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Senate Passes Cornyn’s Jenna Quinn Law to Prevent Child Abuse

Senate Passes Cornyn’s Jenna Quinn Law to Prevent Child Abuse

(WBAP/KLIF) – U.S. Senator John Cornyn praised the Senate’s passage of the Jenna Quinn Law this week, which would allow current grant funds to be used to train and educate students, teachers, caregivers, and other adults who work with children in a professional or volunteer capacity on how to prevent, recognize, and report child sexual abuse. The…MORE

Reported COVID-19 Cases Represent Less than Half-a-Percent of Texas Students Back in Class

Reported COVID-19 Cases Represent Less than Half-a-Percent of Texas Students Back in Class

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Education Agency is promising transparency in its efforts surrounding COVID-19 statistics. In collaboration with the TEA, the Texas Department of State Health Services posted this week on the DSHS website the statewide number of cases of COVID-19 reported by Texas public schools. According to the dashboard, the reported count of on-campus student…MORE

Markers Honoring Fallen Officer Unveiled on North Texas Highway

Markers Honoring Fallen Officer Unveiled on North Texas Highway

RICHARDSON (WBAP/KLIF) – A fallen North Texas police officer is being honored along a stretch of local highway. During a ceremony with Richardson Police on Friday, friends and family of Officer David Sherrard watched the official unveiling of two brown state markers. One is placed on the north end. and the other one the south…MORE

Trump Says COVID Death Rate Would Be Great if ‘Blue States’ Aren’t Counted

Trump Says COVID Death Rate Would Be Great if ‘Blue States’ Aren’t Counted

MOSINEE, WI (WBAP/KLIF) – At an rally in Wisconsin last night, President Donald Trump told supporters he had the COVID-19 pandemic under control. The president is catching alot of heat for statements about which states had been hit the hardest. “We’re doing a great job but if you really want to see a great job.…MORE