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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Tarrant County's Republican commissioners outvoted the Democrats last month to start an unusual mid-decade redistricting process. -
Democratic County Commissioner Alisa Simmons represents Precinct 2, which includes Arlington. She has accused Republicans of trying to draw her out of her seat. -
Simmons, a Democrat, says the Republican-led redistricting effort is trying to silence minority voters. Republicans say redistricting needs to happen. -
Charles Hermes and Carolyn Rodriguez were arrested at a Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting in late January. -
Tarrant County Judge Tim O鈥橦are called for a drag ban on UT campuses in March. Board chair Kevin P. Eltife responded and said drag shows are not allowed. -
The woman died at John Peter Smith Hospital, according to the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office. -
Johnson died after Tarrant County jailers pepper sprayed him, and one knelt on his back for more than a minute. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office ruled Johnson's death a homicide by asphyxiation. -
Democrats are accusing Republicans of partisan gerrymandering. Republicans say redistricting is more than a decade overdue. -
The Dallas 鈥淗ands Off!鈥� protest was one of more than 1,000 planned across the country on Saturday, according to the Associated Press. -
Republicans say redistricting is long overdue in a growing county. Democrats say previous commissioners already considered the census, and kept precincts the same. -
The committee, dedicated to preserving the civil rights鈥� leaders' legacies, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Republican Commissioner Matt Krause brought up concerns about Dolores Huerta鈥檚 political beliefs. -
Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare is looking to hire a conservative law firm to draw new maps for commissioners' precincts in anticipation of the 2026 elections.
