Pelosi OKs drafting impeachment articles, editorial board discusses surprise medical bills: Your Thursday evening roundup

The Cowboys play the Bears tonight with a chance at holding on to the NFC East lead.  [Evening roundup]( 12/05/2019 By Ashley Slayton and Todd Davis Good Evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here.]( Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced that the House is moving forward to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. (J. Scott Applewhite) POLITICS [Pelosi says House will draft impeachment articles and Texas Republicans cry foul]( Sen. John Cornyn accused Democrats of trying to illegitimately toss President Donald Trump from office after Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she had [directed House committees to draft articles of impeachment]( against him. "Our democracy is what is at stake," Pelosi said. "The president leaves us no choice but to act." Also: A mistake by Congress hiked taxes on families of fallen soldiers. [Lawmakers still haven’t fixed it.]( And: [Texas will suffer economic consequences]( if USMCA isn’t passed, Congress members warn. ADVERTISEMENT  CRIME [Feds’ court filing says late Dallas council member told candidates how to evade campaign laws]( In court documents filed Wednesday by federal prosecutors, statements by former Dallas City Council member Carolyn Davis explain quite clearly [how council members and candidates could skirt campaign finance laws]( -- and avoid the FBI.  Also: [A department veteran]( will be Fort Worth’s police chief after Joel Fitzgerald was fired.   And: [As 2019 ends]( here are reasons 2020 might ease up on illegal spam phone calls.  BUSINESS [These three Texas cities are among nation’s top 10 ‘boomtowns’]( Three of the nation’s fastest-growing and most prosperous cities are in Texas, [according to a new ranking](. And the highest-ranking Dallas-Fort Worth community might come as a surprise.  Also: [United Airlines has a new CEO]( and Scott Kirby’s promotion to puts him in competition with a former colleague.   Another new high-rise project: There's a new [13-story tower planned]( for Dallas’ Uptown district.  ADVERTISEMENT (Vernon Bryant / Staff Photographer) PHOTO OF THE DAY Familiar faces to Dallas-area football fans, including former Dallas Cowboys and North Texas Mean Green running back Lance Dunbar (center), participated in the first Dallas Renegades practice at Arlington High school on Thursday. The Renegades will open their inaugural XFL season February 9 at home to the St. Louis BattleHawks. EDITORS' PICKS - Crime: [A Dallas police officer]( was hospitalized after a squad car was struck on Central Expressway. - Transportation: Traffic was tied up for several hours Wednesday and into Thursday morning’s rush hour after [a large pothole opened up on Interstate 30](. - Cowboys at Bears, 7:20 p.m.: Fortunes change quickly in NFL, as Dak Prescott and Mitch Trubisky have shown. The Cowboys now need [their QB to bounce back](. FINALLY... [The Santa Fe railroad tunnel under Dallas, and the depths some went to try to save it]( Economic prosperity in the 1920s in Dallas saw an increase in the automobile and eight major railroads cutting up sections of Dallas, resulting in major traffic jams and overcrowding. [So, the Santa Fe Railroad decided on a different path to move merchandise around the inner city:]( It built an underground rail system. 👋 That's all for this afternoon! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and [check out our other newsletters here](. Do you have feedback? Send your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to [newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com](mailto:newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com?subject=). STAY CONNECTED WITH US [Unsubscribe]( | [Free newsletters]( | [Dallasnews.com]( | [Subscriber login]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact us]( Copyright 2019 - [The Dallas Morning News, 1954 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75201, United States](