SCOTUS may get Tony Timpa case, funds shift to border effort, potential Cowboys picks: Your Friday evening roundup

Also, teachers and school employees get some good news  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  EVENING ROUNDUP [The Dallas Morning News]( Sponsored by: Content and story selection are solely editorial's decision.  By Todd Davis  Children and volunteers colored and worked on puzzles April 21 at Family Gateway North's "Stock the Shelves and Spring Carnival" event. (Rebecca Slezak / Staff Photographer) [‘These are us’: Here’s what happened after a North Dallas neighborhood said yes to homeless shelter]( Columnist Sharon Grigsby writes: Ellen Magnis and Na’Tiffany Thomas both know how it feels to walk the tightrope of desperation. Magnis left her Farmers Branch home at 17, married at 18 and, by 23, was a single mother raising two little kids. She was completely alone, without an iota of family or support structure. At 15, Thomas was kicked out of her home in Shreveport after her mom learned she was pregnant. She and her baby slept in cheap hotels, in the bus station and on the streets before she wound up in Dallas and its own dead ends. Today, Thomas, now 23 and the mother of two, finds her family safe at last, in no small part to that other once-hopeless mom, Magnis, [whose Family Gateway shelters provide life-changing support]( to homeless parents and their children. "These are not other people. These are us," Magnis told me. [Read More](  ADVERTISEMENT  THE LATEST NEWS [Dallas appeals to U.S. Supreme Court in case against police officers involved in death of Tony Timpa]( The decision comes three months after the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals paved the way for the case... [Texas border effort gets $495 million boost after GOP leaders tap federal COVID-19 aid, shift funds]( The 10,000-person National Guard effort costs $1.4 billion a year, more than three times what state... [Transgender care expert quits as Texas Children’s Hospital chief pediatrician]( The Houston hospital paused some gender-affirming hormone care in early March [What’s next now that suspected Dallas serial killer Billy Chemirmir was convicted of capital murder?]( Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot said his office will try Chemirmir, a Kenyan immigrant... [The 2022 strategy to win your property tax protest without going to a hearing]( Watchdog Dave Lieber shows two possible strategies to outwit your appraisal district.  [DO YOU KNOW? NEWS QUIZ](  [Question 1 of 5]( [A recent study has analyzed the highest-income ZIP codes in North Texas. Which city was number one?]( - [Rockwall]( - [Keller]( - [Southlake]( - [Colleyville]( [Start the quiz by choosing your answer. Complete the quiz and you’ll be entered to win $100.](  ADVERTISEMENT   POLITICS [Texas Railroad Commission dark horse bucks convention with her ‘unicorn’ candidacy]( Republican runoff candidate Sarah Stogner faces an uphill battle in her May 24 runoff against... [F-35 issues present challenge for plane’s defenders as Pentagon seeks cuts]( Production of the stealthy warbirds supports tens of thousands of jobs in Texas [To solve Texas Teachers of Tomorrow issues, state seeks transparency and quality checks]( The state board for educator certification met Friday after Texas Teachers of Tomorrow failed to... BUSINESS [Edgemere’s bankruptcy follows filings by three other Texas age-in-place communities]( Amenity-rich senior homes are expensive to build, often saddling their operators with debt that can... [What Nebraska Furniture Mart chairman Irv Blumkin thinks about inflation and the supply chain]( So far consumers have been paying the higher prices and demand is still strong. But there’s one... [Thanks to feds, Texas teachers, school employees won’t absorb higher health care premiums next year]( Gov. Greg Abbott, GOP legislative leaders apply $435 million of federal coronavirus relief funds to... SPORTS [Whom will the Cowboys select on Day 2 of the NFL draft? A look at the top remaining prospects]( The prospect pool is deep this draft. Which name will be called home to JerryWorld next? [With one demon conquered, the Mavericks now face another massive challenge in Phoenix]( And Dallas will have a puncher’s chance against Devin Booker and the Suns. [Joey McGuire is out to change the Texas Tech narrative, and he’s on the road talking about it]( McGuire was in Dallas on Thursday meeting some Red Raider fans in person. ADVERTISEMENT   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [Free Newsletters]( | [Account Login]( | [Help Center]( [Terms of Service]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( The Dallas Morning News 1954 Commerce Street Dallas, TX 75201 © Copyright 2022 Sent to: {EMAIL} [Unsubscribe]( The Dallas Morning News, 1954 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75201, United States