HOUSTON – The no space issue is beginning to hit North Texas hospitals with Hunt Regional Healthcare announcing it’s Commerce Emergency Room site is temporarily closed, with Texas Health at North Rockwall announcing the same change in services with onset of the Covid 19 Delta Variant pushing national Covid 19 positive numbers to levels…… MORE
Self Exiled Texas Democrats Have Not Returned
Austin (AP) – Texas Democrats are still refusing to return to the state Capitol. Most Democrats didn’t show up when Republican Governor Greg Abbott opened a special session Saturday, the GOP’s third attempt to pass new election laws in Texas. Some Democratic legislators who fled the state last month remain in Washington, D.C., prolonging a…… MORE
SUNDAY: Mostly sunny and warm. High: 97. Heat index: 100 to 105 degrees. Winds: S 10-20. MONDAY: Mostly sunny, breezy and hot. High: 97. Heat index up to 105 degrees. Winds: S 10-20.… MORE
Texas House Democrats Sue Lone Star Republicans
AUSTIN – WBAP/KLIF – 22 Texas House Democrats are suing some of the state’s top Republican leaders in federal court, alleging efforts to bring them home for a special legislative session infringes on their constitutional right to free speech, and to petition the government for redress of grievances. Governor Gregg Abbott has called for the…… MORE
US Flying Central American Migrants To Mexico
San Diego (AP) – Two U.S. officials say the Biden administration has begun flying some Central American families deep into Mexico as U.S. authorities encounter more families and unaccompanied children at the southern border. The first flight Thursday fell short of its targeted number of passengers because of elevated COVID-19 rates among the migrants. The…… MORE
Entertainment Announced For Cowboys’ Opener
Los Angeles (AP) – Ed Sheeran will perform in a concert to kickoff the NFL season opener in Florida next month. The NFL announced Friday that Sheeran will headline a pregame concert Sept. 9 at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park in Tampa, Florida. The British pop star’s performance will take place before the reigning Super…… MORE
Cop Killer Sentenced
San Antonio (AP) – A San Antonio jury has returned a death sentence for a man convicted of killing a San Antonio police detective. The jury deliberated for 7 1/2 hours before returning the death sentence Friday night for Otis McKane, whom jurors found guilty of capital murder in the November 2016 shooting of Detective…… MORE
SATURDAY: Mostly sunny and warm. High: 96. Heat index: 100 to 105 degrees. Winds: S 10-20. SUNDAY: Mostly sunny and warm. High: 98. Heat index: 100 to 105 degrees. Winds: S 10-20. High: 98.… MORE
North Texas Has The Best-Performing Labor Market in U.S.
(WBAP/KLIF) — Dallas-Fort Worth leads the nation in job growth according to a new labor market ranking. The Metroplex is the nation’s best-performing labor market based on “Think Why’s” Jjuly ranking of metropolitan areas across the country. North Texas beat out the Phoenix and Austin metro areas in growth. Two of the main contributors for…… MORE
COVID Funds Could Build Interstate Across Central Texas
(WBAP/KLIF) — Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn are working to amend the infrastructure bill to construct a new highway across Texas. The move would expand Interstate 14, which runs from Fort Hood to Belton, to run east across central Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. Interstate 14 would also extend over 300 miles west…… MORE
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