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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Berna Dean Steptoe is retiring from WFAA in Dallas |
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on May 1, 2025, concluding a noteworthy career spanning 33 years |
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with the television station; and |
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WHEREAS, A member of the WFAA political team, Ms. Steptoe |
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produces and provides analysis for its weekly program, Inside Texas |
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Politics, which airs on 11 stations; in 2019, she accepted the |
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station's Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television |
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Political Journalism at the ceremony held by the National Press |
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Club in Washington, D.C.; she also writes for the station's website |
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and offers in-depth analysis on WFAA's digital political program; |
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in addition, she has been in demand as a public speaker; and |
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WHEREAS, Before joining WFAA, Ms. Steptoe was employed as an |
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editorial columnist for The Dallas Examiner; she focused on |
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politics, government, and community issues; previously, she worked |
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in newspaper sales at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Dallas Times |
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Herald and pursued entrepreneurship; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Steptoe is a graduate of Huston-Tillotson |
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University; highly engaged in the Dallas Chapter of its alumni |
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association, she has held a number of leadership roles; in |
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addition, she is an active member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, |
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Incorporated, and she serves on several boards; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of her long career in journalism, |
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Berna Dean Steptoe has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to |
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informing and enlightening the public, and as she embarks on the |
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next exciting chapter of her life, she may indeed reflect with pride |
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on her contributions; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Berna Dean Steptoe on her |
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retirement from WFAA and extend to her sincere best wishes for the |
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future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Steptoe as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Y. Davis of Dallas |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 987 was adopted by the House on May |
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23, 2025, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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