Texas official confronted over DEI hiring practices, leading to a wider debate on race and respect in state politics.

Texas lawmakers are banding across the aisle after Texas Rep. Brian Harrison's targeted questioning made an expert testifier ...

The exchange drew rapid backlash from GOP state leaders including Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker ...

L'Oreal Stepney was brought to tears Thursday during a tense exchange with Rep. Brian Harrison (R, Midlothian) over DEI considerations in the board’s hiring practices.

A usually mundane House Appropriations Committee hearing became tense as a Republican lawmaker probed members of the Texas ...

L'Oreal Stepney was brought to tears Thursday during a tense exchange with Rep. Brian Harrison (R, Midlothian) over DEI ...

A coalition of groups fighting for gun reforms rallied at the Capitol Thursday as a state Senator filed multiple bills to raise the age requirements to buy a firearm, require universal background ...

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After the hearing at the Texas Capitol, Governor Abbott came to the defense of the Texas Water Development Board Chair, ...

US President Donald Trump announced that American companies can now hire Indian graduates from US universities under the new ...

Water planners in Northeast Texas oppose the reservoir, while those in North Texas say they need it to meet growing water ...