Miranda Suarez
Tarrant County Accountability ReporterMiranda Suarez is KERA’s 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’s 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 investigation into mental health counseling services 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 — whether it’s following a robot around a grocery store or sampling cheeses at a Wisconsin cheese contest. Outside of journalism, she loves reading, road trips and Dungeons & Dragons.
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Tarrant County has been grappling with a huge increase in family homelessness, a problem that has been growing since 2022 and is now hitting rates not seen since 2018. -
Javonte Myers died in his Tarrant County jail cell in 2020. Two former county jailers also face criminal charges for allegedly lying about checking on Myers.
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The county will also rename County Commissioners’ meeting building after Maenius.
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Members of the New Columbia Movement frequently protest drag shows, while members of the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club show up armed to protect the performances.
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Brooks endorsed one of his staffers, Roderick Miles Jr., as his successor.
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Tarrant County approved an $18 million contract with the Giles W. Dalby Correctional Facility last year.
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Tarrant County Commissioners voted Tuesday to cut tens of millions of dollars from affordable housing, child care and public health funding.
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Tarrant County Commissioners Court will vote Tuesday to reallocate $31 million in federal funds away from social programs — including public health, housing and child care — to law enforcement initiatives.
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Tim O’Hare took office as county judge this year, replacing longtime judge Glen Whitley.
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The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office has more than 200 open detention officer jobs, and jailers are working 50-plus hour weeks to make up for it, according to county documents.
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Georgia Kay Baldwin's sons are suing Tarrant County over her "tragic, unnecessary death."
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The average taxable value of a single-family home in Tarrant County is $285,021, so the average homeowner would pay the county $554.
