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Innocence Project of Texas
The legal hurdles are staggering. Even with new DNA results or other forms of compelling, exonerating evidence, Texas’ wrongfully convicted are at the mercy...
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DA Turns off Water District Investigation
When District Attorney Sharen Wilson expressed interest in investigating the Tarrant Regional Water District last summer, Lon Burnam was cautiously optimistic....
The Foilies 2022
Each year during Sunshine Week (March 13-19), a national campaign in support of open records and open government, The Foilies serve up tongue-in-cheek “awards”...
True Colors
Just over 200,000 Tarrant County residents — 17% of registered voters — cast ballots during last week’s primaries. The partisan elections that determine which...
Fight Worth
In an area most just pass through, should they be headed to the Stockyards, sits an unassuming metal building across a bridge from downtown....
Unholy Ground
Landon Schott’s confusing but mostly LGBTQ-bashing social media posts have made him a pariah to many and a celebrity to right-wing nuts seeking elected...
Red Wrong
If you were the average, red-blooded, teenaged American boy in the late ’80s, you weren’t sure of too many things, if anything at all,...
Twenty Years of Over-Policing
The annual release of racial profiling reports here and across the state offers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of local law enforcement....
Examining the Evidence
In December, County Judge Glen Whitley swore in Dr. Kendall Crowns as Tarrant County’s new medical examiner (ME). With an annual salary of $425,000,...
That Hemphill Life
Hemphill Street runs north to south through Fort Worth, weaving through neighborhoods on its journey between I-30 and I-20. I-35 roars along a few blocks to the east....
