DMN Investigates
August 27
Another safety failure at Dallas' Parkland Memorial Hospital led to broken bones in elderly patient Sandra Mercado. It's the third time in the last seven months that the federal government has cited the embattled hospital. Read more by staff writer Miles Moffeit: http://share.d-news.co/cmeAB2O.
Photo: Another safety failure at Dallas' Parkland Memorial Hospital led to broken bones in elderly patient Sandra Mercado. It's the third time in the last seven months that the federal government has cited the embattled hospital. Read more by staff writer Miles Moffeit: http://share.d-news.co/cmeAB2O.
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DMN Investigates
August 15
BREAKING: Texas Gov. Rick Perry indicted on two felonies stemming from his alleged effort to force out Austin's top prosecutor. When she wouldn't resign, he vetoed funding for a public integrity unit in her office. Read more by staff writer Christy Hoppe: http://d-news.co/AnFaG.
Photo: BREAKING: Texas Gov. Rick Perry indicted on two felonies stemming from his alleged effort to force out Austin's top prosecutor. When she wouldn't resign, he vetoed funding for a public integrity unit in her office. Read more by staff writer Christy Hoppe: http://d-news.co/AnFaG.
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DMN Investigates
July 25
If you're looking to catch up on today's bribery indictment of John Wiley Price, visit our interactive site for a breakdown of the federal charges, the players involved and Dallas' sad history of public corruption: http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/john-wiley-price-breakdown/.
Photo: If you're looking to catch up on today's bribery indictment of John Wiley Price, visit our interactive site for a breakdown of the federal charges, the players involved and Dallas' sad history of public corruption: http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/john-wiley-price-breakdown/.
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DMN Investigates
July 25
BREAKING: Dallas Co. Commissioner John Wiley Price and others were arrested by the FBI this morning. A press conference is tentatively set for this afternoon. Read more in this staff report: http://share.d-news.co/WX2tVeT.
Photo: BREAKING: Dallas Co. Commissioner John Wiley Price and others were arrested by the FBI this morning. A press conference is tentatively set for this afternoon. Read more in this staff report: http://share.d-news.co/WX2tVeT.
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DMN Investigates
July 24
The Dallas schools investigator put on paid leave last week and escorted out of his office by district police had been probing whether his boss lied on her job application about having a criminal record. Read more by staff writers Matthew H...aag and Tawnell D. Hobbs: http://share.d-news.co/ImdbpxI.

Photo: Jeremy Liebbe runs DISD’s Office of Professional Standards. Tonya Sadler Grayson is an executive director in the human resources department. (File) See More
Photo: The Dallas schools investigator put on paid leave last week and escorted out of his office by district police had been probing whether his boss lied on her job application about having a criminal record. Read more by staff writers Matthew Haag and Tawnell D. Hobbs: http://share.d-news.co/ImdbpxI. Photo: Jeremy Liebbe runs DISD’s Office of Professional Standards. Tonya Sadler Grayson is an executive director in the human resources department. (File)
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DMN Investigates
July 24
BREAKING: The owner of an embattled Texas hospital chain was found guilty this afternoon on 15 counts of Medicare, Medicaid fraud. Read staff writer Miles Moffeit's report from today's closing arguments: http://share.d-news.co/UEXoR1Y.

Photo: Dr. Tariq Mahmood from a court hearing earlier this year. (File)
Photo: BREAKING: The owner of an embattled Texas hospital chain was found guilty this afternoon on 15 counts of Medicare, Medicaid fraud. Read staff writer Miles Moffeit's report from today's closing arguments: http://share.d-news.co/UEXoR1Y. Photo: Dr. Tariq Mahmood from a court hearing earlier this year. (File)
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DMN Investigates
July 24
Immigrant children crossing into Texas say that U.S. border patrol agents have mistreated and abused them. Listen and read a report from National Public Radio: http://n.pr/1lqDAjv.
Photo: Immigrant children crossing into Texas say that U.S. border patrol agents have mistreated and abused them. Listen and read a report from National Public Radio: http://n.pr/1lqDAjv.
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DMN Investigates
July 23
Here's a shocker: Texas lags in inspecting pollution-causing industrial plants, EPA says. Here's another shocker: Texas says EPA full of it. Read more from State Impact: http://ow.ly/zvjAi.

