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May 18, 2012
Commission Recommends DISD Get Rid Of Metal Detectors. But Do They Work?
As Matthew Haag noted yesterday over at the Morning News' education blog, DISD's Citizen Budget Review Commission made several recommendations at last week's board briefing for how the district might cut costs. The most eye-catching: consider getting rid of metal detectors in middle and high school ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2012
Too Many Dallas Teens are Getting Locked Up in Adult Jails, Study Says. And That Ain't Good.
An exhaustive new study has found alarming conditions for Texas teenagers housed in adult jails while awaiting trial, a practice that Dallas and Harris counties use more than anywhere else in the state. In essence, the study found that there's really no good way to keep teens and adults safely in ... More >>
Blogs
February 27, 2012
Medicaid Women's Health Program Is One Step Closer To Death
The Medicaid Women's Health Program provides some 130,000 Texas women with vital medical care: family planning, birth control, cancer screenings and annual exams. And for that, of course, it must die. That, at least, has long been the case as far as Republican lawmakers are concerned. And after last ... More >>
Blogs
September 13, 2011
Federal Judge Fines Denton Attorney Pursuing Porn Pirates $10,000. But Was It Enough?
Photo by Danny FulgencioEvan StoneDuring his storied tenure here, Patrick Michels took a deep interest in the legal doings of Denton attorney Evan Stone, who's filed dozens of cases in Dallas federal court involving thousands of John Does who Stone says are illegally downloading movies, most of ' ... More >>
News
April 21, 2011
Evan Stone's Battle Against Porn Pirates
A Denton lawyer devotes his life to fighting America's porn thiefs.
Blogs
April 15, 2011
State Rep. Giddings Wants School Districts to Stop Treating Students Like Criminals
A couple of weeks back Texas Appleseed and ACLU of Texas reps were down in Austin asking why oh why do state school districts feel the need to write class C misdemeanor tickets to students, some as young as 6, in the case of the Dallas Independent School District back in '06-'07. John Whitmire's ... More >>
News
October 7, 2010
Running on "bubble gum and duct tape," a new court aims to keep damaged vets out of jail.
A couple of weeks back Texas Appleseed and ACLU of Texas reps were down in Austin asking why oh why do state school districts feel the need to write class C misdemeanor tickets to students, some as young as 6, in the case of the Dallas Independent School District back in '06-'07. John Whitmire's ... More >>
Blogs
March 24, 2010
Yet Again, a Federal Judge Tells Farmers Branch it Can't Enforce Immigration Law
Illustration by Craig LaRotondaSince ex-Observer'er Megan Feldman's done moved back to Colorado, it falls to me to direct your attention to the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund's announcement today concerning U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle's order that "permanently enjoins enfo ... More >>
Blogs
November 6, 2009
Before UNT Vote, a Debate Over Allowing Same-Sex Couples on Homecoming Court
University of North Texas junior Stephen Michael BenavidesHe sounded a little groggy when he spoke to Unfair Park this morning. But University of North Texas junior Stephen Michael Benavides had a long night: The chair of ACLU's student chapter spent Thursday night appealing to the UNT Suprem ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2009
NYT Profiles KC Law Prof (Still) Trying to Keep Illegal Immigrants Out of Farmers Branch
Kris KobachThe New York Times's Julia Preston profiles University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law professor Kris W. Kobach -- a name that might be familiar to residents of Farmers Branch, as Kobach's one of the co-authors of Ordinance 2952 and one of the lawyers who's been trying to get it enf ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2009
With the Daytime Curfew Nearly a Done Deal, DPD Chief David Kunkle Explains Why the Opposition Should Chill Out
Kunkle says the daytime curfew is less about slapping minors with fines and more about shaping behavior to curb crime and truancy. Sometime this morning, we expect the Dallas City Council to approve a daytime curfew for minors under the age of 17, which, according to the ordinance, will "help combat ... More >>
Blogs
May 6, 2009
Today's the Day We Find Out if Sex-Toy Enemy Lands Pardons and Paroles Slot
Shanda PerkinsLongtime friend of the show Scott Henson sends word: We need to be on the lookout for news out of the state Senate Nominating Committee confab today, as Burleson vibrator-hater Shanda Perkins has her Board of Pardons and Paroles confirmation hearing scheduled for 1 p.m.-ish. Surely you ... More >>
News
April 2, 2009
Beating a DWI case may soon get a lot tougher
Shanda PerkinsLongtime friend of the show Scott Henson sends word: We need to be on the lookout for news out of the state Senate Nominating Committee confab today, as Burleson vibrator-hater Shanda Perkins has her Board of Pardons and Paroles confirmation hearing scheduled for 1 p.m.-ish. Surely you ... More >>
News
January 1, 2009
Buzz Reviews the News of 2008: Yes. It Was All Bad.
