Early voting for the November 6th midterm elections starts October 22. At the end of September, Texas reached a new record - having 15,624,871 registered voters. The Texas Tribune has published [...]
Texas Education Grantmakers Advocacy Consortium (TEGAC) held its fall members meeting in Austin on September 19. During the morning program state and local perspectives on key education policy issues were [...]
The State Board of Education (SBOE) met for their quarterly meeting September 11 - 14, 2018. The report below covers discussions of the General Meeting of the Full Board on [...]
Governor Greg Abbott has announced Dr. Courtney Phillips as the new Executive Commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC). She will assume the role of Executive Commissioner [...]
The 2018-19 General Appropriations Act, Senate Bill 1, 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (Article II, Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), Rider 52), Evaluation of Rural Hospital Funding Initiatives, requires [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received 62 letters of interest (LOIs) collectively requesting $9.1 billion in loans from a wide range of prospective borrowers in response to the Water Infrastructure [...]
The House Committee on Business and Industry met on July 25 to hear invited testimony on employee protections, including paid sick leave and protections for emergency responders, and consumer protections, [...]
The House Committee on Business & Industry met on July 24 at City Hall in Houston to hear invited testimony regarding consumer rights and protections with a focus on Hurricane [...]
The State Board of Education met on June 13 to take up a full agenda. The report below reflects comments made by Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath at the beginning [...]
Sen. Carlos Uresti (SD 19- D) has announced his resignation as State Senator effective June 21. In the announcement Monday, June 18, Uresti called on Gov. Greg Abbott to call [...]