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Mixed Reaction to Biden’s Vaccine Mandate: Businesses Support; Others Label Biden a ‘Dictator’

Mixed Reaction to Biden’s Vaccine Mandate: Businesses Support; Others Label Biden a ‘Dictator’

Undated (WBAP/KLIF) – There has been no shortage of opinions on President Biden’s sweeping vaccine mandate to businesses with more than 100 workers, mandating immunizations or offer weekly testing. The executive order applies to all government employees, employees of contractors who work with the federal government, healthcare workers and businesses. The requirement for large companies…MORE

Dallas Cowboys Lose Season Opener Against Tampa Bay Bucs

Dallas Cowboys Lose Season Opener Against Tampa Bay Bucs

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Tom Brady threw for 379 yards and four touchdowns, helping the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers kick off the NFL season with a mistake-filled 31-29 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night. With seats in a NFL stadium filled to full capacity for the first time since the…MORE

Fort Worth ISD Issues Mask Requirement

Fort Worth ISD Issues Mask Requirement

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- At the direction of the Fort Worth ISD Board of Education, Superintendent Kent P. Scribner will implement a mask requirement for employees, students, and visitors of the Fort Worth ISD. The directive – which begins Monday, September 13 – requires all staff, parents, students, and visitors to wear protective facemasks at all Fort Worth ISD…MORE

Sweeping new Vaccine Mandates for 100 Million Americans

Sweeping new Vaccine Mandates for 100 Million Americans

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden has announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant. The government’s expansive new rules, announced Thursday, mandate that all employers with more than 100 workers require them to…MORE

Economists Watching Potential Impact of Texas Abortion Law on Business

Economists Watching Potential Impact of Texas Abortion Law on Business

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas economists say the impact of the state’s newly enacted abortion law has yet to be seen. In recent years, big corporations have been vocal in opposing some state laws. “Both the NBA and the NCAA pulled events from North Carolina when they passed the restrictive bill on transgender rights,” said Texas…MORE

Justice Dept. Sues Texas Over State’s New Abortion Law

Justice Dept. Sues Texas Over State’s New Abortion Law

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution.” The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Texas, asks a federal judge to declare that the law is invalid, “to enjoin its enforcement, and…MORE

Allen ISD Parents file Federal Lawsuit against District’s Optional Mask Policy

Allen ISD Parents file Federal Lawsuit against District’s Optional Mask Policy

ALLEN (WBAP/KLIF) – Allen ISD is being sued in federal court over its mask policy. A group of Allen ISD parents are behind the Federal right to life lawsuit. “I hope that people understand that we are fighting for the most vulnerable among us,” said Therissa Grefsrud, who is one of the parents behind the suit.…MORE

Dozens of Americans, Foreign Citizens Flown Out of Afghanistan

Dozens of Americans, Foreign Citizens Flown Out of Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dozens of U.S. citizens are among a group of about 200 people that were flown out of Kabul, Afghanistan Thursday morning. The Qatari Airways flight, which is also carrying Canadians, Germans and Hungarians, is headed to Doha. Today’s development follows the mass evacuations of Americans and some  Afghans following the…MORE

Fighting Texas Abortion Law Could Be Tough For Federal Gov’t

Fighting Texas Abortion Law Could Be Tough For Federal Gov’t

WASHINGTON (AP) — Foes of the new Texas law that bans most abortions have been looking to the Democratic-run federal government to swoop in and knock down the most restrictive abortion law in effect in the country. But it’s nowhere near that simple. President Joe Biden , who denounces the law as “almost un-American,” has directed…MORE

Weekly US Jobless Claims Reach a Pandemic Low as Economy Recovers

Weekly US Jobless Claims Reach a Pandemic Low as Economy Recovers

WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to 310,000, a pandemic low and a sign that the surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the delta variant has yet to lead to widespread layoffs. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that jobless claims dropped from a revised total…MORE