DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The State Fair of Texas is open for drive thru. Familiar sights and sounds were seen and heard at Fair Park on Friday. But, instead of navigating strollers and dodging pre-teens on the midway it’s sedans and SUV’s. The coronavirus pandemic prompted the full fair to be canceled. Fair goers were with…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott today announced that Texas’ major health insurers have agreed to continue reimbursing network health care providers for telehealth appointments at the same rate which they pay for office visits through the end of 2020. While the agreement applies only to state-regulated plans, both the Employee Retirement System and the Teacher…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas County Elections Department has been awarded more than $15,000,000 from the Center for Tech and Civic Life to assist with resources and staffing for what’s expected to be an historic election in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The CTCL is a nonpartisan non-profit that connects elections officials with technology…… MORE
Associated Press WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) – A 17-year-old in Illinois accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is fighting his return to Wisconsin to face homicide charges that could put him in prison for life. Kyle Rittenhouse was arrested at his home in Antioch, Illinois, a…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The Fort Worth Police Department is launching an internal investigation regarding a racially insensitive social media post. Two fort worth police officers are under fire after posting the meme on Facebook. According to screenshots of the since deleted meme, it was a photo of a black man in a casket that says…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Commemorations are underway, honoring the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the U.S. Capitol, the first woman in American history to lie in state at the domed building. Ginsburg, who died last week at age 87, also will be the first Jewish-American to lie in state and just the second Supreme…… MORE
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – A federal judge has stopped the 2020 census from finishing at the end of September and ordered the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident extended for another month through the end of October. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh said in her ruling late Thursday that a shortened schedule would likely…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- As many workers continue to head back to work amid the Covid-19 pandemic, community employers like Arlington’s General Motors are making it much easier for local employees to get a flu vaccine this year. Doctor Jeffery Hess, GM’s Corporate Medical Director said GM is partnering with CVS to provide flu immunizations at gm…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- A Dallas-based ride share company is expanding in the midst of a pandemic. Alto first opened in Dallas, then expanded in Fort Worth and just this week, the company has decided to bring it’s fleet to Houston. The company is now offering pre-scheduled rides in the city, and Houston residents will be able…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — The Coronavirus pandemic continues to loosen its grip on the Lone Star State, as Thursday’s positive test numbers hit below 3,900. Dallas county reported 143 new positive test results, Tarrant county listed 301, Collin county 100 newly found positives, and Denton county had 91. 62 of Denton county’s positive tests came from active…… MORE
