State Sales Tax Revenue Totaled $3.8b in September
Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced state sales tax revenue totaled nearly $3.85b in September, 1.5% more than in September 2023. The majority of September sales tax revenue is based on sales [...]
TEA Letters to Administrators Update
The Texas Education Agency has published the following new letters to school administrators: Final Expenditure Report Dates for Active Federal and State-Funded Grants - Notifying school systems that the Texas [...]
SBEC Rules Update
The State Board for Educator Certification recently adopted the following rules at its September 20, 2024, meeting. Rules adopted by SBEC are subject to State Board of Education Review before becoming [...]
THECB Releases Healthcare Workforce Task Force Recommendations
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's Healthcare Workforce Task Force has released their report of recommendations to address healthcare workforce shortages. In April 2024, Governor Abbott sent a letter to [...]
HHS Releases Final Guidance for Second Cycle of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program
The Department of Health and Human Services released final guidance outlining the process for the second cycle of negotiations under the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. In August, the administration [...]
EPA PFAS Update: Final Aquatic Life Criteria and Proposed Addition to TRI
PFAS Aquatic Life Criteria and Benchmarks The EPA has finalized water quality concentrations for 10 PFAS that could negatively impact aquatic life. The levels, referred to as water quality criteria [...]
EPA Issues National Discharge Standards
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced the finalization of national discharge standards to control the release of pollutants and invasive species from approximately 85k vessels operating in U.S. waters. These [...]
TTC Approves Funding for Texas Ship Channels
The Texas Transportation Commission has approved approved $400 million in Ship Channel Improvement Revolving Fund (SCIRF) loans for two projects near Beaumont and Brownsville. The funding is the result of [...]
RRC Announces Public Comment on New Proposed Rules for Geothermal Energy
RRC has new proposed rules for public comment to administer legislation in the geothermal energy front in Texas. Senate Bill 786 transfers regulatory authority of closed-loop geothermal injection wells from [...]
TGPC Meeting Updates
The next Texas Groundwater Protection Committee meeting will be Wednesday, October 9 at 1:30 PM. The meeting will be held at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Campus 12100 Park [...]