DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – President Donald Trump landed at Dallas Love Field shortly before 3:00pm Thursday. He was met by Governor Greg Abbott and other Dallas community leaders and residents. There was not any many greeters as usual due to COVID-19 but there was a heavy police presence. Dallas Resident Deanna Kienast said she was one…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — Texas restaurants will be able to operate at 75 percent capacity starting Friday. Anna Tauzin is with the Texas Restaurant Association and said 75 percent isn’t necessarily reality. “Take a look at a restaurants footprint. Reconfigure the tables as much as you want, 75 percent doesn’t truly mean 75 percent because of the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Senator John Cornyn is calling for Congress to pass the anti-lynching law on top of other reforms he says are necessary. Cornyn supports a National Registry on Use of Force as well as funding for police training. “Out of tragedy like this, this question I always ask is, ‘Can something good come…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Houston city council has denied an effort to reallocate nearly $12-million from the Houston police department’s upcoming budget to fund sweeping police reform. Houston councilwoman Letitia Plummer proposed redirecting the money to fund several measures, including strengthening a police oversight board and enhancing police de-escalation training. However, the city council on Wednesday…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — President Donald Trump is visiting Dallas, Wednesday, to discuss economic and social policies with community leaders. According to White House staffer Brooke Rollins, the President will be joined by some heavy hitters like Attorney General William Barr, Surgeon General Jerome Adams, and HUD secretary Ben Carson. The president is also looking to raise…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — In the wake of nationwide protests in the death of George Floyd, President Donald Trump is putting together a plan to stop social injustice and brutality. According to White House staffer Brooke Rollins, de-funding and reducing police presence in american cities is the wrong solution and dangerous. The president is gathering public input…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — North Texas’ four major counties are nearing 23,000 cases of Coronavirus. Wednesday’s numbers placed Dallas County cases just under 13,000 with 274 deaths. Three of the deaths occurred yesterday, including a woman in her 40s. Tarrant County has nearly 6,600 cases and 189 dead. Denton and Collin counties are each just below 1,600…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Authorities are investigating interference with police radio communications, websites and networks used by law enforcement and other officials during recent U.S. protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Although the efforts to disrupt police radios and take down websites in Minnesota, Illinois and Texas aren’t considered technically difficult hacks,…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas has again hit a record number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19. more than 2,500 new cases were reported on Wednesday, by far the largest single-day total in the Lone Star State. The more than 2,100 hospital admissions marks a third consecutive day a new high has been reached, as Coronavirus cases are…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Dallas County has been denied tornado relief from the federal government for a second time. Texas governor Greg Abbott appealed FEMA’s March 31st decision to deny Dallas County a major disaster declaration. The designation would have provided a 75% federal reimbursement of the $190 million in damages caused by last year’s tornadoes. Dallas…… MORE
