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Now Texas Wants its Women's Health Program to Ban Doctors from Talking about Abortion

As Governor Rick Perry vows not to take any of that filthy federal money to expand Medicaid in Texas, state lawmakers may also have to find another $39 million next year to keep the Medicaid Women's Health Program alive. These days, the WHP has been going through some prolonged death throes. Texa ... More >>

Aftermath, the Dallas Crime-Scene Cleanup Crew, is Suing its Dissatisfied Clients [Updated]

Last month, five families sued the crime-scene cleanup company Aftermath Inc. and three of its north Texas employees. Three families had hired Aftermath to clean up after the suicide of a loved one, while the two others brought in the company after their family members were found dead several days a ... More >>

Feds: Voter ID Law "Legally Unenforceable," Can't Rule Out "Discriminatory Purpose"

State legislation requiring voters to present state-issued identification such as a driver's license, a concealed-carry permit, or a U.S. passport or military ID was rejected Monday morning by the U.S. Department of Justice. "Because we conclude that the state has failed to meet its burden of dem ... More >>

DISD: Some at Ebby Halliday Elementary Used "Inappropriate Means to Instill Discipline"

​Speaking of the Dallas Independent School District's doings ... No doubt you recall the ugly allegations that came out of Ebby Halliday Elementary School in the fall, stories of abuse and intimidation that resulted in principal Kamalia Cotton going to another campus (Phillis Wheatley Elementary ... More >>

If Dallas County Officials Close Offices For Bad Weather, Jenkins Wants It Marked "Holiday"

​Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins was mighty proud of himself on February 1, 2011: While everyone else 'round town was bundling up and staying in thanks to the cabin-fever-inducing ice storm, Dallas County remained open for business. (No doubt Jenkins pressed ahead with commissioners court that mo ... More >>

One of Arlington's Last Remaining Strip Clubs, Flashdancer, Takes City to Federal Court

​For years Flashdancer Cabaret -- the topless joint that sits on E. Randol Mill just across the freeway from Cowboys Stadium and the Ballpark in Arlington, or so I've been told -- has been at odds with the city and state, which have tried their best to shutter the joint. Used to be there were more ... More >>

The Black Police Association's Disappearing Money

Organization's books weren't cooked -- they simply don't exist.

Top Chef To Cost Texas Taxpayers $400,000, Give Or Take the Bacon Budget

"Mmm. Taxpayer-funded chocolate is delicious."​For several weeks now, as Top Chef crews have bounced around the state shooting next season's Texas-centric version of the popular Bravo reality show, journalists and food bloggers have wondered: How much, if anything, did the state pay for the sh ... More >>

With One Day Left to Save Attacker, Bhuiyan's Case Goes to the Media ... and Federal Court

Behind the counter at the Pleasant Grove convenience store following the September 2001 shooting of Rais Bhuiyan by Mark Stroman​Tomorrow, the steady stream of stories about Rais Bhuiyan's attempt to save Mark Stroman -- the man who shot Bhuiyan in the face and killed two other men in the days fo ... More >>

While City Holds Our Trinity Docs Hostage, a Look at How Much Dallas Wants From Feds

Eddie Bernice Johnson's Flickr pageYou really think Mary Suhm could have gotten a much better seat at the meeting with EBJ.​Earlier this month, city officials -- among them For-Now Mayor Dwaine Caraway, City Manager Mary Suhm, about-to-be-out Trinity River Corridor Project Committee chair Dave Neu ... More >>

Deuell Language: Planned Parenthood Says Politics Messing With Women's Health Care

Bob Deuell​The state Senate Committee on Health and Human Services voted yesterday in favor of a bill that would renew the Women's Health Program, a Medicaid-funded program that provides basic women's health care. It was set to expire this year unless the Lege took action, but now that it has the ... More >>

There's No Memorial to Fallen Service Members. But There's a New Federal Lawsuit.

​Back in July, WFAA-Channel 8's Byron Harris spent quite some time digging into the doings of the Kennedale-based United States Fallen Heroes Foundation, which said it was a nonprofit raising funds to construct a memorial in Tarrant County to servicemen and women killed in action since September 1 ... More >>

Mayor Caraway Loses Legal Battle to Bury Police Recordings Made at His Home In January

Sam Merten​Arthur and Archie did it. At 8 p.m., after a marathon hearing, Judge Teresa Guerra Snelson shot down Dallas Mayor Dwaine Caraway's request for an injunction barring the release of an audio recording Dallas Police officers made at his home on January 2, when cops showed up to to investi ... More >>

What's on Those Caraway Tapes? Let's Guess.

The Longer Mayor Dwaine Delays the Inevitable, The More Stuff We Get to Keep Making Up

​Two things. The first is serious business. The second, not so much. As you know by now, a Dallas judge today granted lawyers for Mayor Dwaine Caraway their request for a temporary restraining order forbidding the Dallas City Attorney from releasing an embarrassing police investigative tape of th ... More >>

Now That Mayor Dwaine Has Sued Greg Abbott Over Police Report's Release, What's Next?

