More crane collapse victims sue, Texas Instruments delays building plant: Your Wednesday morning roundup

 [Morning roundup]( 07/17/2019 By Nataly Keomoungkhoun and Carla Solórzano Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. 🌞 Weather: Mostly sunny and hot. High of 98. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [her]( A construction crane remained broken above the Elan City Lights apartment complex in Dallas on Friday. Resident Kiersten Smith, 29, was killed when the crane collapsed during a storm June 9. Five other people were hurt in the collapse, including two who were critically injured. (Lynda M. Gonzalez/Staff Photographer) DALLAS [After fatal Dallas crane collapse, 6 displaced residents sue apartments, crane company]( Six former residents of the apartment complex gashed by a falling crane last month are suing the apartment company and the crane company, accusing them of negligence. Houston-based attorney Ryan MacLeod is representing Mason Flores, 33; Antonio Griffin, 25; Tyra Lee, 22; Tonian Marshall, 50; Tierney Rattler, 28; and Rattler’s teenage son. They filed the lawsuit in Dallas County last week. They are among more than 500 residents displaced from their homes after the fatal June 9 collapse, when a crane toppled into the Elan City Lights apartment building during a sudden storm. [Their lawsuit cites "serious personal injuries" they have sustained](. MacLeod said Tuesday that the plaintiffs, whose apartments all were damaged in the collapse, are each suffering from "invisible injuries" since the accident. They’re all struggling with depression, anxiety and PTSD as they try to figure out their new normal, he said.  Courts: The city of Dallas is trying to shut down a northwest Dallas massage parlor that [officials say is operating as an undercover brothel](.   Sharon Grigsby: [How a rat problem in a Dallas ISD cafeteria eventually changed the face of the school board](.  ADVERTISEMENT BUSINESS [Texas Instruments delays construction of $3.1 billion chip plant in Richardson by two years, letter says]( Texas Instruments has pushed back its plans to build a $3.1 billion semiconductor plant in Richardson by two years, according to a letter sent to state officials. [In a letter to the Texas comptroller's office in mid-May,]( an attorney for Plano ISD said the Dallas-based chipmaker "must delay construction of the facility beyond what it originally estimated." The attorney, Fred Stormer, said the company attributed the delay to "current market conditions." The site is located within the bounds of Plano ISD, which approved a tax break for the company. Texas Instruments now plans to begin construction in July, August or September of 2021 and start hiring new employees about a year later, according to a timeline sent with the letter. The plant will start production in early 2024.  Ready your wallets: Dallas-Fort Worth parents, [here's how you stack up to your back-to-school shopping peers.](   Play around the world: The Dallas Fuel esports league revealed plans [for each of its 20 teams to host a home-and-away schedule in 2020]( that'll span three continents.  POLITICS [With the Texas House at play in 2020 elections, Dallas-Fort Worth candidates draw big money]( AUSTIN --- Next year’s battle for the Texas House may be won or lost in Dallas-Fort Worth. Republicans and Democrats are pouring large amounts of money into the area, with four of the top five fundraisers for the first half of this year in North Texas. Those numbers show that while Democrats are gunning to take the House for the first time since 2003 in next year’s election, Republicans are doing everything in their power to defend their majority and maintain their two decades of political dominance in the state. To do that, Republicans plan on winning back seats they considered fluke losses during a year in which Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke’s popularity at the top of the ticket and President Donald Trump’s unpopularity led to significant tailwinds for down-ballot Democrats. [The Dallas-Fort Worth area will be a key battleground in that fight.](  Washington: Republican Rep. Will Hurd[joined Democrats in a vote to condemn President Trump's tweets as racist](. Fundraising goals: Gov. Greg Abbott [raised $12.1 million in the last two weeks of June]( his biggest haul after a legislative session during his five years as governor.   Also: [American Airlines' campaign donations to Ted Cruz are under fire]( from an LGBT equality campaign.  ADVERTISEMENT EDITORS' PICKS - Workin' up a sweat: How do you survive working in the summer heat? [Here’s how the pros handle it.]( - Immigration: Here’s what [a new shelter for migrant children in D-FW would look like](. - Saying goodbye to Ross Perot: As many as 900 people filled the sanctuary Tuesday at Highland Park United Methodist Church [to honor the life and legacy of one of Dallas' most notable figures](. Dr. Dale Okorodudu is working to increase the number of black men in medicine through his work and brand, Black Men in White Coats. (Vernon Bryant/Staff Photographer) FINALLY...[North Texas doctor's diversity mission: More 'Black Men in White Coats']( Dr. Dale Okorodudu appears to be a perfectly ordinary guy: He has a mortgage, a wife and three young children whom he carts around in a black Kia Sorento. The Carrollton resident is a pulmonary and critical care physician who specializes in treating lung ailments. But in his time off, Okorodudu juggles running a nonprofit, organizing national summits and — most recently — planning a feature-length documentary film. Not so ordinary, after all. Okorodudu’s activities [are devoted to the singular goal of driving up the number of young black men in the field of medicine](. "When somebody closes their eyes and thinks about a black male, they think about either an athlete, a musician or somebody in prison," says Okorodudu. "We want to add black men in white coats to that stereotype."  👋 That's all for this morning! 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