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Alto, Dallas-Based Rideshare Company Expands Operations in Fort Worth

Alto, Dallas-Based Rideshare Company Expands Operations in Fort Worth

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- Alto, a Dallas-based rideshare company is expanding in Fort Worth this week. Alto CEO Will Coleman said Alto is known for its elevated, high quality and clean services. Coleman said Alto is unlike any other rideshare because all of the vehicles are owned by the company and all drivers are W-2 employees.…MORE

Texas Governor Begins Easing Restrictions to Reopen Economy

Texas Governor Begins Easing Restrictions to Reopen Economy

AUSTIN (AP) – Governor Greg Abbott is starting to reopen Texas with orders that allow retail shops to sell items curbside and lets visitors back into state parks. On Friday, he also lifted restrictions on nonessential surgeries that have banned doctors from operating rooms for weeks. Abbott said the eased restrictions will be phased in…MORE

Gold’s Gym Permanently Closing 30 Locations, 5 in North Texas, As Coronavirus Hits Fitness Industry Hard

Gold’s Gym Permanently Closing 30 Locations, 5 in North Texas, As Coronavirus Hits Fitness Industry Hard

DALLAS  (WBAP/KLIF News) – The coronavirus pandemic has decimated the fitness industry and forced one of its titans to shutter dozens of its locations. Gold’s Gym announced it’s permanently closing 30 company-owned locations across the country including 11 in Texas. In a message posted on Facebook, the company assured it’s customers and staff that the…MORE

100 Texas Mayors Want Equal Access to Coronavirus Federal Aid

100 Texas Mayors Want Equal Access to Coronavirus Federal Aid

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – More than 100 Texas mayors are urging the state’s Congressional delegation to give all cities the same access to federal coronavirus relief funds. President Donald Trump signed a coronavirus aid bill into law last month that allocates $150 billion to states and local governments but it limits how cities with…MORE

Austin: Anti-Shelter-in-Place Protesters Demonstrate Outside the Governor’s Mansion

Austin: Anti-Shelter-in-Place Protesters Demonstrate Outside the Governor’s Mansion

Austin, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – A growing number of protests are being staged across the U.S. to oppose stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus pandemic. Protesters rallied in Michigan on Wednesday; and Oklahoma, Ohio, Virginia and Texas on Thursday. With chants of “Free Texas,” and “Make America Free Again,” about 50-60 people demonstrated outside the Texas Governor’s…MORE