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• For an entirely different project.
• Our partnership projects are vital. They are infrastructure improvements.
• Why has HCTRA's project delivery become dismal?
• To me, a related project— that's where the lawyers come in.
• Adrian Garcia initiated a project.

Bills: SB39, SB2129, SB2141, SB2246, SB2323, SB2439, SB2722, SB 39

Keywords: commercial motor vehicle, truck liability, motor carrier, trucking, civil liability, respondeat superior, negligent entrustment, negligent maintenance, negligent loading, negligent repair, bifurcated trial, exemplary damages, punitive damages, personal injury, collision, employer liability, vicarious liability, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Texas tort reform, commercial truck accident

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• We're improving and modernizing our infrastructure, and I really want to focus on the parks and the infrastructure
• But there's still some infrastructure needs there, and infrastructure is different in all the parks.
• We anticipate this fiscal year we will have 160 construction projects going on across the state.
• Well, we are trying to get our infrastructure at state parks off the grid.
• So none of these projects are actually being just pumped back into the grid.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The joint meeting of the Senate Finance Committee and the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks, and Recreation considered Governor Hochul’s nomination of Kathleen “Kathy” Moser to serve as Commissioner of the Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation. Moser described her background in conservation and public lands, and said her priorities would include improving access and belonging for all New Yorkers, maintaining health and safety, modernizing infrastructure, addressing climate change and sustainability, and strengthening partnerships with local governments, community groups, and the Legislature. Members questioned her on a range of park issues, including visitor fees, safety at swimming areas such as Lake Welch, security measures at parks, access for urban residents through nature buses and school transportation grants, maintenance and capital needs, event permitting, workforce recruitment and retention, and coordination around the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Moser said the department has targeted capital and safety investments at popular parks, is installing fencing, lighting, cameras, and license plate readers at entrances at selected sites, and is planning extensive 250th commemoration programming and historic-site renovations. She also discussed efforts to expand community stewardship, including partner groups, culturally specific amenities like cricket fields, and outreach through traveling exhibits and social media. Senators raised concerns and suggestions about renewable energy siting, cell service in rural areas, invasive species prevention, and local infrastructure needs. After questioning concluded, the committees voted to advance the nomination, and the motion was reported to the Senate floor.

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• And it's especially the oldest projects.
• It's down significantly from when we approved the project, and we have another very similar project in
• Currently, there are six PSCOC projects that are utilizing the CMAR Project Delivery Method: Zuni, Farmington
• , and Of those 13 active projects, there are 9 standards teacher housing projects that are active.
• This is in terms of projects that are actually moving versus old projects whose activity level we don't

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• um when when the approval for project um when when the approval for the<01:01:49.160> project
• important for large scale projects important for large scale projects because<01:02:42.039> it
• :52.199> within<01:11:52.440> a project um anywhere within a project um anywhere within
• <01:57:29.280> needs critical Capital infrastructure needs critical Capital infrastructure
• The project was a lot of money, and so this was how we chose to fund that project. Thank you.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Municipal and County Government Committee held public hearings on House Bill 471 and House Bill 373. HB 471 would create a temporary commission to study growth, traffic, planning, and land use issues in a group of southern New Hampshire towns, with possible recommendations on regional planning commission boundaries or coordination. Representative Perez said the bill was requested by Londonderry residents and local officials, and Eric Power of Brookline testified in support, saying the towns share corridor and development issues that cross regional planning commission lines. Several members questioned whether existing law already allows towns to form regional planning commissions under RSA 364:6, whether the bill should be broader, and whether the town list should include additional communities. The hearing closed with testimony counts reported as two in support and three opposed on remote sign-in, plus one opposed and one in support on the blue sheet. HB 373, sponsored by Representative Diane Powers, would revise RSA 41:11-a on town property leases. Powers said current law is too restrictive because leases over five years require repeated town votes, which she argued is impractical for long-term arrangements. She cited examples from Hampton and Brookline, including long-term road and property leases, and said she had found multiple similar cases. The bill would keep select board authority for leases under one year, allow a legislative body to authorize a specific longer lease by a three-fifths ballot vote, and preserve the existing five-year blanket leasing authority with a three-fifths vote, while keeping existing leases valid if authority is later rescinded. Eric Power testified in support, describing recurring lease renewals in Brookline and saying longer terms are needed for projects such as housing, cell towers, and solar arrays. Members asked about the change from a simple town vote to a three-fifths threshold and whether the bill duplicates existing mechanisms; Powers said the higher threshold was intended because the leases involve long-term commitments. No votes were taken during the hearing portion described.

