Obamacare repeal, Ken Paxton, Dallas homelessness problems and more

Here are the top headlines of the morning. [Here are the top headlines of the morning.]  [Dallas News](  Morning Roundup [DallasNews.com Â]( March 10, 2017 By [Dennis Jansen]( Happy Friday! 🎆 Here is a look at the stories making news as we start the day. If you like this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and [check out our other newsletters here](. Prefer the online view? [It's here](. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks during the daily White House press briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on Thursday. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Healthcare, immigration, and global warming take center stage in Washington D.C. The White House sought to downplay [internal divisions over the GOP's healthcare legislation]( Thursday, with President Donald Trump and press secretary Sean Spicer expressing optimism that the measure will succeed. Meanwhile, opposition is mounting against the president's latest executive order on immigration, and the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency publicly questioned well-established science about global warming. Editorial: Why the GOP must reveal [how many Americans will lose coverage under its Affordable Care Act replacement](. David Woo / The Dallas Morning News Nonpayment of prosecutors could delay Texas AG Ken Paxton's trial Prosecutors pursuing criminal charges against Attorney General Ken Paxton have asked [to delay his trial until they are paid]( more than a year's worth of back wages. The prosecutors haven't been paid for hundreds of hours of work because of a local taxpayer's lawsuit [claiming that their fees are too high](. Paxton is accused of [securities fraud]( and his prosecution has been expensive. The Collin County auditor estimated that the bill for Paxton-related matters is over $617,000. Complete coverage: [Everything that you need to know about the charges against Ken Paxton](. G.J. McCarthy/The Dallas Morning News Affordable housing shortage leads to increase in unsheltered North Texans New data from the annual homeless census shows [a significant increase in the number of unsheltered people]( in Dallas and Collin counties. There were 3,789 homeless people counted this year in Dallas and Collin counties, down from 3,810 last year. However, 1,087 homeless residents were unsheltered, up from 739 in 2016. A shortage of affordable housing units is making it more difficult to find homes for unsheltered North Texas residents. More Dallas suburbs are also experiencing increases in homeless populations. Maenwhile: [Dallas ISD is on pace to lose 5,000 students]( over the next decade, according to the district's external demographer, unless it can reverse trends in the earliest grade levels. Photo of the morning Tom Fox / The Dallas Morning News A Knightscope K3 robot cop patrols past business people in College Park Center at the University of Texas-Arlington during a demonstration on Thursday. The UTA Police Department is considering [adopting these robo-cops to help augment its campus police force](. A protester carries a cutout of impeached President Park Geun-hye as they march toward the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea on Friday. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) More morning highlights - Chaos in South Korea: [Deadly protests broke out in South Korea]( after the ouster of president Park Geun-hye following a political corruption scandal. At least two people were killed. - John Wiley Price: Dallas County's former information technology director testified Thursday that he suspected Commissioner John Wiley Price [was leaking confidential documents to help his associate's clients](. - Teacher arrest: Carrollton police arrested a high school science teacher Thursday morning on charges that [he recorded female students in "various stages of undress."]( - Eagle shooting: An American bald eagle died after it was [injured in an apparent shooting then struck by a train]( near Victoria, Texas. - Mosque arson: Federal prosecutors say that they have arrested [a man responsible for torching a South Texas mosque](. Finally, Hand-wringing over Dallas' Fair Park is nothing new, but perhaps [a move forward requires us to stop obsessing over Fair Park's past](. That's all for this morning! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. Do you have feedback on this newsletter? Send your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to [djansen@dallasnews.com](mailto:djansen@dallasnews.com?subject=Newsletter%20Feedback). STAY CONNECTED WITH US  [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( [Tumblr]( [Google]( [Ello](  [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 2017 - [The Dallas Morning News]( | [508 Young St., Dallas, TX 75202](#)