State AGs urge Walmart to maintain its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, opposing the retail giant's move to scale them back.

The retail giant is the latest high-profile company to pull back on diversity initiatives in response to a 2023 Supreme Court decision restricting affirmative action in colleges.

Maryland’s state attorney general joined a dozen others in calling out Walmart for joining other companies in rolling back its commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

(The Center Square) – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is joining attorneys general from other states to meddle in the internal operations of Walmart policy on diversity, equity and inclusion.

Thirteen attorneys general asked Walmart CEO Doug McMillon in a letter made public this week to reconsider cutting diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

As ideologically driven organizations continue to pressure companies to abandon diversity, equity and inclusion programs, I stand with my fellow like-minded attorneys general to remind corporate leaders of their previous commitments to prioritize diversity in the workplace and the value these policies add to companies’ cultures and financial bottom lines.

Walmart is one of the latest corporations pulling back from its diversity, equity and inclusion policies, phasing out many of its programs and removing the words “diversity” and “DEI” from documents.

A coalition of 18 state attorneys general, led by Kwame Raoul, supports an EPA rule establishing the first nationwide standards for PFAS in drinking water.

Pawn shop owners charged A family that owns several pawn shops throughout Central Illinois is being charged by the Illinois Attorney General for allegedly running an organized retail crime enterprise.

Walmart is following in the footsteps of major corporations like McDonald’s, Meta, Ford, Molson Coors who have dropped their diversity, equity and inclusion policies

Illinois’ former public health chief was fined $150,000 after admitting she violated the state’s Ethics Act by taking a job with a company that did business