Sex clubs in the 'burbs, teacher layoffs in the district, black holes in the commissioners court—Buzz makes perfect sense of 2008
News
September 18, 2008
Swingtown
Local swingers think life is a bowl of cherries, but Duncanville wants to spit out the Pit
Film
August 28, 2008
Not to Be
Full of itself and not half as funny as it thinks it is, Hamlet 2 is simply tragic
News
June 26, 2008
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Electronic monitoring may dramatically curb truancy. So why isn't DISD interested?
Blogs
April 3, 2008
Is Fort Worth-Based BNSF Trying to "Intimidate Its Critics"?
Electronic monitoring may dramatically curb truancy. So why isn't DISD interested?
Blogs
February 12, 2008
Bill Hill Goes Both Ways. Again.
Electronic monitoring may dramatically curb truancy. So why isn't DISD interested?
Blogs
March 9, 2007
Cyberstalking? Or Free Speech?
Electronic monitoring may dramatically curb truancy. So why isn't DISD interested?
Blogs
January 10, 2007
The High Cost of Segregating a City
Electronic monitoring may dramatically curb truancy. So why isn't DISD interested?
Blogs
December 26, 2006
Re: Farmers Branch, Where the Lawsuits Are Piling Up
Electronic monitoring may dramatically curb truancy. So why isn't DISD interested?
News
November 2, 2006
Splitsville
No border fences make for mad neighbors in Farmers Branch
Blogs
June 6, 2006
The Justice League
No border fences make for mad neighbors in Farmers Branch
News
March 16, 2006
SMU's Shame
Even people who like the president shouldn't want his library here
News
August 18, 2005
Bubba Patrol
The Minutemen are ready to patrol Texas' border. Are we ready for them?
News
December 9, 2004
Guilty Look
Plus: Been There, Done That; Show Us the Money
News
October 23, 2003
Bellies of the Beast
Food cuts have inmates and guards grumbling
News
August 7, 2003
MADD Again
With Texas No. 1 in DWI deaths, MADD gets down to business
Culture
May 29, 2003
Dem Blues
The left, turning right, was plain wrong to attack pop culture
News
February 20, 2003
It Doesn't Suck.com
Not for a cyber-griper who won a legal victory against his corporate nemesis
News
February 6, 2003
Get on the Bus
For one fellow traveler, the road to an anti-war protest in Washington is paved with good intentions and bad politics
News
October 10, 2002
Someplace Like Home
Does Miami hold the key to solving Dallas' downtown homeless problem? Maybe, but it's a very expensive key.
News
May 30, 2002
Dallas' Recycling Joke
Plus: Prurient Disinterest, Belo's Secrets
Film
May 9, 2002
Made on the Margins
For 15 years, the Dallas Video Fest has flickered on the fringe
News
April 11, 2002
Taken to Task
DPS to oversee state drug forces troubled by abuses
Film
October 18, 2001
Dead Last
Redford and Lurie wave the flag, but fail to earn their stripes
News
October 11, 2001
Deadbeating the System
Eight years ago, Kim Sullivan turned to the state for help collecting overdue child support. She's still waiting.
News
August 23, 2001
Gag Order
An anti-fur protester claims her rights are violated by a too restrictive probation
News
September 14, 2000
The Untouchable
Complaints of racism, dirty politics, and other fishy business simply roll off Denton County's Teflon sheriff, Weldon Lucas
News
June 29, 2000
Granny get your gun
Dallas' pistol-packing 'Second Amendment Sister'--63-year-old grandma Mary Thompson--takes aim at a million moms
News
April 29, 1999
Bully Pulpit
Pushy, driven, and fearless, Texas Secretary of State Elton Bomer is Bush's big man on the border. But is he tough enough to cut through the red tape snarling efforts to help the poor people living in the colonias?
News
March 11, 1999
Ignorance is bliss
Two supposed champions of open government are pushing hard to keep campaign finance records off the Internet. What don't they want you to know?
Music
March 5, 1998
Love hate
Nicholas Broomfield's Courtney problem
News
December 4, 1997
Buzz
Nicholas Broomfield's Courtney problem
News
November 13, 1997
School's out
Walt Whitman Community School in Oak Lawn is America's first private high school for gay and lesbian students. Despite some grim personal stories, the kids are all right.
Calendar
June 5, 1997
Events for the week
Walt Whitman Community School in Oak Lawn is America's first private high school for gay and lesbian students. Despite some grim personal stories, the kids are all right.
News
November 14, 1996
60,000 naked men
When the Promise Keepers revival rolls into town, every soul in sight gets exposed
Culture
May 25, 1995
Thug life
A new stage version of A Clockwork Orange resounds with prophecy
News
May 11, 1995
Oswald's ghost
Norman Mailer resurrects a tragically human assassin
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