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The Texas Tribune reports: On Wednesday morning, Texas Department of Agriculture employees attended a mandatory training about equal employment opportunity led by an employment lawyer who teaches at Texas State University and served in the Navy. The training covered typical subjects for such meetings: discrimination, harassment and protected classes of employees. At one point, the presenter broached the subject of …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller called on Gov. Greg Abbott to halt his recent policy of additional commercial inspections at the border, calling the measure “political theater” and predicting it will leave grocery store shelves empty within weeks. In an open letter addressed to the governor Tuesday, Miller said Abbott’s “economy killing action” is exacerbating already …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is suing the federal government claiming that the Biden administration’s COVID-19 relief plan passed last month discriminates against white farmers and ranchers. Miller, a conservative Republican and rancher, states in the lawsuit filed Monday in federal court that he is suing in his capacity as a private citizen — not on …

Politico reports: Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller may be famous for granting cupcakes “amnesty” from school nutrition rules and calling Hillary Clinton a “c—” on Twitter, but, as he angles for a job in the Trump cabinet, he wants to talk about local vegetables. The 61-year-old rodeo champion, who’s scheduled to meet with top Trump aides at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Largo …