DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — Amazon will create 600 new jobs in the city of Dallas and will lease an addition 100,000 square foot area in Galleria Towers. The city is one of six Amazon is said to be increasing manpower, including Manhattan, Phoenix, San Diego, Denver and Detroit. The average job will pay an annual salary of…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – According to Dallas County leaders, the county and the City of Dallas are canceling a contract with the company operating the COVID-19 testing site at Eastfield College. Washington-based Honu Management Group was audited by the City of Dallas earlier this month following complaints about the timeliness of its test results. According to…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Governor Greg Abbott is proposing legislation that would deter cities from de-funding its police departments. Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, and Speaker Dennis Bonnen held a press conference in Fort Worth where they announced the proposal. With this proposal, any city that de-funds its police department will have its property…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News) – Texas has become the fourth state to surpass 10,000 COVID-19 deaths. On Monday, The Texas Department of State Health Services reported 51 new deaths along with more than 2700 cases. About four out of five of the deaths occurred since June 1st when Texas was in the beginning stages of one…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Conference for Women and Texas Restaurant Association have launched a new initiative to award more than $150,000 in grants to women-owned restaurants across Texas. The Texas Conference for Women will donate the grant funds to the Texas Restaurant Association’s Texas Restaurant Relief Fund, in an effort to assist women in…… MORE