AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – Nearly 1.2 million laid-off Americans applied for state unemployment benefits last week, evidence that the coronavirus keeps forcing companies to slash jobs just as a critical $600 weekly federal jobless payment has expired. The government’s report did offer a smidgen of hopeful news: The number of jobless claims declined…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The leader of the great state of Texas plans to skip the Republican National Convention later this month to deal with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Greg Abbott announced the news in a letter to National GOP Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel. He said that it was an honor being selected to serve as…… MORE
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Five Fort Worth police cruisers responded to a Whataburger in the city Tuesday after a worker refused to leave. 19-year old Ma’kia Congious served up a two-week notice during a contentious conversation with Whataburger manager’s after a customer complained about her Black Lives Matter mask, which, according to the Fort Worth…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The staggering videos from the Lebanese capital are grimly familiar to Tommy Muska thousands of miles away in Texas: a towering blast, a thundering explosion and shock waves demolishing buildings with horrifying speed. It is what the mayor of West, Texas, lived seven years ago when one of the deadliest fertilizer plant explosions in U.S.…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Five Texas GOP lawmakers sued Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday over a $295 million contact tracing deal signed during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic that they claim skirted oversight and amounted to the governor exceeding his authority. The lawmakers are among the most conservative in the state Legislature,…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The company running one of the largest COVID-19 testing sites in the metroplex is now under the microscope. The Honu Management Group operates the Eastfield College test site under a $14-million contract being paid by the City of Dallas and Dallas County. It previously ran the site at the University of Dallas. The…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- A Southwest Believers’ Convention featuring Televangelist Kenneth Copeland is expected to bring in nearly 3,000 guests to the Fort Worth Convention Center throughout this week. Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley said they couldn’t stop it because religious events are protected by the Governor’s Order. However, Whitley says he’s disappointed. “I’ve been watching the…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The legendary Billy Bob’s Texas in the Fort Worth Stockyards is opening it’s doors again. TABC has allowed the Honky Tonk venue to open because it meets the criteria: food and concert tickets add up to 60% of the venue’s sales. Billy Bob’s General Manager Marty Travis said the TABC has given…… MORE
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Cornyn today introduced a resolution on Wednesday calling for the immediate release of Trevor Reed, a veteran of the U.S. Marines and student at the University of North Texas, from Russian prison. The resolution calls for release of all political prisoners, condemns politically motivated imprisonment in the Russian Federation, demands that the…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says he’s considering delivering his Republican convention speech from the White House. That would mark an unprecedented use of public property for partisan political purposes. Trump told Fox News Channel on Wednesday he’s “probably” going to deliver the speech from the White House because of the security and cost…… MORE
