Texas Continues Raising the Bar on Regulatory Efficiency
At the Texas Association of Business (TAB), we’ve consistently advocated for pro-business policies that strengthen Texas’ competitive edge. Cutting red tape, improving government efficiency, and streamlining regulations are essential to keeping Texas the nation’s leader in job creation, business expansion, entrepreneurship, and corporate relocations. Last week, Texas took another meaningful step in advancing our state’s…
Texas Business Leaders Release Statement Condemning Outside Interference in Corporate Relocations
AUSTIN, TEXAS – A coalition of leading Texas business trade associations today issued a joint statement strongly objecting to the increasing interference of outside influencers and proxy advisory firms attempting to dissuade companies from redomiciling in the Lone Star State. The Texas Association of Business, Texans for Lawsuit Reform, Texas Oil and Gas Association, Texas Civil…
TAB Applauds BlackRock’s Future Builders Investment in Texas to Grow Skilled Trades Workforce
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Today, the Texas Association of Business (TAB) applauded BlackRock’s $30 million investment in Texas through its Future Builders initiative, which is focused on expanding skilled trades training and strengthening workforce pipelines to meet the needs of employers. The investment will support training for more than 12,000 Texans to pursue electrical careers. TAB joined Governor…
Quantum is the Next Strategic Frontier. TAB is Ready to Help Texas Lead.
When people think about the next wave of technological innovation, artificial intelligence often dominates the conversation. But another breakthrough is rapidly advancing, one that will shape economic competitiveness, cybersecurity, and national security in the years ahead: quantum technology. At a high level, quantum computing uses quantum bits, or “qubits” which differ from the binary bits…
Texas Is Becoming America’s Financial Capital. TAB Is Ready to Lead
The world’s most influential banker recently generated headlines by confirming what Texas businesses have known for years: pro-growth policy works, and anti-business policies don’t. JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon delivered a stark message to high-tax, high-regulation states like New York, which is quickly losing ground as Texas’ status as a national financial services…
TAB Provides Testimony to Texas House State Affairs Interim Committee on Data Centers
AUSTIN, TEXAS – The Texas Association of Business (TAB) today provided written testimony to the Texas House State Affairs Committee for its interim hearing on data centers. “Data centers are critical infrastructure in Texas’ modern economy. They support everyday business operations across every sector – from banking and healthcare to energy, logistics, and communications – and enable the digital…
Fear Is Not a Policy Framework: A Reality Check on AI
This week, we saw the latest episode of AI alarmism on full display in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece from Democratic Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont who, along with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) of New York, is now demanding a “federal moratorium” on AI and the data centers that support it. While this approach…
TAB Releases Statement on House Interim Charges on Data Centers
AUSTIN, TEXAS – The Texas Association of Business (TAB) today released a statement following Speaker Burrows’ announcement that the Texas House of Representatives willstudy the impact of data centers in Texas during the interim. TAB welcomed the news and issued the following statement: “With Texas poised to become a major hub for new AI data centers,…
TAB Calls on Congress to End Shutdown, Fund U.S. Department of Homeland Security
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Today, the Texas Association of Business (TAB) issued the following statement urging Congress to end the current federal shutdown and fund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS): “Congress must act immediately to fund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and bring an end to the current shutdown. “As a border state, Texas faces…
TAB’s Megan Mauro Appointed Co-Chair of Governor Abbott’s Texas Jobs Council
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Today, Governor Greg Abbott appointed Texas Association of Business (TAB) Interim President and CEO Megan Mauro to serve as Co-Chair of the newly formed Texas Jobs Council, an advisory group focused on strengthening Texas’ workforce pipeline and ensuring Texans are prepared to fill high-demand jobs across key industries. The Council will be tasked…
