AUSTIN – (WBAP/KLIF) – The Texas Senate has approved across the board pay raises for teachers. Under the Senate plan, passed unanimously, $10,000 pay hikes would be awarded to teachers with five or more years experience, $2500 for those with three years time, and smaller pay hikes for those educators with less than three years…… MORE
Longtime news anchor and managing editor of “NBC Nightly News”, Lestor Holt, says he’s stepping away from the position at the start of this summer. Holt took over the show as prime time anchor in 2015, succeeding Brian Williams. Holt is 65 years old, but will continue as anchor of the news magazine show “Dateline”.…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell sharply Friday after reports showed that worries among consumers and businesses about President Donald Trump’s policies may be hitting the U.S. economy. The S&P 500 sank 1.7% for its worst day in two months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 748 points, or 1.7%, and the Nasdaq composite…… MORE
DALLAS – WFAA – (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Mavericks power forward Anthony Davis “is making good progress” and will be re-evaluated for his left adductor strain in two weeks, the team has announced. Davis was dominant in three quarters of his Mavs debut against the Houston Rockets on Feburary 8th, but left the game after a…… MORE
(Dallas) WBAY/KLIF – TxDot is closing managed express lanes in Texas with a fierce winter storm blowing in late this afternoon. Txdot is asking metroplex drivers to plan ahead for the evening commute with potential for rain that could transition to freezing rain or sleet overnight, or, just freeze on roads after coming down. WFAA-TV…… MORE