Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – President Trump has reportedly told hospitals to send data on coronavirus patients to the Trump administration instead of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The move takes effect today (Wednesday 7/15/2020), according to a new guidance quietly posted on the Department of Health and Human Services website. Michael Caputo with HHS confirmed…… MORE
Austin, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Workforce Commission addresses questions about over-payments of unemployment benefits. In a Facebook post TWC spokesman Cisco Gamez addressed a Houston Chronicle report which brought to light a 1978 judicial ruling stating that over-payments caused by TWC error do not have to be repaid. Gamez had said in a previous…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Double shifts pulled by volunteers for Candace Valenzeula’s campaign paid off as the former school board member won the Democratic nomination for the 24th Congressional District Seat. The former Carrollton-Farmers Branch school board member will now face Republican candidate Beth Van Duyne in the November election. Valenzuela defeated former Air Force Colonel Kim…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — It appears Republican John Cornyn will face Democratic challenger Mary “M.J.” Hegar. In a close race for the Texas Democratic nomination for senator, Hegar is confident she’s the winner. Despite all ballots being counted, Hegar maintained 52% of the votes throughout the night, compared to West’s 48%. West declined to concede Tuesday night,…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Fort Worth ISD Board of Education President Jacinto Ramos, Jr., and Superintendent Kent P. Scribner are among the signatories of separate letters sent to Governor Greg Abbott. Both urged Governor Abbott to set forth a plan for the coming school year that would waive attendance accounting requirements to ensure school districts receive…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – With a rising number of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Texas, Governor Greg Abbott addressed recent speculation over a potential lock down when speaking with WBAP’s ‘Rick Roberts Show’ on Tuesday. “I’ve been getting phone calls over the past day or two wondering if there’s a lock-down coming,” said Abbott. “Listen, there’s…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Long portions of steel rails were delivered Friday, July 10, to Addison, Texas along the Silver Line, showing that construction on Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s (DART) $2 billion project is underway. Manufactured by Steel Dynamics, Inc. (SDI) in Columbia City, Indiana, the rail traveled 1,100 miles to its new home in North Texas.…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced this week that the U.S. Department of Defense has activated additional U.S. Army Urban Augmentation Medical Task Forces to assist the state’s efforts to combat COVID-19. At the Governor’s request and as part of a whole-of-nation approach, one UAMTF arrived in San Antonio on July 6th, an…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The beloved late President and CEO of the North Texas Food Bank will forever be on the Dallas map. Friends, co-workers and supporters gathered Monday at South Pearl Expressway and Farmers Road, for the official renaming of Farmers to Jan Pruitt Way. Pruitt, who served as leader of the food bank,…… MORE
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – American and Southwest airlines both say they’re overstaffed by tens of thousands of workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic Fort Worth-based American Airlines has put union leaders on notice that job cuts and furloughs could happen this fall; over 20,000 workers could be impacted. Meantime, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly…… MORE
