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87th Texas Legislature Recap

June 7, 2021

You win some, and you lose some. I’m happy to tell you that business in Abilene came out of the Regular Session of...

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87th Legislative Session Updates

March 19, 2021

Speaker Phelan Addresses Power Outages Now that the senate has passed its first legislative package dealing with the...

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An Update on the 87th Texas Legislature

March 15, 2021

The Abilene Chamber of Commerce received a request last week to encourage the Legislature to take some action in the...

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Cleared for Takeoff

January 4, 2021

The final months of a normal year in the Chamber business are plenty busy. Planning, forecasting, collecting input...

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This group will make a difference

October 12, 2020

Last week, you heard from the current Chamber Chair, Marshall Morris (First Financial Bank), on your Chamber Board’s...

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Governor Abbott Update on Open Texas

September 17, 2020

This afternoon, Governor Greg Abbott announced that much of Texas businesses can reopen. He based the decision on the...

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An Update on Business Advocacy

June 19, 2020

It’s been a very business time lately. Your Governmental Affairs team took on several parts of the Abilene Chamber of...

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Priorities Abound

March 22, 2020

Let me lead by saying that I am truly sorry for all that you, your families and your associates have been through in...

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WayFair Ruling for Texas

February 14, 2020

Background In June of 2018, the United States Supreme Court ruled states could collect taxes on internet sales (The...

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Keeping you informed to the matters that impact your business.

February 13, 2020

The Abilene Chamber of Commerce recently asked the 2020 candidates for County Commissioner and Sheriff a few...

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The Session’s over, but the work continues

June 14, 2019

You can’t evaluate how good the 86 th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature was like you would a professional...

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Have toothpicks, will travel

February 15, 2019

Ever climb aboard a ‘luxury coach’ in the middle of the night with 25 of your closest friends? I did. And the...

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