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Dell Foundation Donates $100 Million to UT-Austin

Dell Foundation Donates $100 Million to UT-Austin

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation has given the University of Texas at Austin $100 million to be distributed over the next ten years. It is to help students who qualify for Pell Grant Loans, which are granted mostly to students from families with incomes of $30,000 or less. The contribution will fund…MORE

VanTrust Seeking Tenants for New Speculative Office Building at Frisco Station

VanTrust Seeking Tenants for New Speculative Office Building at Frisco Station

FRISCO (WBAP/KLIF)- VanTrust Real Estate continues their expansion in Frisco with the development of The Offices Three at Frisco Station, a 210,000-square-foot, Class A speculative, office building. The new building marks the third office building for the office district at Frisco Station, the 242-acre mixed-use project located at the northwest quadrant of the Dallas North…MORE

Senate Rejects Witnesses in Trump Trial, Ensuring Acquittal

Senate Rejects Witnesses in Trump Trial, Ensuring Acquittal

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate has rejected the summoning of witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. That all but ensures Trump’s eventual acquittal as the extraordinary proceedings begin to come to a close. Still, senators appeared ready to push off a final vote on acquittal until next week. Timing was fluid, with the trial…MORE

Chief Dallas Fed Economist Predicts Texas Economic Growth in 2020

Chief Dallas Fed Economist Predicts Texas Economic Growth in 2020

SAN ANTONIO – WBAP/KLIF – The Texas economy is expected to once again outpace the national economic growth average in 2020, but The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas senior economist Keith Phillips says worker availability will keep the state from peak growth. Phillips predicts a 2.1% growth rate in 2020, about the same as the…MORE

US Declares Emergency, New Entry Restrictions due to Virus

US Declares Emergency, New Entry Restrictions due to Virus

WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States has declared a public health emergency because of a new virus that hit China and has spread to other nations. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar also announced that President Donald Trump will temporarily bar entry to the U.S. of foreign nationals believed to be a risk of…MORE