Texas Association of Business Central Texas

Texas Association of Business Central Texas Texas Association of Business works to improve the Texas business climate and to help make our state's economy to be the strongest in the world.

When numbers talk, lawmakers listen. We invite you to be part of the last line of defense for Texas business. For more than 90 years, TAB has been on the front lines of the legislative, regulatory, and judicial battlefields, fighting for every issue that impacts business to ensure that business owner opinions are being heard. There is a direct correlation between the size of an organization and th

e impact that its members have on public policy. Through TAB, thousands of employers have united under the battle cry for a prosperous state economy and the creation of new employment opportunities. Texas Business has seen major changes since the 1920s and Texas employers need an organization that can expand and diversify to meet new needs while offering members an effective voice in the policy-making process. The Texas Association of Business & Chambers of Commerce was formed for one reason: the combined strength of the Texas Association of Business and the Texas Chamber of Commerce was both logical and necessary as the burgeoning Texas economy forges into the 21st Century. Through vigilant legislative and regulatory action, helpful employment relations services, informative workshops and seminars, cost-saving benefit programs for both small and large employers, and other unique member services, TAB is better positioned than any other organization to lead Texas employers through the challenges that a new era of business will certainly present.

Save Money Rehabilitate and Don't Incarcerate!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujd9dCnPcHI
06/13/2013

Save Money Rehabilitate and Don't Incarcerate!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujd9dCnPcHI

Bill Hammond, President of the Texas Association of Business, asks legislators to emphasize alternatives to incarceration during a meeting of the Senate Fina...

06/13/2013

“We’re sending too many people to the slammer,” Hammond said. “The taxpayers and the business community are both being harmed.”
http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2013/01/major-development-business-lobby-backs.html

Well, there's only so much the Legislature can do at the neighborhood level, but I don't think it's true people are "unwilling to look at" what's going on there. The main reason for altering methods is that the "tuff on crime" approaches haven't necessarily changed and in some cases may have worsene...

TAB fights for bill to create qualified workers in Texashttp://ow.ly/1WkMNI
06/10/2013

TAB fights for bill to create qualified workers in Texas
http://ow.ly/1WkMNI

A bill to establish a program to promote the rapid delivery of workforce education...

“Without an adequate water supply, our Texas economy will dry up," he said, adding that Ritter's bills would "put in pla...
06/04/2013

“Without an adequate water supply, our Texas economy will dry up," he said, adding that Ritter's bills would "put in place a funding mechanism for the statewide water plan,” Bill Hammond said.
Texas bill would dedicate $2 billion for water.
http://www.kens5.com/news/politics/Texas-bill-would-dedicate-2-billion-for-water-190472921.html

State Rep. Allan Ritter, R-Nederland, filed two bills Thursday that would allocate a one-time, $2 billion sum from Texas' Rainy Day Fund to create a revolving fund for water-supply projects. Ritter, who chairs the House Natural Resources Committee, is a key figure on water issues in the…

Texas Association of Business President and CEO Bill Hammond believes the testing will be an incentive for applicants to...
06/04/2013

Texas Association of Business President and CEO Bill Hammond believes the testing will be an incentive for applicants to stay clean.
"They know if they abuse drugs and effectively take themselves out of the labor market this will accelerate their return to work, which is a good thing for everybody.”

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/05/23/approved-bill-would-drug-test-some-unemployment-benefit-applicants/

It looks like a bill that would drug test some Texans who receive unemployment will become law.

What Happened and What Didn't in the 83rd Session
06/02/2013

What Happened and What Didn't in the 83rd Session

Lawmakers raced to get several bills passed before the 83rd Legislature's regular session ended. And with Monday's announcement of a special session, their work isn't done. Here's a look at the deals reached and the measures that fell short in the regular session.   

06/02/2013

We all know how critical transportation is for our economic well-being. Now we are taking action to ask the Governor to add transportation funding to the agenda of the current special session, and to allow lawmakers to vote on SJR 2. You will find a full explanation of the issue at the first link below. I ask that you click that link and share that link with your members and friends. We must send a loud and clear message that the business community is behind finding a new source of transportation funding.

Bill Hammond
President & CEO

Get involved here: https://www.votervoice.net/Groups/TABCC/Advocacy/?IssueID=32551&SiteID=-1

Read and listen to more here: http://www.kutnews.org/post/agenda-texas-another-chance-transportation

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