Photo: ExxonMobil's refinery in Baytown, Texas. (Associated Press)
Photo: Here's a shocker: Texas lags in inspecting pollution-causing industrial plants, EPA says. Here's another shocker: Texas says EPA full of it. Read more from State Impact: http://ow.ly/zvjAi. Photo: ExxonMobil's refinery in Baytown, Texas. (Associated Press)
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July 21
Staff writer Miles Moffeit is reporting from the start of today's trial for the hospital chain owner accused of plundering Medicare and Medicaid. Read Miles' story on what's in store this week.
Hospital chain owner’s trial expected to include billing audit
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An audit expected to be used in Tariq Mahmood’s trial shows that his hospitals erred 80% of the time in Medicare billing.
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DMN Investigates
July 10
The private firm hired to fix Parkland hospital's long-troubled psychiatric ward quit suddenly this week. The reasons underscore how a power struggle between the hospital and the medical school that provides its doctors, UT Southwestern, still impacts patient care. Read more by staff writer Miles Moffeit: http://share.d-news.co/WrYd9HW.
Photo: The private firm hired to fix Parkland hospital's long-troubled psychiatric ward quit suddenly this week. The reasons underscore how a power struggle between the hospital and the medical school that provides its doctors, UT Southwestern, still impacts patient care. Read more by staff writer Miles Moffeit: http://share.d-news.co/WrYd9HW.
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DMN Investigates
July 7
What happens when a city spends $29 million to make a blighted neighborhood attractive to shops and people, but hardly anyone notices? Read staff writer Steve Thompson's two-part series on Dallas' Bexar Street money pit: http://d-news.co/ySTKc and http://d-news.co/ySUO7.

Photos: A before-and-after comparison of the corner near Bexar and Macon streets. (File/The Dallas Morning News)
Photo: What happens when a city spends $29 million to make a blighted neighborhood attractive to shops and people, but hardly anyone notices? Read staff writer Steve Thompson's two-part series on Dallas' Bexar Street money pit: http://d-news.co/ySTKc and http://d-news.co/ySUO7. Photos: A before-and-after comparison of the corner near Bexar and Macon streets. (File/The Dallas Morning News)
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DMN Investigates
July 2
The Texas AG's office has recently began ordering state agencies to quit releasing information about hazardous chemicals stored near homes and schools. Greg Abbott says that if the public wants that information, it can go try and ask the bu...sinesses. His gubernatorial campaign during the same time was receiving more than $100,000 in contributions from the likes of Koch Industries, Dow Chemical and Chevron. Read more by senior political writer Wayne Slater: http://d-news.co/yI98e.

Photo: Abbott on stage for his address at the Texas Republican Party Convention in June. (AP/Rex C. Curry) See More
Photo: The Texas AG's office has recently began ordering state agencies to quit releasing information about hazardous chemicals stored near homes and schools. Greg Abbott says that if the public wants that information, it can go try and ask the businesses. His gubernatorial campaign during the same time was receiving more than $100,000 in contributions from the likes of Koch Industries, Dow Chemical and Chevron. Read more by senior political writer Wayne Slater: http://d-news.co/yI98e. Photo: Abbott on stage for his address at the Texas Republican Party Convention in June. (AP/Rex C. Curry)
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DMN Investigates
July 2
That private meeting between Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price and the U.S. prosecutors investigating him ain't happening after all. Read more by staff writer Kevin Krause: http://share.d-news.co/6hKSA6M.

Photo: Price addresses to reporters in lawyer Billy Ravkind's office after news of the goverment's public corruption investigation in 2011. (David Woo/The Dallas Morning News)
Photo: That private meeting between Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price and the U.S. prosecutors investigating him ain't happening after all. Read more by staff writer Kevin Krause: http://share.d-news.co/6hKSA6M. Photo: Price addresses to reporters in lawyer Billy Ravkind's office after news of the goverment's public corruption investigation in 2011. (David Woo/The Dallas Morning News)
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DMN Investigates
June 27
Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price will meet with federal prosecutors next week about their corruption case against him. His lawyer tells staff writer Kevin Krause that 'there’s no chance in a million' that Price will plead to any charges that may get filed: http://d-news.co/yx9wD.

