Smokable Hemp Banned in Texas?
Since the legalization of hemp farming in Texas last year, politicians and law enforcement officials have struggled with a straightforward problem: how to tell...
Confessions of a Scofflaw
Barreling through red lights can be dangerous. No rational person would say otherwise. But red light cameras take enforcement too far. My 11-year-old Ford...
Culture of Deception
The days of humdrum board meetings may be over for the Tarrant Appraisal District (TAD). Setting aside the fact that the skyrocketing property valuations...
Goodbye, Butler Place
Eva has lived at Butler Place for several years. Her extended family resided here for decades.
“I was just a kid when my Aunt Brenda...
Grooming Christian Nationalists?
Three years ago, Jessica was excited about the change in ownership at her kids’ school. There would be new resources and equipment for her...
White Privilege Wins Again
Supporters of police reform took their message to Mayor Mattie Parker on Saturday by placing a coffin on her front yard. The names of...
Pushing Back
As a large line of local homeowners began chanting to be let into the Eastside headquarters of the Tarrant Appraisal District (TAD), Realtor Chandler...
Sheltering from a Pandemic
Fort Worth’s homeless face two dire and potentially deadly risk factors for the COVID-19 disease. The chronically homeless are largely advanced in age, and...
Game Rooms Go
Game rooms are hitting the jackpot in Fort Worth three months after a controversial legal decision. In April, Tarrant County District Judge Melody Wilkinson...
Harassment at Haltom?
Last March, Faith Ayala, a teacher of 32 years, stood up at a Birdville school district board meeting and said something so radical that...
