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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Legislative Update

The Texas 85th Legislature is well underway with multiple hearings taking place at the State Capitol each day. The Chamber has been monitoring all bills that align with our State Legislative Agenda as well as the Metro 8 State Legislative Agenda. We ...

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Friday, March 10, 2017

Bill Filing Deadline for Texas Legislators

Today is the last chance for Texas legislators to file their bills at the State Capitol. Marking 60 days of session, this 7pm deadline will prevent filing of most new bills and set the stage for the remaining 80 days while the Legislature is active. ...

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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Chamber hosts Traffic Incident Management Taskforce

The San Antonio Chamber hosted the Traffic Incident Management Taskforce last week to get an update on the Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Project. The taskforce focuses on improving safety and efficiency of traffic incident response through ...

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Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Chamber attends Texas 2050 Group forum at State Capitol

As member of the Texas Association of Business's Texas 2050 Group, the San Antonio Chamber has partnered with various business organizations throughout the state to develop the Texas 2050 plan, a framework for long-term economic growth. The Texas ...

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Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Planning begins for 2020 U.S. Census

The Chamber was on hand last week for “The Road to 2020” Census Bureau Training, hosted by the Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG). The census in 2020 will require counting an increasingly diverse and growing population of ...

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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Chamber hosts second ¡VIVA San Antonio! planning session

The Chamber hosted its second ¡VIVA San Antonio! planning session on Monday, January 9 in preparation for the event, which is set for February 28. Eddie Aldrete, VIVA Chairman and Senior Vice President of IBC Bank, kicked off the ...

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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

We invite you to register for ¡VIVA San Antonio! 2017

Preparations for ¡VIVA San Antonio! 2017 are well underway! Chamber staff has been working closely with our 2017 VIVA Chairman, Eddie Aldrete, Senior Vice President of IBC Bank, to make this day-long trip to the State Capitol the best one ...

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Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Chamber gearing up for ¡VIVA San Antonio! 2017

Chamber staff is gearing up for 2017 ¡VIVA San Antonio! In partnership with the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, we are working to make this day-long trip to Austin the best one yet! ¡VIVA San Antonio! is a biennial ...

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Chamber board approves G3 recommendations

The Chamber’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to adopt the Good to Great to Global (G3) report at last week’s board meeting. G3 Task Force Co-Chairs, Nancy Kudla and Kenny Wilson, along with Adam Hamilton, President of SWRI; Mark ...

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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Chamber partners with the City and SA 2020 on SA Tomorrow

The Chamber has partnered with the City of San Antonio and SA 2020 to implement the SA Tomorrow Comprehensive plan. Chamber staff joined various other entities throughout Bexar County at a planning session last week to discuss effective ways to ...

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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Chamber exercises the right to vote during early voting

The Chamber staff hit the polls early this week to cast their votes for the 2016 election. In addition to being a presidential year, registered voters will see several key seats up for grabs on the ballot. At the federal level, U.S. Representatives ...

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