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  • News

    April 26, 2012

    How One Man's Flaming Water Fired Up a Battle Between Texas and the EPA

    Steve Lipsky's epic battle and what it means for the future of fracking.

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Rais Bhuiyan, Victim of Post-9/11 Shooting, to Sue the State to Try to Spare Attacker's Life

    ​At 10 this morning on the steps of the Heman Marion Sweatt Travis County Courthouse, Rais Bhuiyan, who was shot in the face by white supremacist Mark Stroman as part of a post-September 11, 2001 shooting spree, will announce that he's filing suit today against Gov. Rick Perry and other state offi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Plano ISD Teacher Says Not All "Sex With Student" Stories Should Be Treated Equally

    ​It would appear that Robert Lange, a social studies teacher at Williams High School in Plano, is well-liked by his students; one writes that he was "was the coolest teacher I have ever had." And not so long ago he was awarded cash money for having been named a finalist for the H.E.B. Excellence i ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2011

    Searching for the Soul of Austin

    The neo city on the hills is a far cry from its cheap pot, cold beer and low-rent former ways.

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    City Attorney, City Manager Insist They're Not Hiding Trinity Project Docs From Us

    Dallas City Attorney Tom Perkins​Just spent 20 minutes getting an earful from Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm and City Attorney Tom Perkins, who insisted, over and over, that the city's lawsuit over those Trinity River records has nothing whatsoever to do with our request to see "all the individual ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    AG's Office Says DA Watkins Must Hand Over Appointment Schedule to GOP Chair Neerman

    Sam MertenCraig Watkins​Two months ago to the day, we told you about Dallas County Republican Party chair Jonathan Neerman's public information request for the calendar of Democratic Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins dating back to his first day in office -- January 1, 2007. Seeme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Craig Watkins Doesn't Want Anyone to Know Where He's Been, And He's Asking the Attorney General to Make Sure He Doesn't Have to Tell

    Sam MertenCraig Watkins​In an attempt to keep Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins's schedule private, his office has asked for an opinion from the Texas attorney general regarding a public records request for Watkins's calendar dating to his first day in office. In a May 6 letter to Atto ... More >>

  • News

    February 4, 2010

    In the War of Attrition Waged by the Texas Attorney General Against Robert O'Donnell, There Were Unintended Consequences

    Sam MertenCraig Watkins​In an attempt to keep Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins's schedule private, his office has asked for an opinion from the Texas attorney general regarding a public records request for Watkins's calendar dating to his first day in office. In a May 6 letter to Atto ... More >>

  • News

    November 19, 2009

    Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison Are Locked In A Pitched Battle Over The Soul Of The GOP. They Are Also Running For Governor.

    Sam MertenCraig Watkins​In an attempt to keep Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins's schedule private, his office has asked for an opinion from the Texas attorney general regarding a public records request for Watkins's calendar dating to his first day in office. In a May 6 letter to Atto ... More >>

  • News

    August 20, 2009

    The police raid on the Rainbow Lounge has rocked the world of Fort Worth gays

    Sam MertenCraig Watkins​In an attempt to keep Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins's schedule private, his office has asked for an opinion from the Texas attorney general regarding a public records request for Watkins's calendar dating to his first day in office. In a May 6 letter to Atto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2008

    In Texas, Is Blue the New Red?

    Sam MertenCraig Watkins​In an attempt to keep Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins's schedule private, his office has asked for an opinion from the Texas attorney general regarding a public records request for Watkins's calendar dating to his first day in office. In a May 6 letter to Atto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2008

    A BounceBack for Mannatech? Um, OK?

    Sam MertenCraig Watkins​In an attempt to keep Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins's schedule private, his office has asked for an opinion from the Texas attorney general regarding a public records request for Watkins's calendar dating to his first day in office. In a May 6 letter to Atto ... More >>

  • News

    September 27, 2007

    Dallas Can't Spin Latest Jail Lawsuit

    The County can't get away from the latest bad news on its troubled jail

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2006

    Man, They Really Want to Make Sure Craig Watkins Doesn't Screw This Up

    The County can't get away from the latest bad news on its troubled jail

  • News

    May 18, 2006

    A Fallen Star Is Born

    Tom DeLay's scandals are a gold mine for two Texas filmmakers

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2006

    Damned Hollywood Liberals

    Tom DeLay's scandals are a gold mine for two Texas filmmakers

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2006

    The Hammer and the Nailing

    Tom DeLay's scandals are a gold mine for two Texas filmmakers

  • News

    October 20, 2005

    The Big Stick

    Ray Hunt gets one end of it; guess which end is reserved for the rest of us

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    No DeLay

    Bad politics is good business for filmmakers

  • Film

    August 4, 2005

    Trip to Bountiful

    Oh, the talent given us at this year's remarkable Dallas Video Festival

  • News

    June 30, 2005

    Shoe One

    ...was the FBI. Watch out, City Hall. Shoe Two's comin'.

