Texas’ push to become the nation’s capital for business is continuing to build momentum thanks to a strong working relationship between state lawmakers and corporations, according to legislators and business advocates who spoke during a series of panels in Dallas on Tuesday.
The event, hosted by The Texas Tribune at the Dallas Regional Chamber headquarters, highlighted the fast-growing financial sector in the Dallas area and the state policy fueling that growth. The Dallas-Forth Worth region has been dubbed “Y’all Street” in recent years because of its rising status as a competitor to the historic financial hub on Wall Street — a competition that panelists said they intend to win.
Meyers was joined by state Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, on the first of the event’s two panels, both moderated by Texas Tribune Editor-In-Chief Matthew Watkins. The two legislators credited state laws with initiating a wave of companies moving their legal homes to Texas, spurring growth in the state’s financial sector and drawing three major stock exchanges to the state in recent years.
Key to that movement toward Texas was the creation of the Texas Business Court and the 15th Court of Appeals, specialized legal venues designed to handle business and commercial disputes, the lawmakers said. The new courts, paired with the Legislature’s business-friendly overhaul of the Texas Business Organizations Code in 2025, have created a predictable business environment that will draw more corporations to the state, they added…