July 28, 2026
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday ruled that Houston's program awarding public contracts on a race-conscious basis violated the Fourteenth Amendment in the first federal challenge to such a program following the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 decision striking down affirmative action admissions policies.
February 06, 2025
A landscaping company has sued Harris County in Texas federal court, alleging the county's Minority- and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise, or MWBE, contracting program unconstitutionally discriminates against white-owned businesses.