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

L'Oreal Stepney got emotional Thursday during a tense exchange with Rep. Brian Harrison, R-Midlothian, over considerations of diversity equity and inclusion in the board’s hiring practices.

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

L'Oreal Stepney, the Texas Water Development Board chairwoman received support after a Republican grilled her on DEI.

Comal Conservation is a community response to the rapid development of subdivision replacing natural areas critical to water ...

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

Texas Water Development Board's Region C Water Planning Group approved its 2026 initially prepared plan, which will be ...

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 topic was a budget request from a state agency. The exchange grew emotional when a lawmaker pressed for answers about a strategic plan that praises diversity.

Adequate supplies of fresh water at reasonable prices are essential to quality of life and economic growth. Over the next 30 years, we are predicting that the Texas population will increase from about ...

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