FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Rhino Health LLC, the only domestic manufacturer of nitrile rubber gloves, is expanding operations and opening its largest manufacturing facility in Fort Worth. The facility is a 400,000 square foot property in Majestic Fort Worth South Business Park, and will house approximately 10,000 square feet of office space for corporate functions as well as serve…… MORE
GRAPEVINE (WBAP/KLIF)- Trinity Metro has reached an agreement to allow Dallas Area Rapid transit to run its planned new silver line rail cars into the existing TexRail station at DFW airport. Trinity Metro’s Jon-Erik Arjanen said DART is giving Trinity Metro $27.5 million dollars to access the line at Terminal B. “It’s a new beginning,”…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A below-average number of new COVID-19 cases was reported Wednesday, while deaths matched the Texas average, according to state health officials. Even with the addition of 160 previously unreported cases added to the 3,262 new cases reported Wednesday, the total fell well short of the seven-day rolling average of 3,699 computed…… MORE
Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Congressman Kevin Brady says he will not run for re-election in 2022. Brady has represented the 8th Congressional District north of Houston since 1997. His announcement makes him the most senior house Republican to retire from Congress at this point in the 2022 mid-term election cycle.… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Restaurant Association and its partners are launching a multi-city initiative to vaccinate tens of thousands of hospitality workers across the state. “There is an urgency to vaccinate our restaurant workers who are serving guests every day in the dining rooms of Texas,” said Dr. Emily Williams Knight, President and CEO of…… MORE
Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Congressman Kevin Brady says he will not run for re-election in 2022. Brady has represented the 8th Congressional District north of Houston since 1997. His announcement makes him the most senior house Republican to retire from Congress at this point in the 2022 mid-term election cycle.… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Vice President and Border Czar Kamala Harris encouraging the federal government to designate Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. The Governor included a background document detailing how these drug cartels clearly meet the three-part test required for the designation.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — Mark the date in your digital calendar: April 8, 2024. That’s when the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex will get a total eclipse of the sun. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. It becomes a total eclipse for people in the dead center of the shadow’s…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is publicly warning a political action committee founded by Democrat Beto O’Rourke to watch its step. Paxton wants the “Powered By People” PAC to turn over to his office a list of COVID-19 vaccine events it sponsored, and explain how it collected and used any personal information…… MORE
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Senate has advanced a bill that is intended to change the way the state oversees its electric grid operator. Senate Bill 2 would require ERCOT’s Board of Directors to all be residents of Texas. The chairman would have to be appointed by the Governor, and approved by the state Senate.…… MORE
