Madison Fail News Today

Opinion Take this fun quiz and see how much you learned as a member of Watchdog Nation in 2020 From the fight to ban Confederate Heroes Day in Texas to USAA Insurance failures, have you been paying attention? Like to fight the good fight? Take The Watchdogs 2020 end-of-year quiz and see how you score.(Michael Hogue) The Watchdog realizes that you may not read all my stories each year. So to make sure you graduate in 2020 with your degree in watchdogology and become a bona fide member of my Watc...

Can’t wait to put up my new 2021 calendar. Good riddance, 2020. You stunk. Only love, my dogs and Frosted Flakes got me through it. Oh, and some good stories. Here I’ll share the top 10 Watchdog reports from 2020, with a few updates. See how many of these you missed. These top 10 weren’t decided by me, but by readers. These stories had the highest online page views of the Watchdog’s nearly 100 stories. If you want to read the full story and you’re reading the print news...

Fail: My family members wanted to watch, and I told them ... Gee: We don’t have livestreaming. So thank you. Only there was a problem. The superintendent was wrong. Texas law says anyone can record a public meeting. The next day, Maddie heard about the law from friends. “As a young woman who felt like she was discredited,” she says, “I was angry. I really wanted to show people that their voices matter. So I pretty much decided I needed to do something publicly.” ‘E...

A high school senior called out her superintendent in public for an illegal act. What happened? At 17, Madison Fail is not yet old enough to vote, but she’s brave enough to stand up for her rights. Back in the summer, she stood at the microphone at a Kennedale ISD school board meeting and asked district leaders to require everyone to wear masks in school. At the time, mask-wearing wasn’t yet mandatory. “Please, I’m begging you,” she told the board. Then she returned to her seat in the...