WASHINGTON (AP) – Capitol Hill negotiators have reached agreement on an $8.3 billion measure to battle the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. The House votes on the deal Wednesday and Senate leaders are pressing for a vote in that chamber by the end of the week. The legislation came together unusually quickly, a rarity in…… MORE
DALLAS/FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) – Alamo Drafthouse cinemas across the Metroplex are giving back to teachers this month. Vice President of Creative Operations Jordan Michael said the company is giving away a “snack pack” worth $10. “For the whole month of March, whether it’s your Spring break or not, we’re going to offer free snacks…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Thousands of jobs will be available this week through a City of Dallas job fair. The ‘Dallas Hires’ event will showcase 3,300 available jobs across city services and government. Mayor Pro-Tem Casey Thomas said the city is trying to “grow it’s own.” “We have a lot of young people and those who…… MORE
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Billionaire Mike Bloomberg has ended his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination and has endorsed Joe Biden. It was a stunning collapse for the former New York City mayor, who had pinned his 2020 hopes on the Super Tuesday states and drained more than $500 million from his own fortune into…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – There is no word on why a Dallas County Republican Party election judge was a no-show at a polling location Tuesday. Rodney Anderson, Chairman of the DCRP says two other polling sites were used to accommodate voters after the snafu at Lake Highlands Junior High. Anderson says the problem did not cause…… MORE
Former longtime Rep. Pete Sessions advanced Tuesday to a runoff for the Republican nomination in a rural central Texas district in his bid to return to Congress after being voted out of a different seat in 2018. Sessions surged in a crowded field in the GOP primary amid criticism that he cherry-picked the district to…… MORE
San Antonio (WBAP/KLIF) – A San Antonio official says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention planned to drop off some cruise ship passengers at a mall after their release from a two-week quarantine at Lackland Air Force Base. City spokeswoman Laura Mayes says that was one reason the city declared a public health emergency…… MORE
Austin (AP) – Joe Biden has won Texas’ Democratic presidential primary. The state has 228 delegates at stake, the second biggest prize of the night. More than 2 million people had already voted in Texas even before polls opened for Tuesday’s primary. The state, which has long been reliably Republican, is growing increasingly bluer amid…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County voters endured long lines and high wait times Tuesday while casting their ballot in the Texas primary election. “I stood in line for three hours after work,” a Dallas man said. “And that was after I tried to other places on my lunch hour.” Nearly two hours after polls closed…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- U.S. Rep. Kay Granger of Fort Worth declared victory over Chris Putnam in the Republican Primary For Texas’ Congressional District 12. Putnam is Granger’s first primary challenger in almost a decade. Granger garnered a little over 57% of the vote, Putnam had almost 43 percent. Granger’s primary win secures her 13 term…… MORE
