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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Under state law, every death in county jail custody triggers an independent investigation. That requirement places too big a burden on law enforcement, Tarrant County District Attorney Phil Sorrells wrote in a letter to the state attorney general's office. -
The threats included racial slurs, Ramirez's office said in a press release. -
Jail deaths were not independently investigated by Fort Worth police, records show. A potential loophole in Texas law made the scenario possible. -
Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare called on the UT system to ban drag shows on campus. Texas A&M has already banned drag shows, leading to a lawsuit. -
Jails have to report in-custody deaths to the state attorney general's office within 30 days. -
The base wage for workers who care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities is $10.60 an hour in Texas. Lawmakers are considering a raise to $12, but advocates say more is needed. -
Deputies shot and killed Christopher Loyo on Jan. 31. The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office says it’s going to ask for money to equip all its deputies with body cameras in the next budget cycle. -
Tarrant County sheriff's deputies shot and killed 19-year-old Christopher Loyo while serving a mental health warrant in January, according to the sheriff's office.
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A federal judge dismissed the claims against Tarrant County and six of the named jailers, but nine defendants remain. -
Republican Tarrant County Commissioner Manny Ramirez says the metal detector and bag checks are a response to threats commissioners have received. -
A new set of meeting rules lays out when people can get kicked out of Commissioners Court meetings and how long they can be banned. -
Two people were arrested at the last Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting, but the new policy was already in the works before that.