  • News

    June 2, 2005

    Ruh-Roh

    Those silly officials from around the state think the law should apply in Dallas

  • News

    November 27, 2003

    Haunted House

    The discovery of three dead babies opens up a mystery with little chance of solution

  • News

    April 10, 2003

    Mary's Scarlet Letter

    Poss needs to pony up details on her ethics finding

  • News

    December 26, 2002

    Lost Youth

    A civil suit alleges prosecutorial misconduct in one child's death, another's incarceration

  • News

    October 18, 2001

    Innocence Lost

    Was the case against Lacresha Murray, the youngest Texan ever tried for capital murder, a rush to judgment or a story of justice denied?

  • News

    September 13, 2001

    Blame Game

    Is the insurance industry a bully or are the moldies just being hysterical?

  • News

    March 22, 2001

    Joint Effort

    "Aging hippies" team with the desperately ill and one lawmaker to fight for medical marijuana in Texas. Is that just a smoke screen?

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    Victimless crime

    Bungling thieves, piles of gold, jailhouse snitches, and bloody clothes. Prosocuretors in Madalyn Murray O'Hair's disappearance had everything -- except three corpses

  • News

    April 6, 2000

    Buzz

    Caught napping; Save that gerbil; Ill-chosen words

  • Film

    March 16, 2000

    Naked eye

    Turn on and tune in to the Dallas Video Festival

  • Music

    January 20, 2000

    Lost legends

    Tary Owens helped rescue the early roots of Texas music. Then those songs saved Owens from himself.

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    Grandma goes electric

    Comptroller Carole Keeton Rylander wants to take the state into the 21st century -- and herself into higher office -- with her vision of "e-Texas"

  • News

    September 30, 1999

    Maverick rides again

    Democratic media whiz Mark McKinnon left partisan politics behind until George W. Bush swept him off his feet

  • News

    July 22, 1999

    Innocence Lost

    Railroaded onto death row, Kerry Max Cook endures rapes, beatings, and suicide attempts while waiting for justice

  • News

    April 1, 1999

    The net tightens

    Investigators close in on a suspect in the disappearance of atheist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair

  • News

    March 4, 1999

    Sonny boy so true

    A bill that would increase the fees for filing county records rises from the ashes

  • News

    December 24, 1998

    Blowing smoke

    Denton residents like Parks and Delores Olmon want to know how a posse of city slickers managed to railroad plans for a lead-belching copper factory in their town

  • News

    September 3, 1998

    GOP to gays: Butt out

    Texas' Log Cabin Republicans find themselves the ultimate outsiders--vilified by both the GOP and fellow gays

  • News

    March 19, 1998

    Dr. Bombastic

    Dallas oncologist Dennis Birenbaum claims he's been given a bad rap by the state and media. Now he's going to make them pay.

  • News

    February 26, 1998

    Cooking Up a Storm

    Temperamental Dallas chef Avner Samuel is a genius in the kitchen, but he may have burned the one thing that matters most--his bridges

  • Music

    December 25, 1997

    Cry tough

    Essential bassist Tommy Shannon hangs in there

  • News

    October 9, 1997

    Dr. Lucas' Little Shop of Horrors

    What drove veterinarian LISSALUCAS to allegedly starve dozens of animals and repeatedly butcher routine surgeries?

  • News

    June 26, 1997

    Sonny is grounded

    Governor vetoes a Dallas businessman's sweetheart legislation

  • News

    April 10, 1997

    Not so fast, Sonny

    A sweetheart bill down at the Texas Legislature will let you pay to make one Dallas businessman richer

  • News

    February 29, 1996

    Buzz

    A sweetheart bill down at the Texas Legislature will let you pay to make one Dallas businessman richer

  • News

    January 4, 1996

    Snoozepaper

    Striving for mediocrity at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram

  • Music

    May 25, 1995

    Sink hole, uh

    Austin's great alt-rock hope swings for the empty bleachers

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