AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A below-average number of new COVID-19 cases was reported Wednesday, while deaths matched the Texas average, according to state health officials. Even with the addition of 160 previously unreported cases added to the 3,262 new cases reported Wednesday, the total fell well short of the seven-day rolling average of 3,699 computed…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Restaurant Association and its partners are launching a multi-city initiative to vaccinate tens of thousands of hospitality workers across the state. “There is an urgency to vaccinate our restaurant workers who are serving guests every day in the dining rooms of Texas,” said Dr. Emily Williams Knight, President and CEO of…… MORE
Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Congressman Kevin Brady says he will not run for re-election in 2022. Brady has represented the 8th Congressional District north of Houston since 1997. His announcement makes him the most senior house Republican to retire from Congress at this point in the 2022 mid-term election cycle.… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Vice President and Border Czar Kamala Harris encouraging the federal government to designate Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. The Governor included a background document detailing how these drug cartels clearly meet the three-part test required for the designation.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — Mark the date in your digital calendar: April 8, 2024. That’s when the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex will get a total eclipse of the sun. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. It becomes a total eclipse for people in the dead center of the shadow’s…… MORE