PGA of America wants to diversify, Caraway owes rent money: Your Monday morning roundup

December 10, 2018 By Dom DiFurio and Nataly Keomoungkhoun Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. 🌞 Weather: Sunny and cold with a high of 54. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. "I love golf with a passion," says Dallas golf pro Gladys Lee. "But it's hard when it comes to making a living in it ... as a minority." (Tom Fox/ Staff Photographer) PGA With nearly all-white membership, PGA of America looks to diversify The PGA of America, which announced last week that it was moving to Frisco, [says it wants to "look more like the nation"]( — meaning more diverse. Yet nearly six decades after the group removed the "Caucasian-only" clause from its bylaws, its membership remains stubbornly monochromatic. It's 91 percent white and nearly 96 percent male. In North Texas, the group will continue its efforts to boost diversity — in its ranks, among its suppliers and across the sport. Golf experts see it as a matter of self-preservation. Urban park growth: Dallas' Klyde Warren Park has spawned [a new generation of urban parks](. Editorial: Don't lose hope on the Trinity park, [because maybe, this time, Dallas will get it right](. Dallas Former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway sues car insurance company — and owes $6K in back rent While he awaits a federal sentence for his role in a corruption scheme, former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway [is handling some other expensive legal issues](. In a lawsuit filed in November, Caraway is seeking more than $100,000 from his insurance company for a two-year-old car wreck near his east Oak Cliff campaign office. And the politician who once cruised his district in a black BMW and sported Lucchese boots embroidered in gold thread is also tangled up in a lawsuit with his landlord, who is trying to recover $6,000 in back rent. Last month, Caraway filed a “pauper’s affidavit” appealing a judgment in favor of his landlord and stating that he couldn’t afford to pay court costs, records show. The cases illustrate the turn in Caraway’s political and personal fortunes after he resigned from the City Council this summer while admitting that he accepted $450,000 in kickbacks and bribes from figures involved in the scandal that brought down Dallas County Schools. Caraway's replacement: Election runoff in the race to replace Dwaine Caraway [pits a former Dallas council member against an activist.]( Reptile alert: Texas firefighters [rescued more than 100 snakes]( from a Conroe house fire. ADVERTISEMENT [ Commentary Here’s how Fort Worth and Texas plan to chip away at the doctor shortage From columnist Mitchell Schnurman: In 2016, [Texas ranked 47th in primary care doctors per 100,000 people](, trailing the state median rate by almost 21 percent. Texas also ranked 47th in surgeons per capita. Several medical schools have opened in Texas in recent years. But without enough residency slots to accommodate new graduates, the freshly minted doctors will go to other states to finish their training — and they’re likely to settle there. For the last five years, the Texas Legislature has been expanding funding for so-called graduate medical education. In addition to committing millions in additional money, lawmakers passed a bill last year that requires new medical schools to add residency slots in order to get state approval. The two newest schools — one in Fort Worth, the other at the University of Houston — both got deals with HCA to help create the residency positions. [Read Schnurman's full column here]( Philanthropy: [Legacy Midtown Park is a go]( after a successful $15 million fundraising campaign. EDITORS' PICKS - Commentary: A surprising number of elite athletes [faced childhood trauma](, says contributor Veronica Allen. - Happy spa-lidays:[Pamper yourself at these Texas locales]( this holiday season. - Cowboys victory: 5 thoughts from the [Cowboys' huge OT win over Eagles.]( - False claims: Mansfield police are [discrediting a woman’s viral account]( of attempted human trafficking. - Gourds galore: Try these [two easy spaghetti squash recipes]( made from pantry ingredients. - Joe Bob Goes Digital: Movie critic Joe Bob Briggs goes to the drive-in for [a new generation of digital fans.]( (Michael Hogue/Staff Illustration) Finally... What's next for American Airlines five years after its merger with US Airways On Dec. 9, 2013, a brief, early morning conference call between lawyers and executives brought a close to one of the most tumultuous times in American Airlines' history and [charted a new course into a brighter future.]( After a decade of financial uncertainty that saw billions of dollars in losses, two years of bankruptcy, months of merger negotiations and a brief but harrowing intervention by the U.S. Department of Justice, American and US Airways merged in a $17 billion transaction to form the largest airline the world has ever seen. Five years later, American is an airline transformed, riding an industrywide boom that has lifted the carrier to new heights and record profits. 👋 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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