AltWeeklies Wire
Texas Agency Decisions on Public Notices Draw Criticismnew
Public notices in local newspapers are a key element in keeping citizens informed about government goings-on. Giving people a heads-up on public hearings on everything from annexations to zoning, contract bids to new ordinances, the notices are all about transparency of government. One might think that government agencies would have some strict rules to abide by when posting public notices. But in Texas, the rules are all over the map.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
12-05-2011 |
Policy Issues
Knocking on the Doornew
Latino political power is at stake in Texas redistricting battles.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
11-02-2011 |
Race & Class
Let the Right Ones Outnew
Fort Worth folks play key roles in the work of freeing the wrongly convicted.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
03-09-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Wrongly Convicted
Behind ESPN in Sundance Squarenew
ESPN coordinating director Mike Feinberg is sitting in his temporary office on the 31st floor of the D.R. Horton Tower in downtown Fort Worth, and he has a lot of work on his plate. He’s overseeing the sports network’s Super Bowl coverage that will be produced all this week from Sundance Square.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
02-02-2011 |
Sports
Bo Powell: A Life as Colorful as His Artnew
Bo Powell's murals, paintings and drawings depict much of the West -- but even a dozen murals couldn't capture the breadth of this 70-year-old artist's life.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
09-02-2010 |
Art
Tags: Bo Powell
'Copters or Community?new
The city of Fort Worth is bleeding red ink, but officials still want to build a new heliport to serve mostly corporate bigwigs and sightseers. Why? Because the city has a huge pot of gas-drilling money it can only use for one purpose: aviation.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
06-30-2010 |
Economy
A Synthetic Substitute for Marijuana is Drawing Raves and Warningsnew
The stuff that’s flying off the shelves of head shops all over the country goes by brand names like K2, Spice Gold, and Hawaiian Haze, and it’s replacing marijuana in the lives of student athletes, police officers, and stoners.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw and Susan Costa |
03-25-2010 |
Drugs
Fort Worth and Dallas Filed a Joint Application for Federal Funds but Dallas Got the Nodnew
Although Fort Worth and Dallas had submitted a joint application for modern streetcar lines, the U.S. Department of Transportation handed $23 million to Dallas and not a red cent to Fort Worth.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
03-07-2010 |
Commentary
Tribes, Tracks and Casinos Push to Widen Texas Gamblingnew
The economic crunch could mean 2011 will be the year that gambling promoters finally open up Texas (the biggest untapped market in the U.S.) to casinos and racetrack slots. If that happens, the economic effects will be felt in Oklahoma, Louisiana... and maybe even Nevada.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
02-17-2010 |
Policy Issues
The Pennsylvania Documentary 'GasLand' Drills for Answersnew
A Pennsylvania filmmaker's documentary about the perils of urban gas drilling, GasLand includes interviews with people from all over the country and recently earned the filmmaker the Special Jury Prize for documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
02-17-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Weapons of Choicenew
There are a few rules for the fans. No hitting in the head and no hitting with the buckle. The fans are supposed to stay on their designated side of the ring (two per side), though that idea quickly disintegrates. When one wrestler gets thrown out, all eight run to where he lands.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
02-03-2010 |
Sports
Two North Texas Daily Papers Have Reached a Partial Detentenew
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Dallas Morning News have begun sharing content, but the cooperation between competing media companies in the same media market is raising red flags. Some question whether the agreement may violate federal antitrust laws.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
01-08-2009 |
Media
Is Tarrant County, Texas, Going from Red to Blue?new
In recent years, it has become something of a star in the Republican crown: Among urban counties with more a million in population, no county usually votes more heavily Republican than Tarrant, usually by about a 60-40 difference. But this month's primary shows that grip might be slipping.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
03-13-2008 |
Politics
High-Speed Solutionsnew
The idea of passenger rail travel to major Texas cities picks up speed.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
03-07-2008 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Tradition Won't Pay the Rent for Bull Ridersnew
Are all the injuries a bull rider gets throughout the year worth his measly salary?
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
02-07-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
