Miranda Suarez
Tarrant County Accountability ReporterMiranda Suarez is 四虎影院鈥檚 Tarrant County accountability reporter.
Before coming to North Texas, she was the Lee Ester News Fellow at Wisconsin Public Radio, where she covered statewide news, including election security and politics, as well as local police and military issues in the city of Madison.
Originally from Massachusetts, Miranda started her journalism career at WTBU, Boston University鈥檚 student radio station. Her first public radio jobs were at WBUR, where she was a newscast intern and later a fellow on the business desk. During an internship at Boston 25 News, she conducted an at Massachusetts colleges and universities that was nominated for a 2019 New England Emmy.
Miranda is always looking for stories of the weird and wonderful 鈥� whether it鈥檚 or . Outside of journalism, she loves reading, road trips and Dungeons & Dragons.
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Earlier this month, there were about 180 vacant jobs in the Tarrant County Jail, according to the sheriff鈥檚 office. Understaffing can make the jail less safe for detention officers and the people incarcerated there. -
Critics of the new maps say they are racially discriminatory. Republican commissioners say they just wanted to gain another seat on the Tarrant County Commissioners Court. -
Republicans have focused on the issue of illegal noncitizen voting, although research has found noncitizens rarely vote. -
Tarrant County commissioners cut their meeting schedule, inspiring a 鈥楶eople鈥檚 Commissioners Court鈥�The Tarrant County Commissioners Court now only meets once a month. Local progressive groups are filling the gap with their own strategy meeting. -
The Tarrant County jail has struggled with staffing 鈥� a common problem in jails and prisons around the country. -
Tarrant County commissioners voted to close the county rental and utility assistance department, after county staff said it was inefficient. Fort Worth's Center for Transforming Lives will replace it. -
Kimberly Phillips died of hunger and thirst in Tarrant County Jail custody. The Denton County Sheriff's Office investigated and cleared jail staff of any crimes. -
Raunaq Alam had to turn himself in Wednesday in the middle of a press conference after he found out he was indicted on a charge of perjury. -
The two Democrats on the court did not attend last week's meeting. Commissioner Roderick Miles Jr. returned Monday, which allowed the vote to take place. -
Javonte Myers died in his Tarrant County Jail cell in 2020, and investigators found Darien Kirk and Erik Gay had lied about checking on him. Both have now been sentenced. -
Democratic Commissioners Roderick Miles Jr. and Alisa Simmons say the proposed tax rate is too low to keep up county services. Republicans passed a budget amendment that will slash their staff and travel funds, which could be reversed when they return. -
Raunaq Alam, a pro-Palestine activist, was accused of spray painting "F*** Israel" on a Christian church in Euless. Prosecutors argued he committed a hate crime, and his defense attorneys said he was making a protected political statement.
