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• for all of us, because it'll give us data that we can use to get that instruction even a lot more solid
• Because I get a lot of complaints from my educators on PD, and that some of it's a waste of their time
• Managing service consulting is professional services provided in order to assist management in board
• I'm a little intrigued by the managing service and consulting.
• So most of that is going to those charter districts to managing service and consulting?

Keywords: 1204, all

Summary: The Senate and House Education Committee approved the March 9 and 10 minutes and then heard a presentation on the Arkansas Excellence in Teaching Fellowship Program from Department of Education staff and three third-grade teachers from Cabot, Poyen, and Drew Central. The teachers described the year-long fellowship for high-performing merit pay recipients, saying it provided collaboration with educators across the state, shared resources, and ideas they brought back to their districts. Members asked about the teachers’ experience levels, how they shared information locally, and whether the program should be expanded to more teachers and districts. A major focus of the discussion was third-grade reading, the new ATLAS testing system, and the state’s third-grade retention law. The teachers said they do not teach to the test, but use standards, data, interventions, small groups, and relationships to help students grow. They described progress monitoring throughout the year, early screening in K-2, and interventions such as before-school tutoring, RTI meetings, and co-teaching. One teacher reported that six students in a small group improved 10 to 15 points on ATLAS, and another said a student who started the year reading four words per minute improved significantly with targeted support. Secretary Jacob Oliva said the state is trying to create clarity and alignment through Arkansas Learns, science-of-reading support, literacy coaches, and faster test-result turnaround, with student scores now available within about 24 hours and district-level results expected later in the summer. Members also asked about student poverty, trauma, ACEs, DHS involvement, social workers, community supports, and the role of counselors. The teachers emphasized that relationship-building is essential, especially for students facing unstable home situations, and described local supports such as backpack food programs, church donations, fire department incentives, and family assistance. Oliva said the fellowship was intentionally small in its first year because it targeted top-tier merit pay recipients, but he expects participation to grow. He also said merit pay and fellowship eligibility spans many grade levels and subjects, including kindergarten and hard-to-staff areas, and that D and F schools receive state literacy coaches. No additional committee votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.

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• Our emergency management approach works.
• Solid.
• Dolan Rice, City Manager of Kerrville.
• As a former longtime project manager, manager at NASA, I recommend that the flood warning system have
• Emergency of Management, I mean Office of Emergency Management falls under my command.

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• Dahl and Rye's city manager.
• My waste as I sat in a tree.
• A really solid house.
• It's managed chaos.
• They're not being managed the way they're supposed to be managed.

Summary: The joint Senate and House disaster preparedness hearing convened in Kerrville with quorum, public testimony limited to three minutes and invited testimony to 10 minutes. Leaders from both chambers, along with the lieutenant governor and speaker, framed the hearing as an unprecedented joint effort focused on learning from the July 4 flood, honoring victims, and identifying actions to reduce future loss of life. The committee also heard opening remarks about decorum, logistics, and the intent to continue work in future sessions. The first panel included Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, Sheriff Larry Leitha, Emergency Management Coordinator William B. Thomas IV, Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring Jr., Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice, Upper Guadalupe River Authority representative William Rector, Kendall County Judge Shane Stolarczyk, and Real County Judge Bella Rubio. They described the flood as sudden and catastrophic, with Kerr County reporting 108 deaths and two missing. Local officials emphasized that they received no timely warning of the scale of the event, that responders and volunteers acted heroically under extreme conditions, and that communications, cell coverage, and rural emergency resources were strained. Several witnesses said the county’s existing alert systems were limited by geography, sparse broadband, and the speed of the flood. Testimony focused on possible improvements, including real-time flood gauges and predictive monitoring, stronger rural emergency management staffing and training, better interoperability and alerting tools such as IPAWS, CodeRED, WENS, and sirens, and expanded broadband and radio coverage. Kerrville asked for a flood warning system before next summer and state help for stormwater, floodplain, and disaster recovery funding. UGRA described its past and current flood-warning and mitigation efforts, including gauge funding, a new software-based flood prediction project, and consideration of additional retention dams. Kendall and Real counties highlighted successful or needed alerting and evacuation practices, while also stressing the difficulty of funding and maintaining such systems in small rural counties. Members asked detailed questions about the timeline of the flood response, low-water crossings, communications failures, sirens, bridges, and whether regional consolidation or additional infrastructure could improve future preparedness.

