Texas Removes Women and Minorities From Historically Underutilized Business Program for State Contracts

Texas’ Comptroller Removes Women & Minorities from Program to Boost Women & Minority Businesses

A round of tomatoes is in order for Texas’ acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock, who on Tuesday announced the state would be removing women- and minority-owned businesses from its Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program, and rebranding it to “Veteran Heroes United in Business” (VetHUB) instead. Why? He wants to comply with Trump’s—and Texas’ GOP Gov. Greg Abbott’s—anti-DEI executive orders. Typically, Texan businesses become HUB-certified …

Texas removes women and minorities from Historically Underutilized Business program for state contracts

The state comptroller’s office announced Tuesday that it is removing women- and minority-owned businesses from the state program intended to give additional exposure to businesses owned by economically disadvantaged groups.

Texas removes women, minorities from small business program

The program will now only be eligible for service-disabled veterans. It will be called Veteran Heroes United in Business.

Emergency Rules for Revamped VetHUB Program Reduce Program Significantly

(AUSTIN) — Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock today announced the state’s Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program has been restructured under emergency rules and will now operate as Veteran Heroes United in Business (VetHUB), a program focused exclusively on small businesses owned and operated by veterans with a 20 percent or higher service-connected disability. The emergency rules, sent today to the Texas Register and effective im…