AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts recently removed information from its website about the Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program -- which provides exposure to minority and female-owned businesses in the state procurement process -- to conduct a "legal review of the program's administration and rules," according to an agency spokesperson.

One of the architects of the decades-old program, State Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, confirmed with Nexstar that a lawsuit against the state sparked the decision to remove information about HUB from the agency's website.

"There are persons out there who obviously don't want to see the HUB program in the state of Texas," West explained. A spokesperson with the Comptroller's office said the agency is continuing to assist

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