Twin Peaks harassment, NFL draft, D-FW home market: Your Thursday evening roundup

April 26,  2018 By Holly Rusak Good evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. Attorney Tamara Holder holds up racy lingerie, at left and a uniform top worn by some of her clients and former employees of Twin Peaks. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/TNS)  sexual harassment Twin Peaks managers mandated lingerie 'dress-up days,' federal complaint claims Employees of the Dallas-based Twin Peaks restaurant chain are alleging that they were sexually harassed and subjected to a hostile work environment when [they were forced to wear skimpy costumes they had to pay for themselves and were ranked in a weekly report evaluating their bodies](. A Chicago attorney, Tamara Holder, said on Thursday that she has filed federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaints on behalf of three workers at Illinois locations of the chain and a fourth former employee planned to sue for breach of contract. But in the EEOC complaint, Blaylock said that although she agreed to wear a work-provided uniform — a v-neck shirt, shorts, knee-high socks, and boots — about six months into her job, managers started imposing "dress-up days," that went far beyond what she signed up for. Women servers and bartenders were forced to don lingerie and bikinis they bought themselves in "the dead of winter," for a "Snow Bunny Week." Convicted: [Bill Cosby was found guilty of drugging and molesting a woman]( in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, completing the spectacular late-life downfall of a comedian who broke racial barriers in Hollywood on his way to TV superstardom as America's Dad. A view inside of AT&T Stadium as preparations continue for the 2018 National Football League draft at the venue in Arlington on Tuesday. This is the first time an NFL draft is being held at a stadium. The draft starts Thursday and ends Saturday. (Andy Jacobsohn/Staff Photographer) NFL Draft central What will Dallas do tonight? One of the biggest nights of the NFL offseason is finally here at the NFL draft kicks off tonight from the Dallas Cowboys' home, AT&T Stadium in Arlington. Now the only questions left are will the Cowboys trade up or down, and who will they pick? We've got a small army covering every bit of the event, from the red carpet to the actual picks, and even the reaction from the Cowboys front office back up in Frisco at The Star. You can follow along with our extensive live coverage by checking out the stream of updates [here](. [We'll keep this article updated constantly throughout the draft weekend, so you might as well go ahead and bookmark this spot](. Wait, MY tax money? [Why is Texas spending sales tax revenue]( to put on the NFL Draft Experience? Team building: [The Omni Dallas hotel will show live updates on the side of the hotel](, which is lined with LED lights that reach 22 stories tall. Missed my invite: In a week already filled with great concerts in the DFW area, [silky soul singer Leon Bridges slid under the radar and into Dallas](. (Louis DeLuca / Staff Photographer) commentary Don't look now, but D-FW's hot home market has probably peaked Real Estate Editor Steve Brown writes: If you just got your property tax appraisal, news that Dallas-area home prices are growing at the slowest rate in six years may not add up. My tax appraisal landed in my mailbox like a bomb, notifying me that the taxman has added another $38,000 to the assumed value of my almost century old shack in East Dallas. [In the last five years, the tax appraisal on my house has gone up almost 70 percent]( -- an even bigger jump than the North Texas area average sales price increase of about 55 percent since 2013. Those huge home price gains in North Texas may be waning. That said...: [North Texas is hanging onto its top spot]( for U.S. home construction. While some make the cut...: [Ford promises to shed]( most of its North American vehicle lineup. ... others are ramping up: [Toyota Motor Corp. will spend $170 million and hire 400 workers over the next year]( to overhaul the Mississippi factory where the Japanese auto giant makes Corollas, the world’s all-time best-selling vehicle, the company announced on Thursday. [Sign up for breaking news alerts]( (Nathan Hunsinger/Staff Photographer) Photo of the Day Joshua Salazar (right with remote) and Cassandra Gayton use robots to pick up points as they practice at [Winnetka Elementary in Dallas for the Vex Robotics World Championship](. The Winnetka robotics teams that qualified for the contest at the North Texas State Championship in February are made up of fourth- and fifth-graders. This year, the school's program opened to younger robot-curious kiddos, too. Around The Site - Family violence: [A woman shot her husband after the couple got into a fight over their tax return]( on Thursday morning, Fort Worth police say. - Abuse: A Tarrant County couple [brought a 5-year-old African girl to their home and forced her to work for them for more than 16 years]( until she was able to escape, authorities say. - Editorial: Momentum builds for a [much needed mental and primary health clinic]( in southern Dallas. - Records release: [Trump keeps some JFK documents sealed]( until 2021 as Archives release final batch. - Withdrawn: White House doctor [Ronny Jackson withdrew from consideration as the next Veterans Affairs secretary](, but he also called allegations of misconduct "false and fabricated." - Interstate police chase: A kidnapper was killed in an officer-involved shooting Thursday morning[after stabbing a woman and leading authorities on a chase from Oklahoma into North Texas](, officials said. Finally... Curious Texas: Why does Texas seem to have so many loose dogs? The recent mauling of a South Dallas woman served as the latest reminder of the city's longstanding struggles with loose dogs. Natalie Valles of Forney wanted to know why. Specifically, she asked Curious Texas: [Why are there so many stray dogs in Texas?]( Curious Texas is an ongoing project from The Dallas Morning News that invites you to join in our reporting process. The idea is simple: You have questions, and our journalists track down the answers. We asked Stephen Edison, the man who conducted the study, why Dallas has such a seemingly higher population of loose dogs than other places. Advertisement [Subscribe to our Real Estate newsletter]( 👋 That's all for this evening! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. 💖 Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please [check out our other newsletters here](. 📧 Do you have feedback? 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