Episodes

  • How are immigration crackdowns affecting Texas restaurants?

    How are immigration crackdowns affecting Texas restaurants?
    Sep 3 2025
    Across Texas, restaurants are struggling to keep their doors open as immigration crackdowns and increased enforcement continue to impact the workforce. Highly visible ICE raids and the fear of deportation are causing widespread absenteeism, leaving many businesses short-staffed and unable to meet demand. According to the Texas Restaurant Association, nearly half of restaurants in our state are dealing with job openings that are difficult to fill, and the worker shortage is only getting worse. With immigrants making up roughly 22% of Texas’ restaurant workforce — not including undocumented workers, whose numbers are harder to track--the industry is facing a critical labor challenge. On Ask the Expert, Dr. Emily Williams Knight, the President and CEO of the Texas Restaurant Association, joined KRLD to discuss how this issue is affecting restaurant owners, employees, and the communities they serve.
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    10 mins
  • How does DFW Restaurant Week benefit the North Texas Food Bank?

    How does DFW Restaurant Week benefit the North Texas Food Bank?
    Aug 29 2025
    Over the past 28 years, DFW Restaurant Week has raised nearly $12 million in donations for its charity partners, including $1 million in 2019 alone. Lena Pope and The North Texas Food Bank have benefited from this year's curated menus spanning over a variety of cuisines with premier restaurants across Dallas, Tarrant, Collin and Denton counties. On Ask the Expert, Sara Burns with the North Texas Food Bank joins us on KRLD.
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    8 mins
  • How do you prevent yourself from getting scammed?

    How do you prevent yourself from getting scammed?
    Aug 25 2025
    There's a real good reason why we keep getting scammers sending emails or calling our phones. They don't need many victims in order to make a lot of money So far this year, those scammers have ripped off more than 10 million dollars from Texans. How do you avoid them? On Ask The Expert, we're joined by Cosme Ojeda II from the Better Business Bureau.
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    13 mins
  • What are Hertz Car Rental and Amazon working on?

    What are Hertz Car Rental and Amazon working on?
    Aug 21 2025
    Hertz Car Rental And Amazon could soon be selling cars together. Dallas might be one of the first cities they will bring the services to. On today's Ask the Expert, we are joined by Jerry Reynolds, the Car Pro to talk about whether or not this is a game changer in car buying?
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    11 mins
  • Why are there new Blood Pressure Guidelines?

    Why are there new Blood Pressure Guidelines?
    Aug 19 2025
    On Ask the Expert, we're talking about heart health and the latest blood pressure guidelines that could affect millions of Americans. Joining us is Dr. Sukesh Burjonroppa, a Cardiologist at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth and a member of Texas Health Physicians Group. He’s here to break down what these new recommendations mean, why the guidelines have changed, and what we can all do to take better care of our hearts.
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    12 mins
  • What is up with that AT&T lawsuit settlement?

    What is up with that AT&T lawsuit settlement?
    Aug 18 2025
    You have probably seen this email coming in, if you're an AT&T customer. You could get a piece of a massive lawsuit involving hackers getting into the AT&T systems in the last year. The emails say you can get up to $7,500.00 dollars, but who really could see that kind of money? On Ask The Expert, we bring in the High Tech Texan Michael Garfield.
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    6 mins
  • What is the Farmer's Almanac predicting for our upcoming winter in NTX?

    What is the Farmer's Almanac predicting for our upcoming winter in NTX?
    Aug 14 2025
    The latest edition of the Farmers' Almanac recently released its winter weather forecast for 2025-2026 with the tagline "Chill, Snow, Repeat," adding it will be "a season of dramatic swings and widespread wintry weather" overall for the U.S. On Ask the Expert, we're joined by Sandi Duncan with the Farmer's Almanac. She is the Farmers’ Almanac’s 8th editor and first woman to hold the title.
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    14 mins
  • Who enforces the new state-wide cell phone classroom ban?

    Who enforces the new state-wide cell phone classroom ban?
    Aug 12 2025
    One of the biggest changes for the school year this year deals with technology that just about every kid has. Schools have to set up plans to make sure that no students have their phones on during any class time. But, each school district has to come up with its own plan to enforce the new policy. On Ask The Expert, we're joined by Dr. Sarah Flournoy at the Brackett & Ellis Law in Fort Worth. We asked her is this a normal situation, that the state issues a new law for schools, and individual school districts have to figure out how to put it into place?
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    6 mins