AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The State of Texas announced plans on Friday to allocate $200 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act funding to the Texas Education Agency for the purchase of eLearning devices and home internet solutions to enable remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic for Texas students that lack connectivity. The move…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Education Agency is giving more control to local school districts regarding the start of school. The move comes amid a continued increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Texas. Last week, the TEA released public health planning guidance for the 2020-21 academic year in order to well prepare students, teachers,…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Confederate flag is now banned on military installations. The Pentagon laid out its decision in a carefully worded policy that doesn’t specifically mention the word ban or that particular flag. The memo, signed by Defense Secretary Mark Esper Thursday night, lists the types of flags that may be displayed, including the…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – A White House document prepared for the Coronavirus Task Force shows over 120 Texas counties, including those in the DFW metroplex are COVID-19 “red zones,” which mean areas that have reported new cases of about 100 per 100-thousand people in the last week; or a positivity rate over 10%. According to a…… MORE
Frisco (WBAP/KLIF) – The Frisco ISD is moving to a virtual environment for the first three weeks of the 2020-21 school year, due to what it says is the “rapidly changing stiuation with COVID-19 and information from the Texas Education Agency.” In an email to parents, the district said the first day of school will…… MORE