AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Comptroller has cut a program aimed at boosting women and minority-owned businesses through state contracts.
Going forward, the Historically Underutilized Businesses, or “HUB,” will be known as the Veteran Heroes United in Business, or VetHUB for short. It will focus on small businesses owned and operated by disabled veterans, and vets with a 20% or higher service-connected disability can qualify.
Effectively immediately, all businesses previously certified based on race, ethnicity and sex are no longer certified, according to the comptroller’s website. However, HUB vendors that already have state contracts won’t lose them…