DALLAS – WBAP/KLIF – In Dallas, 214 new cases of Covid 19, and 6 deaths believed caused or related to it are reported. The daily average of new cases and deaths from last week appear to be dropping. Tarrant County reports one death and 84 new cases of Covid 19; the second consecutive day of…… MORE
Texas Supreme Court Issues A Stay On Voting By Mail, Over Coronavirus
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Texas Supreme Court has put on hold a lower-court ruling that allowed vote-by-mail by voters concerned with catching the new coronavirus at polling places. Justices issued the stay late Friday at the request of the state’s Republican attorney general, Ken Paxton. The attorney general petitioned the court Wednesday for the…… MORE
A 50/50 Chance Tesla Will Bring A New U.S. Assembly Plant To A Texas City
DETROIT (AP) – A person briefed on the matter says Tesla has picked Austin, Texas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, as finalists for its new U.S. assembly plant. The person says company officials visited Tulsa in the past week and were shown two sites. It wasn’t clear if there were any other finalists in the mix. The…… MORE
COVID-19 infections in Dallas County backed up a bit
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas County has reported the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in nearly two weeks. 199 new cases Friday, first time it’s dipped below 200 a day since May 2nd. The county has been averaging about 250 a day. The bad news is Dallas County reported five more deaths. Tarrant County reported…… MORE
Some Texas businesses want the Governor to slow the pace of re-openings
Austin (AP) – Local leaders along Texas’ border with Mexico are asking Governor Greg Abbott to delay letting more businesses reopen next week. Health officials in El Paso say they’re worried about relaxing lockdown measures after COVID-19 cases in El Paso surged by 60% in the past two weeks. Abbott is set to announce Monday…… MORE