The gentleman on the right also sometimes goes by "Arthur."​On Friday, the Texas Attorney General's Office told the city of Dallas to give up those police records pertaining to Mayor Dwaine Caraway's pals Arthur and Archie. At which point Caraway's attorney -- Michael Payma of Payma, Kuhnel, & ... More >>

Hey, Dwaine Caraway: You Can Be Either One of Us, or One of Them.

Court Orders City of Dallas to Respond to Wet-Dry Opponents' Writ By July 19

Andy Siegel​One week ago, as you no doubt recall, attorney Andy Siegel filed a writ of mandamus in which he claimed, among other things, that the organization formerly known as Progress Dallas did not garner enough legit signatures to trigger a local option election concerning the off-premise sale ... More >>

Says the Man Who Wants to Save Samuell Farm: "You Can't Make Parks by Getting Rid of Parks."

​This isn't our first item about Park and Rec's proposal to sell Samuell Farm and Samuell New Hope Park, and it won't be the last. I'm waiting to hear from the Texas Attorney General's Office how it feels about Thursday's agenda item, given that it was but 14 months ago the state told the city tha ... More >>

W.W. Samuell Told Dallas It Could Never Sell His Farm. How, Then, Did It Come to This?

Photos courtesy the Friends of the FarmOne of the foot bridges on Samuell Farm​I just spoke with Willis Winters, assistant director of Park and Rec, about the potential sale of Samuell Farm and how it landed on the board's agenda this Thursday in the first place. Says Winters, it actually came up ... More >>

Two Days Before a Dallas Man's Scheduled to Die, Lawyers Claim He's "Mentally Retarded"

Roderick NewtonTen years ago last March, "Roderick Newton and Julian Williams went to a car wash in Pleasant Grove in Dallas looking for someone to rob." So reminds the Texas Attorney General's media release issued last week, which recounts the reason Newton is scheduled to be executed by the state ... More >>

Go Ahead DISD Trustees. Gut the Magnet Schools. If You Want a City That Aspires to Mediocrity.

Texas AG Tells Dallas It Can No Longer Use Samuell Land "As City Officials See Fit"

Courtesy Friends of the FarmAn aerial view of the Samuell Farm, donated to the city nearly 70 years agoAs we've mentioned a couple of times over the last week, the Texas Attorney General's Office has been taking a long, hard look at how the city of Dallas runs the W. W. Samuell Permanent Foundation ... More >>

City, Texas AG's Office Close to an Agreement Concerning W.W. Samuell Land, Trust Fund

View Larger MapOn Wednesday, the Dallas City Council is expected to get a look at the Texas Attorney General's Office's findings concerning its yearlong look into how the city manages the W. W. Samuell Permanent Foundation, the Samuell Trust Fund and the properties willed to the city by the physicia ... More >>

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

At DISD Board Meeting, Hinojosa Recommends Cutting ... Everything

Potter County Sheriff Clearly Didn't Learn a Thing from Dallas County

Haggling Over Who Collects Late Child Support Payments Could Leave Some Kids Without

DART Sure is Working Hard to Keep That Missing Billion Dollars Missing

Say, DMN, How Many Wrongs Does It Take to Get it Right?

A Very Trying Capital Murder Case in Hunt County

Whatcha Hidin', Jim Foster?

Will Wonders Never Cease

The new DA is nice. That can't last.

Who's in Charge at City Hall (Get It?)

Bah Hum-Buzz

Buzz gets his jollies keeping tabs on 2005's naughty and nice guys. OK, mostly naughty.

Told Ya So

Plus: Funny Girls

Letters

Passing the Plate

Proposed new license tags weigh in on the abortion debate

Done Deal?

Can you keep a secret? The city of Dallas sure can.

Unfair Share

High-pressure sales tactics and promises of fabulous prizes make Dallas-based Silverleaf Resorts the champion of Texas time-shares, but dissatisfied customers say, "Buyer beware"

Diggin' dirt

The Deep Throat secret of the Trinity River Plan is, "Follow the fill dirt"

Why Johnny's in the dumpster

DISD would rather protect itself and teachers than teach kids to read

Buzz

It's the details, stupid

Candidate Bob Stimson claims his opponent's shoddy bookkeeping is a sneaky way to campaign at taxpayer expense

Bait yer hooks

Matsu and Ichiban struggle with fish food

The eyes of Texas

An Aggie wonders whether we all should get to see the Longhorn playbook

Hoping for the worst

Defense lawyers itch for a health-care fraud bonanza

Holding on

The Krasniqis get legal clout from an unexpected quarter

Lies on Tape

Secret city documents expose arena-study coverup at City Hall.

Whose city is it, anyway?

Arena documents, discussions remain hidden from the public