Democrat and Republican lawmakers are defending Texas Water Development Board Chair L'Oreal Stepney after Texas Rep. Brian Harrison grilled her about diversity, equity and inclusion practices during a ...

Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows. During an appropriations subcommittee meeting, where state agencies present their financial requests for the next state budget ...

Greg Abbott’s executive order eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from state agencies. For more than 15 minutes, chairwoman Stepney faced a line of questioning from Rep.

He pointed to an Abbott executive order last year telling state agencies to stop considering DEI initiatives in hiring, fueling tensions over how state hiring and funding decisions should be made.

The resulting spectacle betrayed just how shallow much of the GOP’s crusade against diversity, equity and inclusion is. In ...

Miracle Boyd’s front teeth were knocked out during a clash at the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park after the 2020 ...