Body cameras in Botham Jean case, Oak Cliff artist has City Council dreams: Your Thursday morning roundup

October 04,  2018 By Dom DiFurio, Nataly Keomoungkhoun and Carla Solórzano Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. 🌤️ Weather: Partly cloudy, warm and humid. High of 89. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. Flowers sit at the front door of Botham Jean, who was shot to death Sept. 6 by Amber Guyger, an off-duty Dallas Police officer who said she mistook his apartment for her own. (Shaban Athuman/Staff Photographer) News Why wasn’t Amber Guyger wearing a body camera the night she shot Botham Jean? Dallas police officers now have body cameras, but [Officer Amber Guyger wasn't wearing one the night she shot 26-year-old Botham Jean in his own apartment.]( Unlike with other police equipment, Dallas officers don’t take their body cameras home. At the end of each shift, officers are required to dock the body cameras so video can be downloaded, according to the Dallas Police Department’s general orders. The Dallas Morning News and other media outlets have requested any body camera and dash-camera video from responding officers the night of the shooting. Officials have asked the Texas attorney general for permission to withhold those records, as well as the audio recording of the 911 call Guyger made after shooting Jean. Mesquite: One student died after a Mesquite ISD school bus [rolled into a ditch]( Wednesday afternoon with 40 students on board. And: Dallas unveils a website where [you can track the progress on $1.05B in bond projects.]( politics Oak Cliff artist behind those 'sad house' piñatas wants to run for Dallas City Council A few years ago, Dallas artist Giovanni Valderas decided to create new work that eventually inspired him to run for City Council. With council member Scott Griggs leaving next year because of term limits, [Valderas is hoping to represent North Oak Cliff in District 1](. The inspiration for his activist artwork came as he was sitting in his car at a stoplight. He noticed commercial real estate signs where an affordable apartment complex used to be in his Oak Cliff neighborhood; it was a place he visited often as a child, because his cousins used to live there. Thinking about the people who were displaced after the building was torn down, he felt frustration, sadness and anger. Also: Donald Trump [reiterated his endorsement Wednesday of Pete Sessions](, a longtime Dallas congressman fighting to survive his toughest race in over a decade. And: State Sen. Charles Schwertner called on the University of Texas [to fire the people who leaked the sexual harassment accusations against him]( to the media. business 38 Texans score spots on Forbes' new 2018 ranking of richest Americans Their names are the same, but their net worth is different. Forbes' newly-released ranking of the 400 richest Americans shows 38 Texans on the annual measure of the country's wealthiest people. That includes 18 from Dallas-Fort Worth, 12 from the Houston area, six from Austin, one from Temple and one from Brownsville. Here is the [complete list of Texans, along with their national ranking](. Real Estate: It's bad news for home sellers as [D-FW has one of the biggest U.S. home listing gains](. Retail: J.C. Penney's new CEO Jill Soltau met the HQ staff in Plano and says ["They're up for the challenge."]( (Michael Hogue / Staff Artist) 2018 ELECTION 5 days left until the Oct. 9 deadline to participate in the Nov. 6 elections The stakes are high for Democrats and Republicans as Texans head to the polls this November to decide this year’s midterm elections. Do your part to have a say in what happens next in your town, your state and your nation. [Find more on the process, what's up for you to consider and if you're eligible with our primer on voting in the midterm elections.]( But be careful: More than 2,000 Texans who registered to vote using an online tool provided by a California nonprofit could be in for a rude awakening on Election Day — [they are not, in fact, officially registered.]( EDITORS' PICKS - Commentary: Dallas City Hall says housing the homeless in old jails or empty hospitals [will not work.]( - 2018 Elections: Sen. Don Huffines made [a six-figure donation to a shadowy nonprofit]( weeks before it trashed fellow Republican and Senate hopeful Angela Paxton. - Public health: Flu season has begun, but [when should you get the vaccine?]( - Jobs: [Verizon is offering buyout packages to as many as 44,000 employees](, potentially eliminating more than a fourth of its workforce. - Essay: When watching OU football with my grandmother, [I wonder how much time is left](. - Plan ahead for lunch: [Whataburger's A.1. Thick & Hearty Burger has returned, Texans](. Tiney Ricciardi reads the visitor guide of the State Fair of Texas in Dallas on Sept. 28, 2018. (Nathan Hunsinger/The Dallas Morning News)  Finally... Don't waste your money: 5 things to skip at the State Fair of Texas The State Fair of Texas is one of the very best events in Dallas-Fort Worth. But, while we'd pay our weight in gold for a [Fletcher's Corny Dog](, prices start to pile up the moment you saunter into the magical land called Fair Park. Whether you're traveling with a bushel of kids (and you should, it's great for families) or simply saving cash for Halloween, tailgating and all of the other fun this season offers, opt out of the following services and goods and go instead for another [deep fried arroz con leche]( (our favorite new food in 2018). [Read all of our tips here]( 👋 That's all for this morning! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. Share the love! 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