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• Public health infrastructure is just that. It's infrastructure.
• Project.
• Through this funding, we used it to build the public health infrastructure.
• That is a great public health infrastructure. That is what we should be protecting.
• My name's Jake Bradley Row, and I'm the executive director of Sunburst Projects.

Summary: The subcommittee held an oversight hearing on federal actions affecting California’s public health and family planning systems, focusing first on the freeze to Title X family planning funds and then on broader CDC/public health grant terminations. Chair and members described the cuts as abrupt, harmful, and likely to create major gaps in disease surveillance, vaccination, contraception, STI testing, and other preventive services, while also criticizing the federal administration’s explanation that the actions were tied to DEI or civil-rights compliance. The chair thanked Attorney General Bonta for legal action and said the hearing was intended to document the real-world impacts and inform state budget responses. Witnesses from Essential Access Health, Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, a Central Coast clinic, and other providers said California’s Title X network serves more than half a million low-income patients annually and relies on the funds for staffing, outreach, training, mobile and school-based clinics, and confidential care. They warned that the freeze has already forced reserve spending, delayed services, and could lead to layoffs, reduced hours, longer waits, and fewer appointments, especially for sexual and reproductive health care. Public comment included support for a proposed state backfill of Title X losses, with advocates emphasizing impacts on low-income, LGBTQ+, and communities of color. On the public health side, CDPH, county health officials, and local health officers testified that the CDC’s rescission of $11.4 billion in grants would affect California by an estimated $840 million and threaten lab capacity, immunization programs, health disparities work, and data systems such as CalConnect and vaccine registries. Sacramento County and others described how the grants supported outbreak response, sequencing, community vaccination clinics, and equity-focused partnerships, and said terminations had already led to canceled appointments, stopped contracts, and layoffs. Several speakers urged the Legislature to preserve and expand state “future of public health” funding and to backfill federal losses, while public commenters from HIV, immunization, labor, and county organizations echoed concerns about workforce losses and worsening health outcomes.

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• However, we found that both the system and the infrastructure that it sits on were outdated, unstable
• Our audit found the entire suite of applications relies on an infrastructure foundation, including its
• So this conversation is much more about the infrastructure, and the project is making sure that the IT
• And so the IT pool is allocated to WOTEC for a number of different projects.
• And we get funded for this project based on gates—four different gates.

Summary: The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee subcommittee heard a State Auditor’s Office performance audit on the accuracy and reliability of OSPI’s school apportionment system. Auditors said the system, which calculates and distributes K-12 funding using multiple feeder systems and a core apportionment engine, is outdated, unstable, inefficient, and at high risk of failure. They reported weak controls over data input, documentation, oversight, and staffing, and said OSPI relies heavily on manual workarounds, a few knowledgeable staff, and vendor support. In limited testing of three districts, the auditors found the system calculated funding correctly for the 2023-24 school year, but they identified nine small input discrepancies tied to differences between budget materials and state law, which they said could compound into larger dollar amounts. The auditors recommended replacing or modernizing the system and noted that delays in doing so prolong risk. OSPI largely agreed that the current platform needs replacement and said it has been working toward a new system for years. Agency officials clarified that the Legislature requested a feasibility study in 2022, that the study found the system at risk of catastrophic failure, and that funding for a replacement is now in the state IT pool subject to OCIO/OFM gate reviews. OSPI disputed the audit’s characterization of the rounding and budget-law discrepancies, saying the issue was an agency rule and implementation choice, not an error that caused under- or over-allocation. Officials also said the current system is too old to easily absorb future formula changes, but that the planned replacement should be flexible enough to handle a new funding model if the Legislature adopts one. Committee members asked about the amount and timing of the $16 million project funding, whether smaller districts face greater risk, how many times data is entered, and whether the funding formula should be simplified. Auditors and OSPI both emphasized that formula simplification is a policy question for the Legislature, not the audit. Public testimony came from one online witness, who urged full implementation of the audit recommendations and modernization of the system. The subcommittee took no formal vote and adjourned after the presentations and testimony.

