AltWeeklies Wire
Split Decisionnew
A judge says Preston Hollow Elementary segregated white kids to please parents -- the reality is deeper and maybe more troubling.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
01-17-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Cold as ICEnew
Constable Mike Dupree deports his ex-lover to Honduras.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
01-08-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Fed-up Fedsnew
U.S. Justice Department investigators find horrid conditions at Dallas County's jail.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
12-18-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Paying the Pipernew
Legal bills mount as Dallas County defends its failed jail health systems.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
12-13-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Trial by Firenew
A rookie Democratic judge faces tough on-the-job training.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
12-05-2006 |
Politics
Blacked Outnew
Dallas County deputy fights transfer orders after he pulls over NAACP branch president.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
10-16-2006 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Strong Enough?new
A new test for Dallas firefighters is slammed as being too easy.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
09-19-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Old Schoolnew
Ron Price does everything you expect from a politician -- these days that's a problem.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
07-18-2006 |
Politics
Time Heals No Woundsnew
A judge has to intervene on behalf of an inmate to save his infected leg.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
06-12-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Sheriff Who?new
Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez was a revolutionary candidate -- as a leader, not so much.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
05-09-2006 |
Politics
Unfit to Printnew
A vicious fight between a Dallas County Commissioner and a small black-owned newspaper reopens ancient wounds in southern Dallas.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
04-03-2006 |
Politics
Tags: Elite News, John Wiley Price
Stacked Decknew
Giving penny-ante politicians a say over lucrative affordable-housing developments seemed like a good idea -- until the FBI came calling.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
01-31-2006 |
Housing & Development
Justice Delayed for Inmates in Need of Medicationnew
For the crime of driving with a suspended license, a 45-year-old woman with lupus lost the ability to walk.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
12-21-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tables Turn on Vice Officersnew
A pimp's surveillance equipment, meant to keep tabs on the hired help, caught nude Dallas police officers receiving full-body massages from the scantily clad employees they were targeting.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
11-14-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Sickness in Jail Can Be a Death Sentencenew
An inmate at the Dallas County Jail who was diagnosed with schizophrenia hung himself; his body showed no traces of the medication he was supposed to be taking to control his disease.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
09-19-2005 |
Crime & Justice
