,500 positive tests, Tuesday, alongside 785 deaths. Tarrant county eclipsed 34,000 with 427 deaths, while Denton and Collin…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Lawmakers in Washington are at odds over the amount of added federal unemployment benefits. President Trump recently signed an executive order providing a $400 unemployment bonus. Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick explained that unemployed Texans receive between $250 and $300 in state unemployment benefits. That, added to the $600 Coronavirus Relief Unemployment bonus…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Washington is gun shy to pull the trigger on a new multi-trillion dollar Cares Act package. The battle over the amount of a Coronavirus aid package continues on Capitol Hill. Republicans were pushing for a $1-trillion package, while Democrats wanted somewhere around $3-trillion. According to Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Democrats wanted the…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott traveled to Beaumont on Tuesday to hold a briefing with local officials and state representatives on the state’s ongoing COVID-19 response. The Governor and local and state leaders discussed strategies to continue reducing the number of positive cases and hospitalizations in, including blood and plasma donations from recovered patients…… MORE
ALLIANCE (WBAP/KLIF)- North Texans have the opportunity to look at over 2,000 jobs at an Alliance Texas virtual job fair event. Hillwood, Workforce Solutions of Tarrant County and Workforce Solutions of North Texas are joining forces to host a virtual job fair August 12th from 10 am to 2 pm. Lacey Douglas with Workforce Solutions…… MORE
SOUTHLAKE (WBAP/KLIF)- Two Carroll ISD employees tested positive for Covid-19. Carroll ISD sent WBAP/KLIF a statement saying a staff member at Eubanks Intermediate School tested positive for Covid-19 August 6th and at Carroll Elementary school a staff member tested positive for the virus after being at campus, working in the classroom. They were notified on…… MORE
(AP) – Joe Biden has chosen Senator Kamala Harris of California as his running mate. It’s a move that fulfills the wish of Democrats clamoring to see a woman of color on a major party’s presidential ticket for the first time in history. The 55-year-old Harris was elected to the Senate in 2016 after serving…… MORE
(AP) – The Big Ten Conference won’t be playing football this fall because of concerns about COVID-19. The move comes six day after the conference released a revised conference-only schedule that it hoped would help it navigate a fall season with potential COVID-19 disruptions. The Big Ten Conference includes historic programs such as Ohio State, Michigan,…… MORE
