德克萨斯州在废除少数群体/妇女商业方案方面面临着法律挑战,代之以面向退伍军人的倡议。 Texas faces legal challenge over dismantling minority/women business program, replacing it with veteran-focused initiative.

得克萨斯州的一项联邦诉讼对取消其HUB计划提出了挑战,HUB计划支持州立合同中的少数民族和妇女企业。 A federal lawsuit challenges Texas’ dismantling of its HUB program, which supported minority and women-owned businesses in state contracting. 12月,代理主计长Kelly Hancock使用紧急规则,删除了大约15 000家此类企业,用一个优先服务残疾退伍军人取代了该方案。 Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock used an emergency rule in December to remove about 15,000 such businesses, replacing the program with one prioritizing service-disabled veterans. 该诉讼案由民权律师Alphonso David提出, 认为Hancock更改了立法机构通过的一部历时数十年的法律, 超越了他的权限。 The lawsuit, filed by civil rights attorney Alphonso David, argues Hancock exceeded his authority by altering a decades-old law passed by the legislature. 批评者,包括原合著国Sen. Royce West称这一变革是政治驱动的,对代表不足的企业家有害。 Critics, including original co-author State Sen. Royce West, call the change politically driven and harmful to underrepresented entrepreneurs. 企业业主说,他们失去了积极的合同机会。 Business owners say they lost active contract opportunities. 汉考克认为这一转变更公平,更符合宪法,但国家尚未对法律行动作出回应。 Hancock defends the shift as fairer and constitutional, but the state has not yet responded to the legal action.