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High-Tech, Low Approval
It’s not your typical seventh-grade English class: Some kids sit at tables in a classroom, while others lie or sit nearby on an area...
Tea Party; Local Brew
On an early spring evening, inside the Elks Lodge meeting room on Fort Worth's West Side, about 75 locals — most of them older...
Clear as Mud
In what can only mean more grief for Fort Worth schools superintendent Melody Johnson, a Texas Education Agency audit report released last week concluded...
Everywhere, Signs
Some townsfolk are accusing mayoral candidate Jim Lane of cattle rustling. They say he lassoed Molly the longhorn, Cowtown’s mascot, and lifted her distinctive...
Fake Pot, Real Penalties
Stoners like to celebrate their “national pot day” annually on April 20 — based on the notion that police in California used 4-20 as...
Fiddling, Burning
The lobbyist walked out of the capitol, disgustedly shaking his head. “It’s the worst session I’ve ever seen,” said the lobbyist, a former legislator...
The Fest in Flower
A unique Fort Worth festival was in danger of going belly up just a few months ago when Fort Worth Weekly published “Prairie Fest...
Dry Holes
Gas drilling activists knew it would be an uphill fight this year to win any concessions from a conservative-dominated, business-oriented Texas Legislature, especially given...
Watch Those Wells
To the editor: Regarding the March 23 cover story “Dark and Scary Wells”: A growing body of credible evidence suggests that all prudent state-of-the-art...
Leading Molly
Aw, look at the five mayoral candidates. Aren’t they sweet? The play together so nicely! They vowed a clean, friendly race at their first...
