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Matt Goodman

Matt Goodman

Online Editorial Director

Matt Goodman is the online editorial director for D Magazine. He's written about a surgeon who killed, a man who paid for a submarine to travel to the deepest parts of the earth, followed a heart transplant from donor to recipient, and too many Dallas City Council meetings to count.

Stories by Matt Goodman

Local News

Leading Off (6/7/23)

The drama at Fairfield Lake doesn’t stop.
Robert Kent
Parks

The Land Man: How Dallas Is Fueling a Historic Parks Boom

Robert Kent, the director for the Trust of Public Land and his wealthy donors want to buy up what little green space remains in Dallas. In Oak Cliff, they just began their most ambitious project yet.
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Local News

Q&A: How Dallas Is Adding Parks By Going Small

Dallas is proving that it doesn’t need large investments like Klyde Warren Park to make a difference in communities across the city. Garrett Boone, the city’s new “greening czar,” explains what’s to come.
Local News

Leading Off (6/2/23)

Meet the two major attorneys who will be leading the proceedings against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Local News

Leading Off (5/31/23)

Dallas Animal Services is still fighting through the problems created by the recent ransomware attack.

Stories by Matt Goodman

Local News

Leading Off (5/26/23)

The Texas Attorney General had a pretty rough Thursday.
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Local News

I-345 Is Dead, Long Live I-345

The Dallas City Council has voted to support the state’s plan to trench the elevated I-345 highway near downtown. Removal appears to be dead. So what comes next?
Local News

Leading Off (5/24/23)

Now a year since Uvalde, what has the Texas Legislature done to address access to weapons?
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Local News

Prepare Yourself: Scooters Return to Dallas Streets This Week

Everything you need to know about the return of scooters, which will be zooming through Dallas after a nearly three-year ban.
Local News

Leading Off (5/18/23)

The city secretary says there were problems at a polling site for the second election in a row.