OPINION: Texas froze HUB over a lawsuit. The lawsuit is gone. The freeze isn’t.
| February 20, 2026
When rules change overnight, businesses don’t make bold investments. They pull back. They stop hiring. Some stop bidding altogether. And once capable vendors leave the public marketplace, they rarely rush back. Agencies lose options, competition shrinks, and taxpayers lose price pressure.
Best hole-in-the-wall restaurants in San Antonio
| January 14, 2026
CULTURE | FAMILY | food & drink | food and drink | hole-in-the-wall restaurants | international food | LIFESTYLE | SA-hardgate | San Antonio | San Antonio Lead Story | san antonio restaurants | SATX | SMALL BUSINESS | TEXAS POLITICS | THINGS TO DO
Check out these 10 hole-in-the-wall restaurants in San Antonio for the best tacos, pizzas, breakfast, and more that you might’ve never known about.
8 places to stop, shop, & savor along the San Antonio River Walk
| January 6, 2026
Community | CULTURE | ENTERTAINMENT | food & drink | LIFESTYLE | SA-hardgate | San Antonio River Walk | SATX | SHOPPING | SMALL BUSINESS | TEXAS | THINGS TO DO
Immerse yourself in history, unique shopping, and culinary delights along the San Antonio River Walk.
Texas dumps businesses owned by women, minorities from aid program
| December 10, 2025
Claiming that it promoted diversity, equity, and inclusion, acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock removed thousands of businesses owned by women and minorities from the state’s Historically Underutilized Business program designed to help them compete for state contracts.
Women, minority small business owners confused, worried after Texas kicks them off HUB program
| December 9, 2025
BLACK OWNED BUSINESS | local business | mom and pop businesses | SMALL BUSINESS | TEXAS | woman-owned business
But hours later, the comptroller’s office emailed Hartman again, notifying her and more than 15,000 other small businesses — nearly 97% of the certified HUB businesses in Texas — that they were being removed from the HUB program entirely.