Early-Career ReportingMekelburg completed fellowships at the Dallas Morning News, Texas Tribune and Houston Chronicle. Read After shunning Planned Parenthood, Texas asks feds to reinstate funding for women's health (Dallas Morning News) State official testifies he has no evidence Texas Planned Parenthood clinics altered abortion procedures (Dallas Morning News) New program linking vehicle registration to child support sees uptick in payments (Dallas Morning News) Texas lawmakers want to help women by removing the tampon tax, 'period' (Dallas Morning News) Rural Landowners May Sue TxDOT Over Toll Road Plan (Texas Tribune) Proposed DMV Rules Could Put Some Firms Out of Business (Texas Tribune) Proposed DMV Rules Could Put Some Firms Out of Business (Texas Tribune) Font on Texas Highway Signs Set for Another Shift (Texas Tribune) Dukes Staffers Recount Babysitting, Running Personal Errands (Texas Tribune) Across Texas, Uber Puts Cities in Tough Spot (Texas Tribune) With Uber and Lyft Gone, Ride-Hailing Startups Swarm Austin (Texas Tribune) Unrequested allocations found in state budget (Houston Chronicle) Dash cam video captures interaction between lawmaker, deputy (Houston Chronicle) Among criminal charges in accidental child shootings, four involved deaths (Houston Chronicle) Bar owner will switch rather than fight for Hemingway name (Houston Chronicle)