AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Department of State Health Services announced this week that it has improved the reporting of fatalities due to COVID-19 by identifying them through the cause of death listed on death certificates. According to DSHS, the method allows fatalities to be counted faster with more comprehensive demographic data. Officials said using…… MORE
UT Southwestern Medical Center Begins Study to Better Understand the Spread of COVID-19
DALLAS/TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- As COVID-19 continues to rapidly spread throughout North Texas, UT Southwestern Medical Center has started a study to figure exactly why it is doing so. The study will enroll 45,000 residents from both Dallas and Tarrant county across all diversities, while also selecting 14,000 citizens with essential higher-risk occupations. To do…… MORE
Texas Attorney General Issues Legal Guidance on School Reopening
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Attorney General Ken Paxton issued guidance Tuesday on the opening of local schools for the upcoming school year, during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. According to Paxton, the guidance was in response to a request from Stephenville Mayor Doug Svien. The Attorney General said that while playing an important role in protecting the…… MORE
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Warns of Unsolicited Seeds From China
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Texas residents are among Americans being warned about packages of mysterious, unsolicited seeds from China. The packages are falsely labeled as jewelry. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller advised residents not to plant the seeds as they could contain harmful invasive species or be otherwise unsafe. “I am urging folks to take this…… MORE
Texas Health Commission Releases COVID Stats from Nursing Homes & Assisted Living Centers
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – According to newly released stats by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, there have been over 750 residents and over 400 employees of nursing homes and assisted living centers who have contracted the COVID-19 in Tarrant County; at least 140 residents who died tested positive for the virus, according to the…… MORE
KLIF Morning News: Alex Azar, Stimulus Reaction, and How Bout Them Cowboys
0:24 — Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar joined us from the White House to talk all things COVID-19, including a tour of a Texas testing site, confusion about testing numbers, schools re-opening, and progress on a vaccine. 8:13 — The Senate has rolled out their next stimulus package: The HEALS Act. SMU Economist…… MORE
AG Barr Testifies Before House Panel on Capitol Hill [WATCH]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Attorney General William Barr is defending the aggressive federal law enforcement response to civil unrest in America. He’ll say in his opening statement at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday that “violent rioters and anarchists have hijacked legitimate protests” ostensibly linked to George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police.…… MORE
Lawmakers Pay Tribute to Rep. John Lewis Who Lies in State at US Capitol
WASHINGTON-AP (WBAP/KLIF) – Congressional leaders have praised the late congressman John Lewis as a moral force for the nation in a Capitol Rotunda memorial service rich with symbolism and punctuated by the booming, recorded voice of the civil rights icon. In a solemn display of bipartisan unity Monday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Lewis “the…… MORE
Texas Organizers Say Local Police Did Not Protect Protesters
WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) — Community leaders say local law enforcement in Texas did not protect protesters from opposing groups after weekend rallies turned violent. Local law enforcement disbanded a protest in Weatherford over the removal of a Confederate monument, saying it was unlawful after a confrontation with counter-protesters. But organizer Tony Crawford, of Parker County…… MORE
Governor Abbott Waives STAAR Requirements for Upcoming School Year
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF NEWS)- Some Texas students will catch another break this school year. Governor Greg Abbott announced Monday that grade promotion requirements related to the state of texas assessments of academic readiness, a-k-a staar test for students in 5th and 8th grades have been waived. . Normally, schools will take into account a students staar…… MORE
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