Photo: Price speaks to reporters in lawyer Billy Ravkind's office in 2011. (David Woo/The Dallas Morning News)
Photo: Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price will meet with federal prosecutors next week about their corruption case against him. His lawyer tells staff writer Kevin Krause that 'there’s no chance in a million' that Price will plead to any charges that may get filed: http://d-news.co/yx9wD. Photo: Price speaks to reporters in lawyer Billy Ravkind's office in 2011. (David Woo/The Dallas Morning News)
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DMN Investigates
June 26
Former state Rep. Terri Hodge is trying to rebuild her political career after a 2010 tax fraud conviction forced her from office. She's now aiming for a post in the Texas Democratic Party. Read more by staff writer Gromer M. Jeffers: http://share.d-news.co/wCTZyLJ.

Photo: Hodge, center, leaves a federal courthouse in Dallas after her 2010 sentencing. (Kye R. Lee / The Dallas Morning News )
Photo: Former state Rep. Terri Hodge is trying to rebuild her political career after a 2010 tax fraud conviction forced her from office. She's now aiming for a post in the Texas Democratic Party. Read more by staff writer Gromer M. Jeffers: http://share.d-news.co/wCTZyLJ. Photo: Hodge, center, leaves a federal courthouse in Dallas after her 2010 sentencing. (Kye R. Lee / The Dallas Morning News )
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DMN Investigates
June 24
The chance of serious, preventable complications varies widely at Texas' 100 largest hospitals, and your facility's rates might leave you surprised. Read our report from staff writer Daniel Lathrop (http://ow.ly/ypC5Q) and use our interacti...ve data tool to check complications rates at your hospital (http://ow.ly/ypCiR).

Photo: Dr. Sabatino Bianco during a surgery last week at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, which outdid every other North Texas facility at avoiding serious complications: http://ow.ly/ypCtw. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News) See More
Photo: The chance of serious, preventable complications varies widely at Texas' 100 largest hospitals, and your facility's rates might leave you surprised. Read our report from staff writer Daniel Lathrop (http://ow.ly/ypC5Q) and use our interactive data tool to check complications rates at your hospital (http://ow.ly/ypCiR). Photo: Dr. Sabatino Bianco during a surgery last week at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, which outdid every other North Texas facility at avoiding serious complications: http://ow.ly/ypCtw. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News)
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DMN Investigates
June 24
One in five people hospitalized after last year's deadly West fertilizer explosion ended up having traumatic brain injuries or concussions, a newly released state report says. But, as staff writer Sue Ambrose has previously reported, the st...ate didn't set out to study all of West's health injuries. So what aren't we learning? Read more: http://share.d-news.co/ijfbQqe.

Photo: An unidentified man injured in the blast is treated by nurses from Hillcrest Baptist Medical Hospital in Waco, Texas. (File/AP) See More
Photo: One in five people hospitalized after last year's deadly West fertilizer explosion ended up having traumatic brain injuries or concussions, a newly released state report says. But, as staff writer Sue Ambrose has previously reported, the state didn't set out to study all of West's health injuries. So what aren't we learning? Read more: http://share.d-news.co/ijfbQqe. Photo: An unidentified man injured in the blast is treated by nurses from Hillcrest Baptist Medical Hospital in Waco, Texas. (File/AP)
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DMN Investigates
June 21
A legislative report says 'abuse, neglect and exploitation' of the disabled is one of the most persistent problems facing care centers operated by the state. So troubled is the system that six centers were recommended for closure. Read more by staff writer Miles Moffeit: http://ow.ly/yh58h.
Photo: A legislative report says 'abuse, neglect and exploitation' of the disabled is one of the most persistent problems facing care centers operated by the state. So troubled is the system that six centers were recommended for closure. Read more by staff writer Miles Moffeit: http://ow.ly/yh58h.
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DMN Investigates
June 20
Looking for some weekend reading material? May we interest you in the "Reading List," our monthly collection of good watchdog reporting from across the country? In this installment, we feature stories on lax death investigations, fracking and dangerous student housing: http://ow.ly/yhydz.

Photo: Front-page of The Boston Globe's series on dangerous, overcrowded student housing in Beantown.
Photo: Looking for some weekend reading material? May we interest you in the "Reading List," our monthly collection of good watchdog reporting from across the country? In this installment, we feature stories on lax death investigations, fracking and dangerous student housing: http://ow.ly/yhydz. Photo: Front-page of The Boston Globe's series on dangerous, overcrowded student housing in Beantown.
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