Marina Trahan Martinez
Dallas County Government Accountability Reporter-
Stephen Swan and Matthew Butler were shot and killed 18 years ago in a Garland parking lot. James Broadnax was convicted and is scheduled to be executed next month. -
Dallas County officials are prioritizing discussions on updating or replacing voting equipment that have caused complications during recent elections. -
A federal lawsuit alleging that people in the Smith County jail in Tyler, Texas were kept after their eligible release was settled in February for $1.5 million. -
The Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate, James Talarico, will be among featured guests at Dallas County's first local, free convention on Saturday. -
James Broadnax's cousin has confessed to shooting and killing Christian music producers in Garland in 2008. Broadnax faces execution April 30 for the crime. -
Confusion over where to vote plagued the March 3 primary election in Dallas County. Now the GOP wants to return to county-wide voting. -
Election department software tracked thousands of times navigators posted at primary voting locations helped redirect voters to their correct precinct-voting site. -
Dallas County Democrats have told the Texas Supreme Court that its initial request for a local judge to keep polls open late on primary Election Day is "moot." -
James Broadnax, who was 19 when he shot and killed two Dallas County Christian music producers in 2008, has filed last minute appeals ahead of his scheduled April 30 execution for the Garland murders.
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The ballot board worked through the weekend and into Monday evening to review which of nearly 2,000 provisional ballots to accept or reject. -
The Texas Supreme Court ordered the separation of nearly 2,000 ballots cast after 7 p.m. on Election Day in Dallas County. Whether those votes get counted in final results depends on the court's final ruling.
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It may be a long time before votes cast after 7 p.m. in Tuesday's primary election are counted, or a decision is made that they will be excluded.
