85th Session dates – does not include “Old” system articles
The House Committee on Pensions has released its interim report to the 86th Legislature. The report addresses several issues including the oversight of local pensions, governance of state retirement systems, and [...]
At its quarterly Board of Trustees meeting, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) released a Pension Benefit Design Study for 2018 and an Executive Summary of the study. This [...]
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed David Whitley as the 112th Secretary of State of Texas, effective immediately. The Secretary of State acts as Texas' chief elections officer and protocol officer [...]
Representative Joe Pickett (D-El Paso) has announced he will resign effective January 4 due to health concerns, ahead of the 13th term to which he was recently elected. With Pickett's [...]
Presumptive Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen has selected former Rep. Robert “Robby” Cook as Special Advisor to the Texas House. Cook served as State Representative for House District 28 from [...]
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Governor Greg Abbott’s Commission to Rebuild Texas offered to the Texas Legislature wide-ranging recommendations to help Texas better prepare for future catastrophic storms in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. A [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army (Army) are proposing a definition of “waters of the United States” that clarifies federal authority under the Clean [...]
The Senate Committee on Business & Commerce has released its interim report to the 86th Legislature. The report focuses on multiple issues, energy restoration post disaster, mortgage requirements in floodplain [...]
The Senate Committee on Education has released its interim report to the 86th Legislature. The report addresses multiple issues, including teacher compensation, mandate relief, innovation, teacher support, high quality education, [...]