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• And we've planned over $180 million in infrastructure upgrades.
• We project that by 2040, the number of employees in this area will triple to 100,000 employees.
• Our city is planning to modernize critical public infrastructure.
• The CFD will support several essential improvements, such as multimodal transportation infrastructure
• SB 611 is crucial to ensuring that legally approved development projects can move forward as long as

Summary: The committee opened the June 18, 2025 Local Government hearing with housekeeping rules, noting that testimony would be in person and that disruptive conduct would not be tolerated. Because a quorum was initially lacking, the committee proceeded as a subcommittee and heard several bills before later taking formal votes once quorum was established. The agenda included 15 bills, with eight placed on the consent calendar and one bill pulled by the author. The bills discussed included SB 333, which would let San Luis Obispo County voters consider raising the local sales tax cap for transportation funding; SB 390, a district-specific measure for South San Francisco to address a Mello-Roos/CFD issue affecting properties with conservation easements; SB 394, which would increase penalties for water theft and allow local agencies to recover damages; SB 611, which would restore protections for housing projects tied to adopted community plans while CEQA litigation is pending; SB 757, which would allow nuisance abatement liens or special assessments to collect cleanup costs for chronic nuisance properties; and SB 489, which would require public agencies involved in housing approvals to post application requirements online. Supporters generally framed the bills as tools for infrastructure financing, housing production, transparency, public safety, or deterrence of theft and blight. Opposition was heard on SB 757, with critics warning about due process, foreclosure risk, and displacement of low-income homeowners. After quorum was called, the committee voted 7-0 to pass SB 757, and later approved SB 489 on a 10-0 vote. The consent calendar bills—SB 74, SB 225, SB 272, SB 409, SB 558, SB 735, SB 736, and SB 737—were approved together. SB 333 advanced on a 7-2 vote, SB 390 passed 9-0, SB 394 passed 9-0, and SB 611 passed 10-0. The hearing concluded with the committee adjourned after all listed actions were taken.

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• H.R. 2390 CLARIFIES THAT FUNDS FROM THE CHINESE PORT The infrastructure program can be used for projects
• The infrastructure law provided $2.25 billion in advance appropriations for PIDP.
• The infrastructure law provided $2.25 billion in advance appropriations for PIDP.
• investment in port infrastructure.
• China's influence and the access to critical infrastructure around the world continues to grow.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, June 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• clarifies the infrastructure standard. clarifies the infrastructure standard.
• better definition for infrastructure. better definition for infrastructure.
• but we believe that infrastructure but we believe that infrastructure should<00:39:09.280> be
• <02:00:23.280> Those<02:00:23.599> projects way to kill that project.
• Those projects way to kill that project.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• being in the public interest, these beach projects.
• These beach projects.
• They allow our communities and our residents to create businesses to help fund projects and infrastructure
• Yet we are assessed for our infrastructure because of all of the use.
• This has been a big project.

Summary: The State Affairs Committee met with a quorum present and took up several measures. It first considered HJR 1215, an ad valorem tax exemption for farmers and agricultural lands. The committee adopted an amendment making technical changes and removing a requirement that implementing language be set by general law. Several agricultural and business groups supported the measure, and it was reported favorably by a vote of 22-4. The committee then heard CS for CS for HB 1169, a bill revising water management district planning, budgeting, reporting, and business practices, including restrictions on lobbyist expenditures and additional budget disclosures. An amendment removing the statutory section on management review teams was adopted after debate over whether those teams were still useful. The bill was reported favorably 19-8-7. Members then debated PCS for CS for HB 1221, which would redirect local option tourist development tax revenues toward property tax relief and give counties more control over certain local taxes. County, tourism, beach preservation, and hospitality groups opposed the bill, warning it would weaken tourism marketing, beach renourishment, and local services, while supporters argued it would provide property tax relief and accountability. The bill passed 14-12. Finally, the committee considered HB 4079, which would dissolve the town of White Springs. The sponsor and supporters described years of mismanagement, intimidation, and illegal conduct, while opponents argued dissolution was an extreme step and pointed to the ongoing election and other remedies. After extensive public testimony and debate, the bill was reported favorably 19-6. The committee then adjourned.

