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EBJ’s family reaches settlement with Baylor Scott & White

The family of U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson announced a settlement of its lawsuit charging Baylor, Scott & White with medical negligence. In addition to a monetary settlement, Baylor Scott & White will rename a nursing scholarship program in her name. The settlement amount was not announced, but medical malpractice awards are capped at $500,000 for hospitals in Texas. In a statement, the hospital system said, “Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson was a friend and champion in the...

Hate is hate

If the LGBTQ community ever hopes to win over hate, we have to be willing to speak up against hate wherever we see it Way back on May 19, police in Euless here in North Texas arrested a 42-year-old white woman named Elizabeth Wolf after she allegedly tried to grab a 6-year-old boy and then tried — again, of course, allegedly — to drown the boy’s 3-year-old sister while the children’s mother stopped to attend to the scratch Wolf inflicted on her little boy’s hand. This all happened after Wolf...

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Arlington Pride grows by leaps and bounds

DeeJay Johannessen has turned HELP Center into major AIDS and LGBTQ service organization DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer taffet@dallasvoice.com Several hundred people were expected to attend the first Arlington Pride, which was held on the campus of the HELP Center for LGBTQ Health and Wellness. When more than 1,000 showed up, organizer — and HELP CEO — DeeJay Johannessen said they knew they’d have to find a bigger venue for the event the next year. The second year, Arlington Pride moved to...

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Pussy riot

Actor Garret Storms gets his feline on in Second Thought’s ‘Wink’ RICH LOPEZ | Staff writer Rich@DallasVoice.com Lately, Garret Storms has taken on the role as director to helm a number of shows throughout DFW. He also serves as the associate producer at Stage West in Fort Worth. He’s also an actor but it’s been a couple of years. But did he think he’d be returning to the stage as a skinned cat back from the grave? “Yes, I’m playing a cat, but you really just have to take it face value,”...

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