Job gains in Texas, Selena’s 50th birthday, Grigsby on Aledo teens’ “slave auction”: Your Friday evening roundup

Plus, a former Harris County clerk says he has no regrets over the voting programs that sparked Texas legislative backlash.  [Morning roundup]( [NEWS]( | [BUSINESS]( | [SPORTS]( | [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS]( | [ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT]( | [FOOD]( | [THINGS TO DO]( | [OPINION]( | [GAMES AND PUZZLES]( 04/16/2021 By Chelsea Watkins Good evening! We’re testing a beta version of The Roundup. It’s structured a little differently and designed to offer you more of our best journalism of the day. We’d love to hear from you about your experience reading the newsletter and we welcome [your feedback here](. If you do not prefer this version of the roundup, please click the button below to continue receiving the standard version. You'll no longer receive the beta version. Thank you for reading! [CLICK HERE]( 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. ADVERTISEMENT [TOP NEWS]( [Former Harris County clerk: No regrets over voting programs that sparked Texas legislative backlash]( The state’s largest county experimented with drive-through voting and 24-hour polling locations and tried to send out unsolicited mail ballot applications. Now, the Legislature is trying to make clear that those practices are outlawed. [Texas added 99,000 jobs in March as the economy gained strength after February’s historic winter storm]( The gain is a reversal from February’s job losses, which economists attributed to the disastrous winter storm and widespread power outages. [FBI says it interviewed Indianapolis FedEx mass shooter last year]( Eight people were killed at the facility late Thursday by a former employee. [Dallas County reports 15 coronavirus deaths, 152 cases; Tarrant County adds 2 deaths, 234 cases]( One of the Dallas County victims was fully vaccinated but immunocompromised from an organ transplant, officials said. [Great Lakes Cheese to open distribution center in Texas, creating 500 jobs]( The company stands to receive tax incentives from the city and a $3 million grant from the state. ADVERTISEMENT COMMENTARY [Aledo ninth-graders’ ‘slave auction’ of Black classmates should be a wake-up call to all white parents]( If we aren’t using recent incidents involving Dallas-Fort Worth area students to talk to our own kids about racism, we are part of the problem. [After Lt. Gov. Patrick slammed on American Airlines, how far will companies go to protect voting in Texas?]( Texas ranks dead last in ease of voting and GOP lawmakers want more restrictions, yet Patrick warns businesses: ‘Stay outta things you don’t know anything about.’ [On a made-up holiday, reflecting on how people with stressful jobs can co-exist in love and marriage]( The Watchdog looks at the life of a writing hero, and the lessons learned are unexpected. 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[SMU football coach Sonny Dykes criticizes NCAA: It ‘makes rules without thinking about the consequences’]( Dykes supports eliminating the intra-conference transfer policy, but believes NCAA policy will force a lot of college football to be team-less in the portal. [Mark Followill, TV voice of the Mavericks, to emcee charity event for Greyhound adoption]( Virtual event includes home-delivered four-course gourmet dinner [More sports stories]( | [Sports newsletter]( | [Get sports text updates]( 👋 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.]( Looking for more? The Dallas Morning News has even more newsletters to keep you informed and inspired. [View the complete list](. Text with our journalists. 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