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• The call is out for an early bonding bill to help fund infrastructure projects across the state because
• There's room to bond for important bipartisan projects when it comes to child care.
• bill to help fund infrastructure bill to help fund infrastructure projects<00:24:46.120> across
• bonding requests and infrastructure bonding requests and infrastructure proposals<00:25:27.799><
• <00:25:54.799> there's in critical Regional projects there's in critical Regional projects

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• lenar again and this Innovative project lenar again and this Innovative project will<00:10:48.040
• government that's approving the project government that's approving the project and<00:13:32.320
• it in um declining infrastructure it in um declining infrastructure frankly<00:46:04.200> I
• funding for creating the infrastructure funding for creating the infrastructure so<01:01:44.599>
• Those projects are expensive to do primarily because the infrastructure in place is not built to serve

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The House Housing Finance and Policy Committee approved the previous meeting’s minutes and then heard testimony from Housing First Minnesota and the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities on housing supply, affordability, and land-use policy. Mark Foster of Housing First Minnesota said the state is chronically undersupplied by roughly 100,000 units, that the median new single-family home price has risen above $530,000, and that only about 27% of Twin Cities households can now afford a new home. He argued that regulatory and local approval processes, especially planned unit developments and aesthetic mandates, add significant cost and reduce the number of homes built, and he urged the committee to remove exclusionary barriers and modernize residential development approvals. Members questioned Foster about zoning, aesthetic requirements, and homeowners associations. He said most new housing in growing metro communities is negotiated through PUDs, which he described as increasing costs and limiting supply, and gave examples such as stone exterior requirements adding thousands of dollars to a home. He also said HOAs can be useful in some cases but are often imposed when not needed. Several legislators responded positively to the Housing First Minnesota Foundation’s work, including transitional housing and veteran housing projects. Elizabeth Wefel of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities said cities outside the metro also face a housing shortage, but their challenges differ: market failure, inadequate sewer and water infrastructure, and gaps in starter, workforce, and senior housing. She said many Greater Minnesota cities are already updating zoning, reducing lot sizes, allowing more density and ADUs, and investing local money, land, and partnerships to spur development. She asked the legislature to speed up rollout of housing funds, support infrastructure and workforce programs, and adjust housing tax credit and TIF rules, while warning against one-size-fits-all preemption of local zoning authority. Members discussed the need for tailored solutions and the differences between metro and Greater Minnesota housing markets.

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• c><01:11:52.440> a project um anywhere within a project um anywhere within a municipality<01:11
• <01:12:02.880> thank scope of the development project thank scope of the development project
• <01:57:29.280> needs critical Capital infrastructure needs critical Capital infrastructure
• districtwide lighting retrofit project districtwide lighting retrofit project the<02:20:12.200><
• The project was a lot of money, and so this was how we chose to fund that project. Thank you.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• projects and timelines. projects and timelines.
• . projects. projects.
• . projects. projects.
• expansion projects are. expansion projects are.
• That means real preventative maintenance, resilient infrastructure, and a project development process

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Microsoft Project that's in Becker and Microsoft Project that's in Becker and that<00:07:32.080> one
• and new energy infrastructure and new energy infrastructure Investments<00:22:52.000> and
• heavy industrial projects and do not heavy industrial projects and do not belong<00:25:45.919>
• <00:45:46.880> we maintain Minnesota's infrastructure we maintain Minnesota's infrastructure
• <01:07:32.480> that there are parts of the project that there are parts of the project that

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This project is really exciting for us.
• This project is really exciting for us.
• You know, talk about that project. We are actually on track with that project.
• So a lot of times you see these projects as larger, longer-term projects, and you don't see a lot of
• This is infrastructure for tourism-related projects.

