🏈 Cowboys pick Taco Charlton, charter schools, Pastor T. D. Jakes: Your Friday morning roundup

Here are the top headlines of the morning. [Here are the top headlines of the morning.]  [Dallas News](  Morning Roundup [DallasNews.com Â]( April 28, 2017 By [Dennis Jansen]( Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. 🌥️ Weather: Partly to mostly cloudy, breezy, and warm with [a 20% chance for severe thunderstorms by this evening](. High: 86° 🔎 Prefer the online view? [It's here](. Michigan defensive end Taco Charlton runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Sunday, March 5, 2017. (Michael Conroy/The Associated Press) Cowboys select Michigan defensive end Taco Charlton The Cowboys were determined to address their pass rushing situation early in this year's draft. They did just that with their first round pick, [selecting Michigan defensive end Taco Charlton 28th overall](. Charlton (6-5, 277 pounds) has [the ability to play both defensive end positions]( as well as move inside and play tackle in passing situations. This marks only the third time in the last 10 years the team has spent a first round pick on a defensive player. Charlton is the first defensive lineman taken by the Cowboys in the first round since Anthony Spencer in 2007. Analysis: [Why Cowboys had to take Taco](, despite not giving him first-round grade. Hopes: [How Taco can give the Cowboys Super Bowl potential](. First impressions: [Taco Charlton just 'looks like an NFL player' walking in](. The latest: Stay updated on the latest draft developments [at NFL Draft Central](. (Eric Gay / The Associated Press) Texas House approves bill to wind down business tax The House late Thursday tentatively approved a bill that would [gradually eliminate Texas' business-franchise tax](. Members weighed business owners' gripes about the "margins tax" being a burden against Democrats' arguments that to end it would jeopardize future funding of core state services such as public schools, state colleges and safety-net programs. Democrats assailed the bill as a risky pander. Dallas Democratic Rep. Eric Johnson, noting the franchise tax is the state's third-largest source of tax money, said it would blow a big hole in future budgets. Parents, students and faculty from schools around the state attend a rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol in support of charter schools, Wednesday, April 26, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (Eric Gay/The Associated Press) Texas charter schools get historic win as facility funding bill clears Senate Charter schools got their first major win of this year's legislative session Thursday as the Senate approved funding for their facilities for the first time. The bill, which passed 20-10, would [allow charter schools to access state dollars for facilities](, which they haven't been able to do since they opened in the state in 1995. "This is a historic win for us," said Christine Isett, spokeswoman for the Texas Charter Schools Association. "This is the first time we've had any bill make it out of the Senate." An ongoing debate: [How vouchers became a flash point]( in a Dallas ISD trustee race. Commentary: [Let's put a stop to school lunch shaming in Texas](. Threats: [A student threatened to open fire at a Rowlett High School]( in a Thursday morning Snapchat message, police said. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News) Photo of the morning People crowded around the pulpit at The Potter's House in Dallas on Thursday to get a photo of Pastor T. D. Jakes during the International Pastors and Leadership Conference. Jakes and a group of panelists participated in a session called "The Polemics of Politics and the Pulpit: Rightly Dividing Between Church and State." The session examined [the intersection of faith and politics in an increasingly divided nation]( following the 2016 presidential election. Commentary: [Is gay marriage a slippery slope to polygamy?]( Business highlights - Energy: The Dallas firm behind the Dakota Access pipeline [is facing a major EPA issue in Ohio](. - Airlines: [Why Airline service is getting better, even if it's still not great](. - Real estate: Higher prices, fewer choices [set the tone for Dallas' spring home market](. - Health care: Why female doctors [should consider Dallas over Houston](. - Retail: Target plans [a $220 million remodel]( of Dallas-Fort Worth stores. - Telecom: Should the [FCC's plan to end net neutrality]( interest you as much as it does AT&T? - Nonprofits: Dallas billionaire Todd Wagner says that nonprofit digital dinosaurs need [to click with potential donors or else](. - Tech: How a tech entrepreneur [turned small-town Texas values into a global social network](. Finally, 🥂 Cheers to the weekend: Here are our picks for [the top events happening in D-FW this weekend](. 👋 That's all for this morning! 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