by amanda@acra-crm.org | Jul 14, 2025 | ACRAsphere
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...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Jul 8, 2025 | ACRAsphere
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...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Jul 7, 2025 | ACRAsphere
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,...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Jul 1, 2025 | ACRAsphere
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...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Jun 30, 2025 | ACRAsphere
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...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Jun 23, 2025 | ACRAsphere
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...