Summary: The Department of Public Safety presented its FY27 budget request, emphasizing three priorities: improving community engagement through a redesigned website and outreach, expanding statewide data and intelligence integration through intelligence-led policing, and improving emergency response and officer safety through fleet replacement, a driving track, and a requested helicopter. DPS said much of its increase is driven by rising health care premiums, and it is also seeking special appropriations for fleet replacement, the website rebuild, and an Honor Guard program created after the 2022 helicopter crash that killed four public servants. Members asked about vacancies, fleet costs, cybersecurity compliance, the real-time crime center, EV fleet participation, and the Metro DPS facility. DPS said its vacancy rate is about 9%, its fleet replacement needs are driven by mileage and condition, it is compliant with federal CJIS standards even though DoIT has raised concerns, the real-time crime center would be built as a regional model to complement Albuquerque’s center, and the Metro facility is moving toward a January groundbreaking. Committee members also discussed several DPS-related capital and IT requests, including the intelligence-led policing data lake, recurring maintenance for critical systems, and a $5.6 million reauthorization for state crime lab DNA backlog work and a $900,000 reauthorization for fingerprinting equipment. DPS explained that the website request is high because the current site must be rebuilt from scratch to support missing-person alerts, memorial updates, ADA compliance, and better communication with law enforcement and the public. Members also raised concerns about speed enforcement, construction-zone cameras, and whether EVs are practical for patrol use; DPS said it is not pursuing speed cameras and is only partially participating in the state EV initiative because patrol needs make full electrification difficult. The committee then received an LFC quarterly update on non-recurring appropriations from the 2025 General Appropriation Act. LFC reported that of the $1.4 billion appropriated in Section 5, $164 million had been expended and $333 million encumbered, leaving $897.4 million unspent, which is a slower pace than the prior year. Staff highlighted a number of reauthorization requests and slow-moving projects across agencies, including AOC cybersecurity funding, DFA housing and public safety grants, DoIT cybersecurity and higher education funds, EDD economic development and energy programs, OSI mitigation and malpractice funds, EMNRD energy and geothermal grants, Health Care Authority behavioral health-related appropriations, DPS crime lab and fingerprinting funds, PED career technical education and special education initiatives, and higher education loan repayment and technology funds. Members questioned why some large appropriations had little or no spending, discussed the need to monitor reauthorizations more closely, and asked for follow-up on several specific line items and project balances.

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• It encompasses projects from 2021.
• There are a lot of interstate projects there and, of course, some state route projects.
• It’s a local project.
• The project is looking great.
• Just to put it in perspective, that project is a Bernalillo County LEED project.

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• IT IS A MASSIVE CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT TO GET THAT WATER GOING SOUTH INSTEAD OF EAST AND WEST.
• IT'S NOT DUMPING IT AND GETTING IT MOVING SOUTH, WHICH IS A MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.
• RIGHT NOW WE HAVE DONE ENOUGH INFRASTRUCTURE WITH BRIDGES AND FLOOD CONTROL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT FOR THE
• BETWEEN ALL OF THAT AND REGIONAL PROJECTS AND ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE TREATMENT NORTH OF THE LAKE WE
• IT SOMETHING MORE PRIVATE ENTITY CAME TO US AND OFFERED US A PROJECT AND IF IT IS A PROJECT THAT WE CAN

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• They're working on the project bill.
• You'll be familiar with this project.
• , not our infrastructure, but in private projects that are going on down there. >> Yeah.
• later as good projects come along.
• The CapEx money will go for the capacity projects that are listed with MDOT as their top projects.

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 2 April, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

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• And I think and infrastructure issues.
• <04:00:59.840> they've highways and stuff that projects they've highways and stuff that projects
• projects? projects?
• Um it is true transportation projects.
• um the abundance project. um the abundance project.

Keywords: 1189, house, all