Morning Roundup: Abbott's vow to 'eliminate all rapists' unfulfilled, takeaways from Cowboys-Giants, student debt plan to cost $400B

Also, a man who recorded women and girls inside a Rockwall restaurant restroom has been sentenced to a state prison. [MORNING ROUNDUP]( [Year after Texas abortion ban, Abbott vow to ‘eliminate all rapists’ unfulfilled]( Crisis centers in Texas say their caseloads remain high; law makes no exception for rape victims [Texas is No. 1 for weather-related power outages]( Texas leads country for weather-related power outages [5 takeaways from Cowboys-Giants: Cooper Rush keeps winning as Dallas’ run game returns]( The Dallas defense also had another solid showing against an NFC East rival. [Biden’s student debt plan will cost $400 billion, Congressional Budget Office estimates]( The Congressional Budget Office estimates that President Joe Biden’s plan for student debt cancellation will [...]   ADVERTISEMENT   [Grapevine-Colleyville school trustee says she’s target of political ‘witch hunt’]( During a heated executive session Monday, board president Casey Ford accused trustee Becky St. John of calling [...] [Man who recorded women, girls inside restaurant restroom sentenced to state prison]( A Rockwall County judge has sentenced Michael Paul Smith, 45, to serve 40 years in a state prison, according [...] [Dallas developer faces charges of scamming Chinese investors out of $26 million]( Timothy Barton could spend decades in federal prison for what government prosecutors describe as fraudulent [...] [Be aware of the changes in voting in Texas for the November election]( Absentee voters: The state has modified the envelope to highlight the section requiring the ID number. [Southwest Airlines President Mike Van De Ven stepping down at end of 2022]( Southwest Airlines’ No. 2 executive is stepping down at the end of the year and giving up his role as [...] [State Fair music lineup packs a diverse punch in 2022]( Pop, classic rock, norteño and R&B are all accounted for with marquee acts. [MORE NEWS]( POLITICS [I'm an image]( Handguns sit in a display case for sale at Uncle Dan’s Pawn Shop in Mesquite, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (Elías Valverde II/Staff Photographer) [Texas fights to keep law banning young adults from carrying handguns in public]( The state is fighting to uphold a law that bars many young adults from carrying handguns in public. Last week, the Texas Department of Public Safety appealed a decision by a federal judge that declared the law unconstitutional. [The ongoing legal battle could test the limits of a new U.S. Supreme Court decision]( that says people have a right to carry firearms publicly for self defense. And it comes as Texas legislators face pressure to tighten gun laws following the Uvalde school shooting, including some calls to raise the purchase age for long guns.   ADVERTISEMENT   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( [Privacy Policy](dallasnews.com/privacy-policy) | [Account Login]( |[Help Center]( [Terms of Service]( | [Manage Preferences](dallasnews.com/privacy-policy| [Unsubscribe]( The Dallas Morning News 1954 Commerce Street Dallas, TX 75201 © Copyright 2022