DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The George W. Bush Presidential Center is hosting a forum dedicated to what goes into preparing for a presidential debate. The roundtable will include former PBS News Anchor Jim Lehrer who has moderated more televised presidential debates than anyone. “The thrust of the discussion will be about how candidates go about preparing…… MORE
Yearly Archives: 2016
Dallas County Commission Passes FY 2017 Budget
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – Dallas County has a budget for fiscal year 2017. The $1 billion spending plan calls for an 8% pay raise for county employees. At Tuesday’s public meeting, one man told County Judge Clay Jenkins that after a seven-year pay freeze, any less of a raise wouldn’t cut it. “Your vehicle allowance…… MORE
Texas Joins New Lawsuit Challenging Obama Administration’s New “Overtime Rule”
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit today on behalf of 21 states challenging the president’s 2014 directive to the secretary of labor to update the overtime regulations by limiting workers to 40 hours a week, pay time and a half for overtime or give workers more free time. The…… MORE
Bush Center Unveils School District Comparison Site
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – The George W. Bush Presidential Center has unveiled a website that lets families compare school districts across the country. The site, at bushcenter.org/stateofourcities, allows users to compare items such as graduation rates and test scores among different ethnic groups side-by-side. “We often have too much data and too little insight,” says…… MORE
Fort Worth Home Painted to Look Like “Up” House
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) A Fort Worth home is getting a Disney makeover. The city’s Fairmount neighborhood is known for its elaborately painted Victorian-style homes, but this one takes the cake. Nina Dillmann is using 9 different colors including Icy Lemonade and Jovial Pink to make her home as bright as her new outlook on life. She…… MORE