Pain & Profit series, McKinney stadium issues, monument report: Your Tuesday morning roundup

June 05,  2018 By Carla Solórzano and Nicholas Friedman Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. 🌦 Weather: A 30 percent chance for showers and storms in the morning. Becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. High: 92 degrees. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. Foster mother Marta Whitworth struggled to no avail to get her foster son with serious behavioral issues in to see a psychiatrist. (Tom Fox/Staff Photographer) pain & profit Managed-care companies overstate the number of physicians available to treat the state’s sickest patients In February, we tried to contact every psychiatrist Superior HealthPlan listed as available to help foster kids. We called the main phone number in the company’s online directory for each doctor and asked the staff if they could schedule a new-patient appointment for a foster child. Only 9 percent could. In the end, we found just 34 psychiatrists across the state who could take a foster child as a new patient. There are more than 30,000 foster kids — more than a third of whom need counseling, according to state data. In Dallas, just seven out of 119 psychiatry offices we called within an hour’s drive of downtown said they were actually accepting new patients. Not one was within the city limits. “Some of these networks are really, truly a sham,” says Dr. John Burruss, chief executive of Metrocare Services, a nonprofit mental health clinic in Dallas. Part 3 of Pain & Profit details how managed-care companies in Texas [overstate the number of physicians available to treat the state’s sickest patients.]( Catch up with Part 1: The preventable [tragedy of D’ashon Morris.]( Catch up with Part 2: As patients suffer, [companies profit.]( Read Part 4 early: [‘Glossover of the horror.’]( Explainer: How [does Medicaid work?]( The documents: How we reported [this special investigation.]( Prosecutors working for special counsel Robert Mueller are accusing former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort of making several attempts to tamper with witnesses in his ongoing criminal cases. (Andrew Harnik/Associated Press) National Manafort tried to tamper with witnesses, Mueller says [Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort made several attempts to tamper with witnesses in his ongoing criminal cases, prosecutors said Monday]( as they asked a federal judge to consider revoking his house arrest. In a court filing, prosecutors working for special counsel Robert Mueller wrote that Manafort and one of his associates "repeatedly" contacted two witnesses in an effort to influence their testimony. The contacts occurred earlier this year, shortly after a grand jury returned a new indictment against Manafort and while he was confined to his home. Court documents do not name Manafort's associate, but they refer to him as "Person A" and note the pseudonym is consistent with previous filings in the case. In earlier filings, Person A has referred to Konstantin Kilimnik, a longtime Manafort associate who prosecutors have said has ties to Russian intelligence. Meanwhile: President Donald Trump [called off a visit by the Philadelphia Eagles to the White House](, citing the national anthem dispute. Also: A musician who claimed he could use sound waves to improve oil and gas exploration and transportation [was actually running "sham enterprises," federal regulators said](. Construction continued at McKinney ISD Stadium in McKinney on Friday. Excessive cracking has been found on the home side concourse, the visitor side concourse and the lower bowl wall. (DMN File) construction McKinney stadium issues are not a 'life safety concern,' according to first of investigator's three reports The first of three reports on excessive cracking in McKinney ISD's yet-to-be-opened $69.9 million football stadium [indicates the district is dealing with far less of a nightmare than did its neighbor,]( Allen ISD. "The cracking at the home side concourse slab-on-grade is excessive and unsightly; however, does not presently compromise the strength to the slabs or otherwise pose a life safety concern," says the report, described as preliminary in nature and sent to Rob Daake, an attorney representing McKinney ISD, on May 15 by Nelson Forensics. District officials retain hope that McKinney ISD Stadium and Community Event Center will be ready for high school football's Aug. 30 regular season kickoff. Meanwhile: A hedge fund affiliated with Plano-based Beal Bank [is putting up the money for Frisco's new Hyatt Hotel.]( And: Toyota continues to grow its presence in North Texas — [this time with a distribution center.]( Also: A big chunk of one of Tarrant County's best-known [mixed-use developments is up for grabs.]( Advertisement (Rose Baca/Staff Photographer) Photo of the Morning Flowers and messages are left at a makeshift memorial at McKinney North High School on Monday. It was the first day back for students after a fellow classmate brought a gun to school last week and took his life at the school. Since the incident, some in the community are calling for [heightened security, specifically installation of metal detectors at school building entrances]( in the district that enrolls more than 24,500 students. Around The Site - Get to the chopper: The Dallas Police Department helicopter unit [rescued a kayaker stranded in Trinity River](. - Controversial fliers:[A minister of a Richardson church that included Judaism and Islamism among "dangerous isms" on a flier](is standing behind the message and the events it advertised. - 2018 MLB draft: University of Oklahoma quarterback and former Allen High School star Kyler Murray [has been drafted by the Oakland Athletics](. - Yo soy Batman: [Texas Latino Comic Con will return for its sophomore year next month](, and will be extending its hours. - ElevatEd conference: [Texas needs to invest in early childhood education]( to ensure students get skills they need to go on to college, education experts say. - Fort Worth food: Bon Appetit Management Co. announced it will [phase out plastic straws and stirrers by September 2019](. - Every day is fry day: Deep Ellum's french fry cafe [is now open](. Victoria Miller of Dallas read an inscription on the Confederate War Memorial in Pioneer Park Cemetery in downtown Dallas, Wednesday. (Tom Fox/Staff Photographer) Finally ... Texas has removed more Confederate monuments than any other state, report says Texas removed more Confederate symbols than any other state over the last three years, according [to a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center.]( Since the deaths of nine people in a 2015 shooting at a historic black church in Charleston ignited a movement to take down Confederate monuments, the report said 110 nationwide — 31 in Texas — have been removed or changed. That includes flags and the names of schools, parks, buildings and roads. Symbols removed in Texas include a statue of Robert E. Lee that stood in Dallas’ Lee Park until September and statues of four Confederate figures at the University of Texas that were taken down in August. In December, the Dallas ISD board voted to change the names of three elementary schoolsthat honored Confederate generals. AdVERTISEMENT 👋 That's all for this morning! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. 💖 Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and [check out our other newsletters here](. 📧 Do you have feedback? Send your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to [newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com](mailto:newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com?subject=). STAY CONNECTED WITH US  [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( [Tumblr]( [Google]( [Reddit](  [OTHER NEWSLETTERS]( [SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS]( [Unsubscribe](  |  [Manage Preferences](  |  [Privacy Policy](  |  [Contact](  |  [Advertise]( You received this message because you signed up for this Dallas Morning News newsletter or it was forwarded to you. Copyright 2018 - [The Dallas Morning News]( | [1954 Commerce St., Dallas, TX 75201](#)