Meet the $10M fountain philanthropist, Post Malone earns honor, Rangers name new GM: Your Friday evening roundup

Cornyn wants to remove Jenna's law roadblocks  [Morning roundup] [NEWS]( | [BUSINESS]( | [SPORTS]( | [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS]( | [ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT]( | [FOOD]( | [THINGS TO DO]( | [OPINION]( 12/04/2020 By Todd Davis Good Evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. ADVERTISEMENT [Texas Rangers hire Chris Young as GM; Jon Daniels remains with club as president of baseball operations]( [Lobbyist asks that Texas restaurant workers get high priority for COVID-19 vaccine]( [Nursing home residents added to first wave of Texans eligible for COVID-19 vaccine]( [Southlake’s most famous ex-Chicken Express employee tops Billboard list for second consecutive year]( [Dallas County reports 906 new coronavirus cases, 8 more deaths; Tarrant County adds 1,503 cases and 7 deaths]( [Why build a $10M fountain during a pandemic? Meet the philanthropist behind Dallas’ big park gift]( [Cornyn prods Rep. Bobby Scott to stop stalling Jenna’s law, aimed at child sexual abuse]( [Recent acceleration of the pandemic is slowing American Airlines’ financial recovery]( [Dallas students won’t have to stress over final exams if DISD eases rules because of COVID-19]( [New data shows that shoppers stayed home all over the Dallas area for Black Friday week]( The Fairmont Kea Lani in Maui, Hawaii, has been the site of the annual Independent Voter Project conference for a decade. (Accor Hotels) POLITICS [As COVID spiked in Texas, lawmakers escaped to Maui for corporate-backed confab on economy]( At least two state lawmakers decamped to Hawaii the week before Thanksgiving for a conference funded by corporate sponsors, just as public health officials urged Americans to call off or downsize their holiday gatherings due to the coronavirus. Rep. Lyle Larson of San Antonio and Sen. Larry Taylor of Friendswood, both Republicans, confirmed to The Dallas Morning News that they attended the meeting at a luxury hotel in Maui the week of Nov. 16. Hosted by the Independent Voter Project, a San Diego-based nonprofit, this year’s conference reportedly brought together at least 50 people, including about 20 state legislators from California and Texas, to discuss ways to restart the economy during the pandemic. Ethics watchdogs have long criticized the four-day confab as [an industry backed tropical getaway masquerading as a policy conference](. TEXT THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS [Readers often tell us they want to stay informed but that they're short on time. That's why we're launching a new way for you to stay connected, with texts from The Dallas Morning News.]( [Want to get a quick hit of the biggest headlines of the day? Sign up for The Roundup. It's a Monday-Friday, daily briefing of the latest news impacting D-FW residents. Text us back with your questions or thoughts and we'll respond.]( 📱 Get connected. [Sign up here](. ❓ Got questions? We've got [answers](. *The Roundup is free to receive. Standard text messaging and data rates may apply. ADVERTISEMENT  👋 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? Submit your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to[the newsroom.]( ADVERTISEMENT STAY CONNECTED WITH US [Unsubscribe]( | [Free newsletters]( | [Dallasnews.com]( | [Subscriber login]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact us]( Copyright 2020 - [The Dallas Morning News, 1954 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75201, United States](