Cheerleaders shot, Dallas City Council cancels meeting, Stars missing key player

The Rangers win Wednesday, enjoying streak of success. [EVENING ROUNDUP](dallasnews.com) dallasnews.com Sponsored by: Content and story selection are solely editorial's decision. [Principal Carmen Fernandez stands in the hallway of the Notre Dame School of Dallas.]( Families seeking out programs like at Carmen Fernandez's Notre Dame — many of whom have tried public school and found it unable to best serve their kids — could benefit from an $8,000 education savings account as proposed in legislation, officials say. (Liesbeth Powers / Staff Photographer) Private schools for whom? Special needs students caught in Texas’ school choice debate]( As the Texas Legislature debates a voucher-like program that would give families public funds to help pay for private school, supporters face an uphill battle in the House. Republican proponents are pitching a number of paths forward with specific cutouts that could win over skeptics. Among them is a narrow option that would provide education savings accounts only to students like those at the Notre Dame School of Dallas – children with special needs. Based on the testimony, “there’s definitely children who need that specialized care and the financial burden shouldn’t be what keeps them from getting a good education,” said Rep. Jacey Jetton, R-Richmond. [Children with disabilities]( are central in a fierce debate over any school voucher program. [READ MORE](   ADVERTISEMENT   TOP STORIES [Two Texas cheerleaders shot after girl mistakenly got in wrong car at an H-E-B]( Lynn Shearer, owner of Woodlands Elite Cheer Co., told KXAN-TV that cheerleaders were on their way home from [...] [AT&T network outage cancels Dallas City Council meeting, impacts 311 calls, city says]( A Wednesday morning city email from City Manager T.C. Broadnax to the mayor and council members says the [...] [Families of Uvalde mass shooting victims urge Texas to set higher age limit on guns]( A Texas House committee is taking up gun bills on Tuesday in the first legislative session since the Uvalde [...] [Dallas County inmate escapes by jumping from transport vehicle in Kessler Stevens area]( Authorities on Wednesday asked the public's help to find Carlos Duarte, an escapee from the Dallas County [...] [‘Life is to be lived’: Dallas matriarch celebrates 104, reveals secret to a long life]( Despite the hardships she has faced along the way, Rhea Wolfram takes pride in being a risk taker. [READ MORE NEWS](   Looking for more of the latest insights and top stories? We've got you covered. Become a member of The Dallas Morning News. [Join today](.   ADVERTISEMENT   CRIME AND COURTS [‘Doesn’t feel real’: 21-year-old mother remembered after brazen West Dallas slaying]( Several gunmen fired dozens of shots April 11, fatally shooting Aureanna Hernandez and wounding a man in the [...] [Irving mother who confessed to killing her 2 daughters sentenced to life in prison]( Madison McDonald, the Irving, Texas, mother who confessed to killing her two young daughters in April 2021, [...] [Two teenagers arrested in connection with fatal shooting at South Dallas apartment complex]( Two teenagers were arrested Thursday in connection to the fatal shooting of a 30-year-old man at a South [...] SPORTS [Stars’ Joe Pavelski in concussion protocol, will miss tonight’s Game 2 vs. Wild in Dallas]( Pavelski took a high, hard hit from Wild defenseman Matt Dumba midway through the second period during Game 1 [...] [Rangers’ Leody Taveras is finding his swing. How close is he to locking down CF job?]( Texas Rangers centerfielder Leody Taveras put up three hits in the finale of a three-game sweep of the Kansas [...] [Michael Irvin remains suspended, won’t take part in NFL Network draft coverage]( The league sent out a release Wednesday detailing the 75-plus hours worth of content the NFL Network will [...] REAL ESTATE [Property brokers pitching Exxon Mobil’s Irving campus for new business]( Jones Lang LaSalle has been hired to market ExxonMobil's former headquarters campus in Irving. It's one of the [...] [D-FW office sales take a massive hit from interest rate hikes, tightened credit]( Higher interest rates and a tighter credit market have put the brakes on North Texas office sales. Dallas-Fort [...] [All kinds of homes are coming around PGA Frisco. Here’s where you could live]( Between golf courses, a resort, and a theme park, Frisco’s 2,500-acre Fields development is sure to draw [...]   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 2023