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The $8.5 Billion Dollar School Funding Package Passes the Texas Senate

The $8.5 Billion Dollar School Funding Package Passes the Texas Senate

(WBAP/KLIF) – AUSTIN, TX – On Friday, the Senate approved a school funding bill that promises over $8 billion dollars in funding for public schools. House Bill 2 increases the basic allotment by $55 per student, and provides over a billion dollars for insurance, transportation, and utilities. It also allocates $4 billion dollars for teacher…MORE

Federal judge blocks Trump administration decision to bar foreign student enrollment at Harvard

Federal judge blocks Trump administration decision to bar foreign student enrollment at Harvard

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration decision to revoke Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students. The temporary restraining order stops the government from pulling Harvard’s certification in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, which allows the school to host international students with visas to study in the U.S. Harvard…MORE

Severe Storms are possible Again today.

Initially isolated storms will likely develop into a cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms with large to very large hail the primary threat on Thursday. The main storm timing will be 2 PM and will continue into the evening hours, with storms shifting south into Central Texas through midnight. There is an isolated damaging wind…MORE

Indianapolis Colts Owner Jim Irsay Has Died At Age 65

Indianapolis Colts Owner Jim Irsay Has Died At Age 65

Photo Courtesy – Getty Images (WBAP/KLIF) – Longtime Indianapolis Colts owner and General Manager Jim Irsay has passed at the age of 65. Irsays’ father bought the team in 1972 for $12 Million when they were playing in Baltimore. The team moved in 1984. Irsay was the General Manager from 1982 to 1996 and became…MORE

Stock Market Tanks as Treasury Yields Spike

Stock Market Tanks as Treasury Yields Spike

(WBAP/KLIF) — NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street slumped under the weight of pressure from the bond market, where Treasury yields climbed on worries about the U.S. government’s spiraling debt and other concerns. The S&P 500 fell 1.6% Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.9%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 1.4%. Stocks had been…MORE