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Kaufman County

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    October 11, 2011

    More Than 150 Texas School Districts Sue State Over Billions in "Unconstitutional" Cuts

    ​While we await official confirmation from the Dallas Independent School District concerning a well-respected higher-up who was let go yesterday, there's this. As expected, the Austin-based nonprofit The Equity Center ("founded in 1982 by 55 school districts as a response to the gross inequities t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Watch As Dallas Animal Services and Sanitation Crews Free Deer From a Fence Near White Rock

    As you'll see in this video just posted by Dallas City Hall, a six-point buck got stuck, then put in a truck. At the end, a Texas Parks and Wildlife game warden explains what happened, but long story short: The city was called out after TPWD received reports of two deer seen fighting in a street wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    So Far, So Good for Warrior Dash, or: Day Three of Unfair Park Held Hostage

    ​Surely this will be the last item about will-they-or-won't-they Warrior Dash this weekend. From the sound of officials with whom I spoke this morning -- including Dallas County Commissioners Courts Adminstrator Darryl Martin and Kaufman County Fire Marshal Larry Ewing -- things are looking so far ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Dallas County to Decide This Morning If It'll Try to Put a Stop to Warrior Dash

    ​[Update at 11:49.: I just spoke again with Darryl Martin, who says that Warrior Dash organizers have requested a meeting with Dallas County officials, which will take place at 1 p.m. "I'll call you before we file anything," he says. Martin wanted to hear from Red Frog reps and attorney Michael Cr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    Warrior Dash to the Kaufman County Courthouse: Hold On to Your Helmets

    ​[Update at 11:14 a.m.: Cramer sends word that the hearing's still going on and is expected to wrap between noon and 12:30 p.m. He will call afterward with an update, which I will promptly post.]Dallas attorney Michael Cramer is in his car at this very moment, heading toward the Kaufman County Cou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2010

    Grading on a Curve, or: How Old Do Those State Board of Education Candidates Think the Earth Is, Anyway? Let's Ask!

    State Board of Education candidate Thomas Ratliff (and family), who thinks the earth is plenty old​Well, who knew? The eyes of Texas have been focused on the GOP primary race between Governor Rick Perry and challenger Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison as the ultimate throwdown between far right and ... More >>

  • News

    December 10, 2009

    Like Many Before and Most To Follow, Tiger Woods Dramatically Joins The Human Race

    State Board of Education candidate Thomas Ratliff (and family), who thinks the earth is plenty old​Well, who knew? The eyes of Texas have been focused on the GOP primary race between Governor Rick Perry and challenger Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison as the ultimate throwdown between far right and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2007

    A Horse is Not a Course

    State Board of Education candidate Thomas Ratliff (and family), who thinks the earth is plenty old​Well, who knew? The eyes of Texas have been focused on the GOP primary race between Governor Rick Perry and challenger Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison as the ultimate throwdown between far right and ... More >>

  • News

    October 27, 2005

    Premature Election

    Allegations of early voting fraud tear up Forney

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    Cell Disease

    Being sick in Dallas County's troubled jail can be a death sentence

  • News

    December 16, 2004

    The Hulk

    Oh, no, this isn't just about a strong mayor

  • News

    May 23, 2002

    The Naked Truth

    When it comes to Dallas' practice of prosecuting low-level porn clerks, jurors know hypocrisy when they see it

  • News

    March 22, 2001

    Road Rage

    Homeowners in a Denton County neighborhood wage battle against "taxation without representation"

  • News

    April 6, 2000

    Beggars' banquet

    Dallas' matrons of charity find that ostentation is out and value is in when it comes to raising money

  • News

    October 14, 1999

    Low-octane litigation

    A conservative court and a hardball corporation have gutted plaintiffs' claims in the Kaufman County pipeline explosion case

  • News

    February 4, 1999

    Buzz

    A conservative court and a hardball corporation have gutted plaintiffs' claims in the Kaufman County pipeline explosion case

  • News

    July 30, 1998

    Letters

    A conservative court and a hardball corporation have gutted plaintiffs' claims in the Kaufman County pipeline explosion case

  • News

    July 23, 1998

    Raw deal

    If John Ware, Ray Hunt, and Bill Clements have their way, Dallas taxpayers may foot the bill for turning 2,200 acres of Kaufman County lakefront property into a golf course

  • News

    June 26, 1997

    What makes Sammy run?

    Huge and helpless, schizophrenic and hypertensive, Sammy Allen has fallen between the administrative cracks of a local mental health system that can't seem to get its ACT together

  • News

    June 20, 1996

    Buzz

    Huge and helpless, schizophrenic and hypertensive, Sammy Allen has fallen between the administrative cracks of a local mental health system that can't seem to get its ACT together

  • News

    May 30, 1996

    Buzz

    Huge and helpless, schizophrenic and hypertensive, Sammy Allen has fallen between the administrative cracks of a local mental health system that can't seem to get its ACT together

  • News

    April 4, 1996

    Wish Woman

    She hasn't got money or connections. But straight-shooting Linda Terrell is helping dying grownups live their dreams.

  • News

    March 28, 1996

    The Unbearable Lightness of Victor

    He's a nice guy. He drives a pickup truck. But Victor Morales doesn't belong in the U.S. Senate.

  • Calendar

    November 16, 1995

    Events for the week

    He's a nice guy. He drives a pickup truck. But Victor Morales doesn't belong in the U.S. Senate.

  • News

    January 26, 1995

    Death Row Granny

    Bettie Beets killed two husbands. Now she's likely to become the first woman the state of Texas has ever executed

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