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Friday, May 17, 2019

Chamber testifies on behalf of military spouses

On Tuesday, the House Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures heard testimony on Senate Bill 1200, relating to the authority of military spouses to engage in a business or occupation in the state of Texas. Lori Stinson, the ...

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Friday, May 17, 2019

LSA explores sustainability and technology

Leadership San Antonio rocked their way through a fourth program day while exploring the issues, challenges, and possibilities around sustainability, infrastructure, and technology. Specifically, participants were asked to consider how to balance ...

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Friday, May 17, 2019

Chamber Commits to Latinx Student Success

The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce continues its long-standing commitment to educational attainment and student success by signing a compact with UP Partnership’s Diplomás initiative. The compact is a pledge to dedicate time, talent ...

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Monday, May 13, 2019

City Council on the Road

The San Antonio City Council will hit the road for its regularly scheduled B session meeting on May 15. The B session on the road will be held at Port San Antonio and will begin at 2 p.m. and will be livestreamed at SanAntonio.gov/TVSA. For the ...

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Thursday, May 9, 2019

City elections continue into runoff in four separate races

This past Saturday was Election Day in San Antonio, and more than 110,000 residents hit the polls to cast their vote for Mayor and City Council. Of the more than 110,000, just over 73,000 came in during early voting. While the number of residents ...

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Thursday, May 9, 2019

Legislative Update: May 10, 2019

There are 17 days left in the 86th Legislative Session, and each Chamber has introduced four more local bills for a total of 4,764 bills authored by House members and 2,559 bills authored by Senators.On April 30, 2019, the House passed SB2, which ...

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Thursday, May 9, 2019

Strickland Family brings fudge passion to Rivercenter

Back in 1978, young Tim Strickland was at the Atlanta Gift Market trade show with his big sister Jennifer and their parents, Stan and Pam. The family was at the show hoping to find some items for The Cotton Bale, their gift shop back home on ...

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Friday, May 3, 2019

A Statement from the President and CEO

Clearly, there has been a misunderstanding about a statement that I made last night following the Chamber’s debate between Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Councilman Greg Brockhouse. When asked by a reporter why Councilman Brockhouse was not asked ...

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Friday, May 3, 2019

Your Chamber encourages you to get out and vote

On Tuesday, your San Antonio Chamber of Commerce hit the polls to cast their votes for the May 4 Election. The Chamber strongly believes that civic engagement and participation in the political process is a vital component of our community’s ...

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Friday, May 3, 2019

Be a part of the inclusive employment movement

When it comes to doing business, including workers with disabilities into your human capital strategies can offer you a competitive edge. Every day, people with disabilities can and do make important contributions to America's businesses.In 2017, ...

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Friday, May 3, 2019

Legislative Update: May 3, 2019

There are only 24 more days left in the 86th legislative session and budget conferees are already meeting on House Bill 1, the state’s biennial budget, and negotiating which public programs will receive state funding over the next two years. ...

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Thursday, April 25, 2019

Board Action Report: April 24, 2019

Our April Board Meeting was hosted by SeaWorld, and Board Members were excited to learn about some of the exciting new additions happening at the park. Carl Lum, President of SeaWorld San Antonio, welcomed Board Members and talked about three new ...

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Thursday, April 25, 2019

Your Chamber encourages you to take advantage of early voting

Early voting season has arrived in San Antonio, and the Chamber strongly encourages you, your friends, family and colleagues to get out and vote! As of yesterday, more than 13,000 residents have cast their votes. Early voting started Monday and will ...

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Thursday, April 25, 2019

Legislative Update: April 25, 2019

There are 34 days left in the 86th legislative session, and to date, the Senators have authored 2549 bills while the House members have authored 4752 bills. If the House does not meet on Saturday or Sunday that means there are only 10 more calendar ...

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Thursday, April 25, 2019

City residents will have opportunity for input on 2020 budget

The City of San Antonio is looking for feedback from residents on the 2020 budget. Through SASpeakUp, every city resident is encouraged to voice their opinions and concerns in a transparent medium for consideration in council decisions.A survey is ...

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Thursday, April 25, 2019

Woman to Woman, Leader to Leader: Rosemary Kowalski

I have always been fascinated about how an individual ends up becoming an icon. How is it that a large group of people can hear someone’s first name and everyone knows instantly the specific person that is being discussed? Globally in this ...

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Thursday, April 18, 2019

Accenture Opens Federal Cyber Center in San Antonio

ARLINGTON, Va.; April 17, 2019 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has launched the Accenture Federal Services (AFS) Cyber Center, a state-of-the-art facility in San Antonio that provides cybersecurity capabilities on an as-a-service basis to help ...

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