DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas will be changing the scheduling system for the COVID-19 vaccination site set up at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Downtown Dallas. This will happen following long delays and problems over the weekend when people shared appointment times and others walked up uninvited by the City. Dallas…… MORE
WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The requirement of wearing a mask while taking public transportation now has federal backing. The Department of Homeland Security has given the Transportation Security Administration the authority to implement some tenets of President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting COVID-19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel. It requires travelers to wear…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Senator Ted Cruz doubled down on his passion for term limits in Washington and spoke out about a recent exchange on Twitter with a Democratic Congresswoman on Friday while joining WBAP’S Rick Roberts Show. “One of the key steps we can take to drain the swamp is to get rid of the…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – Tens of thousands of doses of COVID-19 vaccine are expected to arrive in Collin County next week, and two more local vaccine hubs plan to open soon. According to the county, the Department of State Health Services notified county health officials that 42,900 doses of vaccine have been earmarked for Collin County providers…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The impact of COVID-19 on the travel industry is evident in recent numbers posted by Dallas based Southwest Airlines. According to the company’s CEO, Gary Kelly, Southwest reported its first full-year loss since 1972. Kelly said that the annual operating revenue for the airline dropped by 60% last year amid a massive decrease…… MORE
AUSTIN – Texas Governor Greg Abbott is pushing back against recent action taken by President Biden aimed at the energy sector. “Texas is a pro-energy state, and we will not sit idly by and allow the Biden administration or local governments to destroy jobs and raise energy costs for Texas families,” Governor Abbott said. The Biden…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is ordering government health insurance markets to reopen for a special sign-up window. It will offer uninsured Americans a haven as COVID-19 remains dangerously high and vaccines are not yet widely available. Biden signed an executive order Thursday directing the “Obamacare” HealthCare.gov insurance markets to take new applications for…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of Dallas’s drive-up COVID-19 vaccination center opens on Thursday at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. The city plans to keep the site open until it the allocated 5,000 doses of vaccine runs out. City leaders expect to vaccinate 2,000 people per day through Saturday. “The ability to allow people…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – All but five Senate Republicans have voted in favor of an effort to dismiss Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial. The vote on Tuesday made clear a conviction of the former president for “incitement of insurrection” after the deadly Capitol siege on Jan. 6 is unlikely. While the Republicans did not succeed…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- CVS Health said it has administered the first round of COVID-19 vaccine doses to nearly 8,000 skilled nursing facilities across the country. Administration of second doses is well underway and expected to be complete within four weeks. In Texas, CVS is responsible for vaccinations at about 2,000 long-term care locations with a total population…… MORE
