(WBAP/KLIF) — The public got an opportunity to voice their opinions, Thursday night, about Texas Education Agency allegations of financial misconduct by the DeSoto Independent School District Board. Former board member Jerry Hall said the school board refused to do anything about the inappropriate spending it knew about. The TEA report showed over $300,000 in…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- UNT Health Science students will get paid to help Tarrant County with Covid-19 contact tracing. The UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth is partnering with the Tarrant County Health Department for the program and each student will get paid $35 an hour. David Mansdoerfer with The UNT Health Science Center said…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Dallas schools will be held online only until at least October 6th. Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa says school will begin September 8th but it will be online only for the first four weeks. “I have the authority as the superintendent of schools, without board approval, to have the first 4 weeks of…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) — Governor Greg Abbott has authorized the Texas Workforce Commission to submit the application for the additional $300 made available under President Trump’s Lost Wage Assistance Executive Order. Eligible Texans can expect to see the additional $300 per week on their first payment request after Aug. 23. These funds will be backdated to…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – After two weeks of declines, the number of laid-off Americans filing new unemployment benefit claims rose to 1.1 million last week. It’s the latest evidence that employers nationwide are still cutting large numbers of jobs as the COVID-19 pandemic continues it’s grip on the economy. There have been gains in some sectors…… MORE