‘TxDOT’s Still Bulldozing Over Our Communities’
Community members say the state transportation agency is violating its agreement with the feds to reduce the discriminatory impact of its plans to expand I-45.
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Former TCEQ Employee Files Race and Age Discrimination Lawsuit Against Agency
Shiyan Jiang, who worked at TCEQ for 23 years, says he was repeatedly passed over for promotions and assignments given to younger, white employees.
Lawsuit: City of Port Isabel Blocked Public Housing for Latinos Displaced by Hurricane Dolly
After the 2008 hurricane, city officials refused to issue permits so that public housing could be rebuilt in an affluent neighborhood, the complaint says.
After 17 Years, EPA Settles Racial Discrimination Case Against TCEQ
TCEQ has agreed to install an air monitor in a majority African-American neighborhood near the Beaumont Exxon refinery, but advocates say it’s too little, too late.
Some Texas Schools are Still Fighting Decades-Old Desegregation Orders
Critics say the orders aren't necessarily irrelevant just because they’re old.
A Neighborhood Apart
A Corpus Christi highway project threatens to sever a community already devastated by industry.
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