Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt says he has tested positive for the coronavirus and is isolating at home. The first-term Republican governor made the announcement Wednesday. The 48-year-old Stitt has backed one of the country’s most aggressive reopening plans, has resisted any statewide mandate on masks and rarely wears one…… MORE
0:26 — Political analyst Allan Saxe joins Scott Sidway in today’s show to talk about John Cornyn’s new challenger come November, and also what it means that Joe Biden is now running campaign ads in Texas. Buckle up, it’s election season! 8:15 — Burger King has a strange new ad campaign, and it involves making…… MORE
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
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
0:29 — Many teachers aren’t happy about the TEA guidelines on how to deal with back-to-school procedures during COVID-19. Rena Honea is the president of the Dallas teachers union (Alliance/AFT) and joined Amy & Scott to talk about teachers’ biggest concerns. 4:49 — A step closer to a cashless society?? Kroger says they’re keeping the…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Trump is slowly coming to accept that the Republican National Convention won’t be the four-night infomercial for his reelection that he’d anticipated. Trump aides and allies are increasingly questioning whether the convention will be worth the trouble. Some are advocating that it be scrapped altogether. They reason that conventions are meant…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — Texas confirmed another nearly 5,700 of Coronavirus and 43 additional deaths. The state has over 264,000 cases and more than 3,200 deaths, a 1.3% mortality rate. Of the nearly 35,000 cases of COVID-19 reported in Dallas county, 457 patients have died. County health officials reported another 1,114 positive tests, today, and 6 additional…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The opening of a new walk up COVID-19 testing site in Dallas County was delayed Monday after equipment was stolen overnight. According to Parkland Hospital, the storage location for the site at The Salvation Army’s Pleasant Grove Corps Community Center was broken into. All of the equipment and supplies used to conduct testing…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Supreme Court of Texas has dismissed the lawsuit filed by the Republican Party of Texas over the cancelling of its convention. The City of Houston canceled the event amid a rising number of coronavirus cases in the city. “We had hoped that the Supreme Court of Texas would recognize that the…… MORE
