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Today, Sunny, Breezy, Humid, 94 (100) / 78, Winds Se10-20 Saturday, PtCldy, Humid, Isolated PM Storms, 93 / 76 Sunday, PtCldy, Isolated PM Storms, 92 / 77 Monday, Isolated Showers and Storms, 94 (100)  Tuesday, Mostly Sunny, 96 (102) / 77MORE

Virus Surge Breaks Hospital Records Amid Rising Toll on Kids

Kentucky and Texas joined a growing list of states that are seeing record numbers of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in a surge that is overwhelming doctors and nurses and afflicting more children. Intensive care units around the nation are packed with patients extremely ill with the coronavirus — even in places where hospitalizations have not yet…MORE

School Boards Oppose Governor’s Mask Ban

Dallas/Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – The School Boards in Dallas and Fort Worth each took steps Thursday night opposing Governor Abbott’s executive order that bans local officials from instituting mask mandates. The Dallas ISD Board of Trustees decided to join an existing multi-district lawsuit challenging the Governor’s order. Fort Worth’s School Board formally adopted a mask…MORE

Voting Reform Bill Makes Progress In Texas Legislature

Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – A controversial voting reform bill was passed by the Texas House a little before midnight Thursday night. That’s the measure Democratic members blocked for weeks by leaving the state in protest. The House will take a final vote on the measure Friday. then the Senate, which has already passed its own version,…MORE

USPS Hiring Event in North Texas Aug 27,31

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- To get ready for the holiday shopping surge, the United States Postal Service is looking to fill 40,000 across the nation, including 5,000 throughout Texas. “We all know that online shopping is the bnig thing now package voluume grows and it continues to expand, we always need fols,” said Albert Ruiz with the…MORE

Governor Abbott, DSHS Announce Deployment Of Additional Medical Assistance to Aid Hospitals Response to COVID-19

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF)- Governor Greg Abbott announced that the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) will be deploying an additional 2,500 medical staff to support health care facilities in Texas, including hospitals and nursing homes. This will bring the total number of medical personnel deployed across the state to 8,100. In addition, DSHS is providing…MORE

Texas Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Mask Mandate for San Antonio Schools, Could set Precedent

SAN ANTONIO (WBAP/KLIF) – A mask requirement for San Antonio schools was temporarily blocked by the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday. The decision to grant the emergency motion for temporary relief in the case of Abbott vs, San Antonio keeps the decision to enforce mask mandates with the governor, not local government entities. “The Texas Supreme Court…MORE

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