WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s campaign says six staff members setting up for his Saturday night rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have tested positive for coronavirus. The campaign’s communications director, Tim Murtaugh, says that “quarantine procedures” have been initiated and no staff members who tested positive will attend the event. He says no one who…… MORE
Central Texas City Aims to Woo Tesla With $68 Million In Tax Breaks
$68 million tax breaks may go to put Tesla plant to Austin AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – An Austin-area school district is considering offering more than $60 million in tax incentives to attract a proposed Tesla “gigafactory” to Central Texas. Tesla revealed the Del Valle Independent School District proposal in an application filed Thursday with the…… MORE
President Trump says he will renew effort to end DACA protections
Washington (AP) – President Donald Trump says he’ll renew his effort to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States as children. Trump on Friday denounced a Supreme Court ruling that the administration improperly ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in 2017. Through executive action, Trump…… MORE
There will be no cruising from U.S. ports this summer
Miami (AP) – The Cruise Lines International Association is announcing that ships will not be sailing from U.S. ports throughout the summer, extending a pause put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. The current no-sail order issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on March 14 is set to expire July…… MORE
Arlington will hold a fourth of July parade
Arlington (WBAP/KLIF) – The organizers of Arlington’s fourth of July parade have decided it will be held this year despite the number of events that are being canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In years past the parade has drawn 75,000 spectators to Arlington streets to watch more than 150 parade entries pass by. Organizers…… MORE