DEI, Mike Kehoe and Missouri

Missouri Governor Kehoe signs executive order to eliminate DEI programs among state agencies
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed an executive order on Tuesday to eliminate state agencies’ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs.Executive Order 25-18 bars the use of state funds for DEI and stops agencies from considering DEI in hiring decisions.
Gov. Kehoe signs executive order to ban DEI programs in Missouri state agencies
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe issued an executive order Tuesday that directs all Missouri state agencies to eliminate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
Judge largely blocks Trump’s executive orders ending federal support for DEI programs
A federal judge on Friday largely blocked sweeping executive orders from President Donald Trump that seek to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
Judge blocks Trump ban on DEI for federal agencies, contractors
A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's move to ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs at federal agencies and contractors Friday.
‘Arbitrary and discriminatory’: Judge blocks Trump’s effort to deter DEI programs
A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s bid to deprive federal funding from programs that incorporate “diversity, equity and inclusion” initiatives. U.S. District Judge Adam Abelson ruled that Trump’s policy likely violates the First Amendment because it penalizes private organizations based on their viewpoints.
Trump DEI Orders Mostly Blocked in Diversity Officers Suit
A federal judge in Baltimore preliminarily halted the Trump administration from enforcing portions of the president’s sweeping executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs that it considers illegal and discriminatory.
Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from carrying out certain anti-DEI directives
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from carrying out certain directives of the president to crack down on diversity, equity and inclusion – or DEI – programs
Missouri Republicans take aim at DEI in state departments, high education
Executive orders, bills, budget restrictions. Some Missouri lawmakers are using every avenue to dismantle diversity, equity, ...
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signs executive order to eliminate DEI initiatives
Missouri Gov. Kehoe has signed an executive order to remove Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives from Missouri state agencies.
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MWSU announces closure of Center for Diversity and Inclusion stemming from federal, state executive orders
Just as other universities and schools around the country shut down their DEI departments, Missouri Western State University ...
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Kehoe executive order bans using state funds for DEI
Any state agency, or division thereof, is prohibited by the order from “activities that solely or primarily support diversity ...
Missouri governor orders agencies not to spend state money on DEI programs
Missourians deserve a government that treats all individuals equally, without preferential treatment or discrimination based on immutable characteristics,” Gov. Mike Kehoe said in a statement.
Kehoe bans DEI, claiming to ensure fairness. It really perpetuates discrimination | Opinion
Missouri NAACP president Nimrod Chapel criticized the new governor’s order as rooted in anti-Blackness and harmful to ...
The legal war on DEI begins: Missouri sues Starbucks over its diversity programs
Missouri sued Starbucks this week, alleging the chain’s push to hire and promote more people of color and women violated anti ...
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Missouri governor signs executive order to eliminate DEI in state agencies
The order bars the use of state funds for DEI initiatives and prevents agencies from using DEI in the hiring process.
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Order forbidding DEI does not apply to state universities
Tuesday’s executive order eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in Missouri state agencies does not apply to state universities, according to an email sent Wednesday from the ...