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• The agency has implemented numerous recommended sunset management actions and other changes to address
• So the projects that we will still have to manage with the FTEs that we have.
• and managing overflow traffic.
• Mentally, I don't quite get it, but I don't want to waste everybody's time on it.
• The first item for the capital budget is phase two of our multifamily data management system.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• From Risk Management, we have our Risk Management Officer Tracy Kitagawa.
• From Risk Management, we have our Risk Management Officer Tracy Kitagawa.
• From Risk Management, we have our Risk Management Officer Tracy Kitagawa.
• management specialist.
• management in-house. management in-house.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Management, Buhler Center for Health Policy Research at the Feinberg School of Medicine.
• So if you want an in-depth answer, don't waste your time asking the question.
• In the worst-case scenario, that represents fewer care professionals to manage patients.
• Global Management in 2018.
• Apollo Global Management also has their fingers crossed in public employee retirement funds.

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• Our members include developers, homeless shelters, lenders, property managers, and more.
• I am the owner and executive manager of Belt Howard Property Management.
• I am the owner and executive manager of Belt Howard Property Management.
• waste disposal.
• <03:46:37.960> are<03:46:38.159> one Solid Waste Disposal um aquifers are one Solid

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Housing Committee heard testimony on HB 577, a bill to expand accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in New Hampshire. The sponsor and supporters described the state’s housing shortage and argued the bill would make it easier for property owners to build ADUs by right, up to 950 square feet, either attached or detached, while still requiring compliance with building codes, septic/water limits, and other local requirements. Supporters said the measure would help seniors age in place, provide housing for young adults, caregivers, and workers, and make better use of existing property such as garages and barns. Representative Reed raised concern that removing language related to short-term rentals could allow ADUs to be used for that purpose rather than long-term housing. The sponsor said he was open to clarifying language on short-term rentals, and another witness explained that current law already allows municipalities some choice on ingress/egress requirements, while the bill would standardize that and leave the design choice to the property owner. Several supportive witnesses followed, including the New Hampshire Home Builders Association, the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, the Business and Industry Association, AARP, Housing Action New Hampshire, 603 Forward, and New Hampshire Youth Movement. They emphasized affordability, property rights, workforce housing, intergenerational living, and the need for statewide consistency. A Derry resident testified that his existing garage space could be converted into an ADU under HB 577, but current local rules prevent that because it is detached; he said the bill would let him rent it affordably. Supporters also argued that ADUs can increase property values and help homeowners cover mortgages and taxes. In opposition, the New Hampshire Municipal Association said the bill would impose a local zoning mandate, could add density pressure on already stressed infrastructure, and did not guarantee that new units would be affordable or workforce housing. No vote or final committee action was taken in the excerpt.

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• There have to be waste hauler permits that are required to understand if this is a legitimate waste hauler
• You've got the waste hauler reports. You've got production reports. Criminal case.
• You've got the waste hauler reports. You've got production reports.
• Furthermore, motor fuel taxes are a manageable part of disposable income.
• Those high prices were driven by both solid global demand growth and assistance from OPEC supply cuts

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• community college has facility managers. community college has facility managers.
• So, we're just wasting the space.
• fairly solid ground to to add those. fairly solid ground to to add those.
• . manager. manager.
• are able to manage that. are able to manage that.

Keywords: 916, all

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• form, 40 micrograms, so that's if it's solid, but if it's a fix, is in liquid or solid form, 40 micrograms
• So that's if it's solid.
• But again, the day-to-day management is to the president, the vice president, the dean, the...
• Even the day-to-day management is to the president, the vice president, the dean, the provost.
• I'm not trying to waste time; I just think this is important to go through.

Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, heard an invocation and pledges, and approved several routine motions, including excuses for absent members, permission for committees to meet while the House was in session, and postponements of some bills. The chamber also received a Senate message listing measures passed by the Senate and adopted a memorial resolution honoring the 21 victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, with remarks entered into the House Journal after a moment of silence. The House then took up a long third-reading calendar and passed a series of Senate bills on topics including criminal justice and corrections sunset provisions (SB 2405, 2406, 2407), election equipment testing (SB 2166), electric grid reliability and attack-preparedness exercises (SB 2148), firefighter collective bargaining (SB 777), DFPS and foster care procedures (SB 1141 and SB 1398), Medicare durable medical equipment billing (SB 1330), property tax administration (SB 1453), probate cleanup and record transfers (SB 1448 and SB 1839), mental health filing procedures (SB 53), school residency for children in safety placements (SB 226), diabetes-related amputation study (SB 1677), rapid DNA analysis (SB 1723), utility rate transparency and capacity cost recovery (SB 1664 and SB 1856), community supervision eligibility (SB 552 postponed), and other measures. Several bills passed with broad support, while others drew notable opposition and narrower margins, including SB 777, SB 2137, SB 2111, SB 1677, SB 1936, SB 1453, and SB 38. Two bills drew especially extensive debate. SB 2148, dealing with electricity supply chain reliability and tabletop exercises for critical facilities, was discussed as a grid-security measure aimed at coordinating utilities, law enforcement, ERCOT, and the PUC in the event of physical attacks; it passed unanimously. SB 1936, changing how LSD is measured for criminal prosecution from dosage-based to weight-based calculations, prompted extended discussion about lab consistency, carrier mediums, and fairness in charging, with supporters saying it would help crime labs and law enforcement and opponents warning it could distort penalties depending on the medium used; it passed 108-26. The House also passed SB 36, creating a Homeland Security Division within DPS, after questions about overlap with TDEM and the cost of adding personnel. Late in the day, the House debated SB 38 on eviction procedures, with supporters saying it targeted squatters and streamlined removal of unauthorized occupants, and opponents arguing it would make evictions too easy and worsen homelessness; it passed 85-44. The chamber also began debate on SB 37, a major higher-education governance bill that would expand governing-board oversight of curriculum, hiring, and faculty senates; members raised concerns about academic freedom, faculty governance, and the impact on humanities programs, and debate was still underway at the end of the transcript.

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• One is, um, DEED has a very solid approach. These are also CDFIs.
• <00:53:51.000> systems,<00:53:51.840> improve<00:53:52.200> strategy, management
• And then yet this committee continues to gloss over $9 billion of fraud, waste, and abuse.
• , gloss over $9 billion of fraud, waste, gloss over $9 billion of fraud, waste, and<01:15:04.480>
• And and if waste, fraud, and abuse.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• AB 2313 will provide long-term savings for all ratepayers as California manages our transition.
• Long-term savings for all ratepayers as California manages our transition away from fossil fuels.
• Let's get started, and let's not waste any more time. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
• Let's get started, and that's not waste any more time. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
• It is so important that we do not allow our taxpayer dollars to be wasted.

