Alisa Simmons

Carolyn Rodriguez's attorney says her arrest was a violation of her First Amendment rights.

Tarrant County's Republican commissioners pushed for the redistricting process, calling it long overdue. Democrats contend they're trying to draw Commissioner Alisa Simmons out of her seat.

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.

Democrats are accusing Republicans of partisan gerrymandering. Republicans say redistricting is more than a decade overdue.

Republicans say redistricting is long overdue in a growing county. Democrats say previous commissioners already considered the census, and kept precincts the same.

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.

Republican County Judge Tim O'Hare questioned the need for early polling locations at colleges during a meeting last week.

Kai'Yere Campbell is intellectually disabled, with autism and a schizophrenia diagnosis, according to his mom, who says he suffered during his time in the Tarrant County Jail.

Anthony Johnson Jr. died in jail custody last month, after a jailer kneeled on his back. His cause of death has not yet been released.

Republican County Judge Tim O’Hare told Democrat Commissioner Alisa Simmons to “sit there and be quiet” during an April 16 court meeting.

Anthony Johnson died just three days after another person died in the Tarrant County Jail, the latest in a string of deaths during Sheriff Bill Waybourn's tenure. Alisa Simmons called the rate of jail deaths "unacceptable."