Tarrant County commissioners deny funding to local Girls Inc. chapter

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Republican commissioners worried the group is pushing its national leaders' political stances. But local employees said their chapter's work was 'misrepresented.'

Republican commissioners worried the group is pushing its national leaders' political stances. But local employees said their chapter's work was"misrepresented."FORT WORTH, Texas — A local organization will now depend on donations to continue a program that's helped mostly low-income, non-white girls in Fort Worth's Diamond Hill and North Side neighborhoods for more than a decade. . The award, paid for with a state grant, was worth more than $115,000.

But Girls Inc. of Tarrant County president and CEO Jennifer Limas argues the chapter's work was"misrepresented."

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