Summary: The Assembly convened, established a quorum, and opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance before moving through the daily file. Several measures were taken up and passed, including bills on county jail accountability (AB 2257), claims against public agencies (AB 2529), affordable housing management metrics (AB 2689), digital wellness instruction in schools (AB 2071), pedestrian and bicycle safety project streamlining (AB 1976), manufactured home transport permits (AB 2012), a Surplus Land Act amendment tied to an Inland Empire soccer project (AB 2139), a Monterey Bay stewardship authority (AB 1548), online electrician licensing (AB 1707), a Caltrans study of navigation apps’ traffic impacts (AB 2105), coastal resiliency permitting reforms (AB 2051), downtown housing streamlining and financing (AB 2074), Cal Fire compensation (AB 2129), emergency care authority for Del Puerto Health Care District (AB 2282), charter school facilities hardship relief (AB 2316), theft by a peace officer under color of authority as serious misconduct (AB 2337), an Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander-serving institution designation (AB 2374), energy and cannabis support bills (AB 2464, AB 2537), and a suicide prevention plan requirement for treatment facilities (AB 2562). Most of these measures passed with broad bipartisan margins, and several were described as support bills with no opposition. The floor also debated a major criminal justice measure, AB 2727, which would raise the threshold for elderly parole eligibility for people serving sentences for violent sex offenses and add screening safeguards. Supporters from both parties emphasized child protection, survivor trauma, and specific local cases involving offenders who had become eligible for release; the bill passed 66-0. Another significant debate centered on AB 1958, which would clarify procedures under the California Racial Justice Act by refining how disparity claims are established and rebutted; the author said he would take Senate amendments to address concerns from district attorneys. The Assembly also considered AB 2313, a gas-to-electric transition bill allowing customers with planned service line replacements to opt out of gas service and use funds to electrify their homes. Members raised concerns about cost shifts and equity, and the author responded that the bill includes no-cost-shift language, larger credits for disadvantaged communities, and would not proceed if the math does not work; it passed 41-21. The final major item was AB 1709, a high-profile social media safety bill creating a minimum age of 16 for accounts on platforms using addictive features and establishing an e-safety commission. The author and many supporters from both parties framed the bill as a response to youth mental health harms, addictive design, and the need for age-based safeguards, while some members raised concerns about impacts on LGBTQ youth and other isolated young people who rely on online spaces. Supporters said the bill targets addictive design rather than speech and is intended to preserve safe online connection while limiting harmful features. The measure drew extensive bipartisan support and was still under debate at the end of the transcript.

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• Which we are today with a robust economy, solid savings, and being able to do the things for the citizens
• I have to work on finding another job so that our marriage stays solid as it has for 26 years.
• Senate Bill 1167 by Caldwell of the House and Hall of the Senate, an act relating to the Office of Management
• bill: Senate Bill 1167 by Caldwell of the House and Hall of the Senate, an act relating to the Management

Bills: SB1365, SB2139, SB1595, SB1303, SB2180, SB2072, SB1772, SB1209, SB137, SB1944, SB372, SB1636, SB1256, SB1827, SB2104, SB1226, SB1876, SB1966, SB80, SB1148, SB1147, SB1149, SB1161, SB1162, SB1164, SB1159, SB1165, SB1174, SB1156, SB1158, SB1163, SB1175, SB1176, SB1166, SB1167, SB1157, SB1146, SB1481, SB1144, SB1145, SCR20

Keywords: SB1365, Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, procurement exemption, competitive bidding, state purchasing, Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, tourism department, merchandise for resale, gift shops, lodges, golf pro shops, state parks, restaurant contracting, retail outlets, public procurement, purchasing flexibility, Title 74, emergency clause, restrictive covenants, discriminatory covenants

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• I've had a little bit more of an intimate view into the bill drafting process and trying to get that managed
• And how we try to manage this reduction in the bill draft request, yes, savings, but trying to figure
• And how we try to manage, you know, this reduction in the bill draft request, yes, savings, but trying
• I don't know what you wasted this time on; it's four, right?
• I am the chairman of the Las Vegas Police Managers and Supervisors Association.

Bills: AB49, AB93, AB108, AB169, AB188, AB212, AB221, AB224, AB251, AB282, AB284, AB296, AB304, AB331, AB356, AB366, AB375, AB409, AB467, AB475, AB476, AB479, AB494, AB514, AB515, AB533, AB542, AB550, AB558, AB567, AB568, AB571, AB581, AB583, AB584, AB585, AB595, AB596, AB597, SB170, SB427, SB460, SB508

Keywords: educational personnel, teacher licensing, reciprocal licensure, provisional teaching, school counselors, school nurses, school social workers, state education standards, public employees, police officers, benefits, appropriation, law enforcement, outdoor education, recreation, grant program, environment, funding, health insurance, speech-language pathology

