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ACRA Conference: Tour Spots Now Open
We are thrilled to announce the registration for the tour at the 2025 ACRA Conference is now available! On Thursday, September 11, join us for a walking tour of two of downtown Raleigh’s prominent landmarks located only 3 blocks from the Sheraton. On your way to the...
ACRA Chief Lobbyist Andrew Goldberg on EPR Podcast
A new episode of the Environmental Professionals Radio podcast premiered this week, and it features another ACRA representative! EPR follows environmental professionals at all levels of their career to bring you a nuanced and informed discussion on what it’s like to...
Your Congress in Action: July 14, 2025
With a B-2 stealth bomber flying overhead and smiling Republican lawmakers flanking him, President Trump signed his One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) into law on July 4, culminating several frenzied weeks of negotiations and all-night debates on Capitol Hill. With typical...
ACTION ALERT: Contact Legislators for 2026 Historic Preservation Funding
Thanks to the advocacy efforts of ACRA members and preservation allies across the nation, the National Park Service recently started to release fiscal year 2025 Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) money for SHPOs and THPOs – funding that states and Tribes need to...
Early Bird Conference Rates End in ONE WEEK!
This is the last week to get the early bird rates for the 2025 ACRA Conference in Raleigh! Head over to the conference page now to register at the lowest price of the year. The early bird prices will end after July 15. After that date, prices will go up in each...
One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB): A Summary & What it Means for CRM
President Trump signed his One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) into law at a White House ceremony July 4th, following hours of around-the-clock debate and arm-twisting in both chambers of Congress. The bill extends tax cuts first enacted in 2017, many of them permanently,...
2025 SHPO/THPO Funding Released by OMB
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has green-lit funding to SHPOs and THPOs for the current fiscal year, ending a three-month delay that threatened the ability of preservation offices to function. OMB has approved a notice of funding opportunity...
Your Congress in Action: June 30, 2025
Congressional Republicans are racing to finish their so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” before America celebrates its 249th birthday on July 2. No, that’s not a typo. According to some – including America’s second president, John Adams - the real Independence Day...
ACRA Comments on DOI RFI on Regulatory Reform
The Department of the Interior can improve the federal permitting process by ensuring adequate funding for SHPOs and THPOs, maintaining staff levels and providing training, and encouraging the use of programmatic approaches to Section 106, according to public comments...
Your Congress in Action: June 16, 2025
Funding freezes. Budgetary impoundments. Reductions in force. DOGE. Of all the tactics the Trump administration has sought to use to shrink the federal government, we can add a new one: the pocket recission. Recissions, as those who prefer watching C-SPAN over Netflix...