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Texas Legislature proposes $400 million cut to higher ed as Dan Patrick threatens university budgets over DEI
At a public event last week, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said higher ed would get less funding if they don’t “kick DEI out of their ...
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Texas GOP leaders defend appointee after tense exchange over diversity hiring
Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows, who are all Republicans, later issued statements of support for Stepney and her service, while other GOP lawmakers criticized ...
Corpus Christi Caller-Times3d
Legislature proposes $400M higher ed cut as Patrick threatens university budgets over DEI
Dan Patrick did not respond to requests for comment ... That money would evaporate if the Legislature failed to pass two GOP-backed bills that weakened faculty tenure and eliminated diversity ...