By SELENA SEABROOKS The Dallas Examiner The 88th Texas Legislative Session began last month, and several civil rights bills have been filed. Among them is one that would abolish the Confederate Heroes Day holiday. […]
By KATE McGEE The Texas Tribune Black and Latino lawmakers decried Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent order to Texas universities and state agencies to strike down diversity, equity and inclusion policies from their hiring […]
By KATE McGEE The Texas Tribune Gov. Greg Abbott’s office is warning state agency and public university leaders this week that the use of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives – policies that support […]
By DIANE XAVIER The Dallas Examiner Police brutality of unarmed Black men, inflation, climate change, unaffordable housing, sky-rocketing housing costs and food supply shortages along with high costs, an uncontrolled border and immigration backlogs, […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner The city of Dallas Office of Equity and Inclusion, in partnership with Communities Foundation of Texas, hosted the fourth annual Equity Indicators Symposium. Held as a hybrid event, it took […]
By SHANIA SHELTON and MAEVE RESTON CNN Vice President Kamala Harris will swear in Karen Bass as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles in an inauguration ceremony on Sunday in a meeting of two Democratic […]
<link rel=”canonical” href=”https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/16/ted-cruz-john-cornyn-same-sex-marriage-bill/”> By STEPHEN NEUKAM The Texas Tribune Republican U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz tried Wednesday to block a Senate vote to explicitly enshrine federal recognition of same-sex marriages, but 12 […]
<link rel=”canonical” href=”https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/16/ted-cruz-john-cornyn-same-sex-marriage-bill/”> By STEPHEN NEUKAM The Texas Tribune Republican U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz tried Wednesday to block a Senate vote to explicitly enshrine federal recognition of same-sex marriages, but […]
By PATRICK SVITEK and JOLIE McCULLOUGH The Texas Tribune MCALLEN – Greg Abbott decisively won a third term as governor of Texas on Tuesday, defeating Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke after a tumultuous few […]
By JAMES BARRAGÁN, ZACH DESPART and TRENT BROWN The Texas Tribune Voters in Texas added to the diversity of their state Legislature on Tuesday, tripling the number of openly gay Black lawmakers holding […]
The City of Dallas Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization & Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability presents a Developer’s Forum to solicit feedback and comments from developers, contractors, and other interested parties on the City’s FY22-23 […]
By ROBYN H. JIMENEZ The Dallas Examiner “As I often said during my campaign for president, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana,” President Joe Biden stated during […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner The city of Dallas has launched a new initiative to increase business franchising in the city – particularly in historically underserved and overlooked communities. Mayor Eric Johnson, who […]
By POOJA SALHOTRA The Texas Tribune Texas has spent more than $12 million sending busloads of migrants to East Coast cities, according to the Texas Division of Emergency Management. Documents from the emergency […]
By ROBYN H. JIMENEZ The Dallas Examiner President Joe Biden signed into law Tuesday the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, H.R. 5376 – which he called “one of the most significant laws in […]
By ROBYN H. JIMENEZ The Dallas Examiner Roe v. Wade was overturned Friday by the Supreme Court of the United States. As new traveled, millions of Americans across the U.S. seem to be shocked, but […]
By DONALD JUDD CNN President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law the first major federal gun safety legislation passed in decades, marking a significant bipartisan breakthrough on one of the most contentious […]
By JEFFREY TOOBIN CNN For Justice Clarence Thomas, these are glory days. As Thomas settles into his fourth decade on the Supreme Court, his influence, even his control, is ascendant. Thomas began his […]
By KAITLAN COLLINS CNN Karine Jean-Pierre will become the new White House press secretary when Jen Psaki departs her role next week, President Joe Biden announced in a statement May 5, becoming the […]
By TED BARRETT and ALI ZASLAV CNN The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Lisa Cook to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, becoming the first African American woman to be a member of the […]
By DONALD JUDD, PAUL LEBLANC AND MAEGAN VAZQUEZ CNN President Joe Biden on Monday announced that 20 of the nation’s internet providers have committed to lowering costs for low-income households, a step the […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner Recently, the Department of Justice released its Equity Action Plan, in accordance with President Biden’s executive order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the […]
By KATE SULLIVAN CNN Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson marked her historic confirmation to the Supreme Court with a moving speech from the White House on Friday, in which she celebrated the “hope and […]
By CLARE FORAN, TED BARRETT and ALI ZASLAV CNN The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday in a historic vote that paves the way for her […]
By KATE SULLIVAN and MAEGAN VAZQUEZ CNN President Joe Biden signed a bill into law on Tuesday that makes lynching a federal hate crime, acknowledging how racial violence has left a lasting scar on […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner Washington, D.C. – Congressman Colin Allred, Texas-32, recently announced that as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, H.R. 2471, the omnibus funding bill that passed the House March […]
By CATHERINE E. SHOICHET CNN Black, Latino and Native American populations were significantly undercounted in the 2020 census, officials announced Thursday. The undercount rate for the Latino population was more than three times the […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner The Dallas City Council’s unanimous approved a plan to allocate funds from a special district to improve lighting in a northeast Dallas corridor during the Wednesday Council meeting. […]
The Dallas Examiner Since Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement last month, President Joe Biden has rigorously searched for candidates to fill the open position of associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner Mayor Eric Johnson announced the creation of the Mayor’s Working Group on Permitting in a Monday morning memo to the Dallas City Council. Johnson and the City Council […]
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