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• Solid waste and recycling management is one where folks don't really understand the full role, but we
• have a huge role and actually run a lot of institutions and infrastructure around our solid waste and
• recycling management.
• for them and so in case loow management for them and so I<00:53:15.720> think<00:53:15.839>
• challenges and this includes uh Waste challenges and this includes uh Waste Water<01:20:14.440><

Keywords: 1183, house

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• House Bill 4167 relating to the management of state properties.
• House Bill 4167 relating to the management of state properties.
• These kinds of things take away, I believe, from the solid substance of the school.
• It managed to be fiscally questionable and cut core services. Thank goodness it didn't pass.
• We compounded that time wasted with a slow pace that included a months-long recess.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Reducing costs, managing risks, and creating operational efficiencies.
• Bradley Ford, I am a former city manager in Waco, Texas.
• waste, 911, and more.
• Ryan King, Manager of Market Design at ERCOT.
• You can manage the charging. If you charge right at peak, it's a deficit.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• have every belief that you'll continue to engage with both of them and get this bill into a really solid
• for survivors. records and we're creating this waste of resources and this trauma for survivors in the
• There's no situation where prosecutors would have been wasting their time or their caseloads and going
• after teenagers for that type of scenario. ...wasting their time or their caseloads and going after
• So no prosecutors are wasting their time prosecuting children for consensual teenage relationships.

Summary: The committee heard several public safety measures, beginning with housekeeping items and the adoption of a four-bill consent calendar. Bills on the consent calendar included AB 476 on metal theft, AB 619 on California Conservation Corps training for formerly incarcerated people, AB 1192 on child abuse or neglect reporting, and AB 1239 on human trafficking data. Several bills were pulled by the authors before hearing, and the committee also announced that AB 379 would be heard with a file notice waiver and AB 63 would be for testimony only. The most extensive discussion was on AB 366, which would require ignition interlock devices for anyone convicted of DUI. The author, Senator Archuleta, and a MADD representative gave emotional testimony about family members killed by drunk drivers and argued the bill would save lives. Support came from law enforcement, fire, medical, auto club, and safety groups. Opposition from public defenders and criminal justice advocates focused on loss of judicial discretion, costs for low-income drivers, and concerns about vendor oversight and effectiveness. The committee voted to pass AB 366 as amended to Appropriations. The committee also heard AB 1380, which would create a permanent pathway into firefighting careers for formerly incarcerated people who served on Cal Fire hand crews. The author and supporters said the bill would recognize service, improve reentry, and reduce recidivism; a fire labor group withdrew its opposition after amendments were discussed. The measure passed to Appropriations, though it remained on call pending one additional vote. AB 461, which would remove criminal penalties for parents of truant K-8 students and replace them with supportive responses, drew broad support from education and justice advocates but no opposition testimony; it was also passed to Appropriations and left on call pending one more vote. ACR 60, recognizing the Downey Police Department’s special-needs communication program for interactions with people with disabilities or sensory challenges, was adopted unanimously. The committee then heard AB 746 on creating an inmate cooperative program and a green reentry reserve for incarcerated workers. Supporters said it would build job skills, dignity, and reentry success; there was no opposition testimony. The bill passed to Appropriations and was left on call pending votes. Finally, AB 379 on human trafficking drew strong support from survivor advocates, law enforcement, and local officials for creating a survivor services fund and targeting buyers, but also strong opposition from survivors and civil liberties groups who warned it would criminalize vulnerable people and revive harmful loitering enforcement. The committee discussion continued with members weighing survivor support, public safety tools, and concerns about the bill’s amendments and scope.

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• is especially a heightened terrorist threat, namely because they're colluding with the Houthis. to manage
• Between then and 2022, they managed, while maintaining a fight in the east, they managed to convert themselves
• From a technical perspective, as companies need rare natural gases tobalanovitsa, without having to waste
• They have very solid plans for expansion and for modernization. We just need to see it get going.

Keywords: committee meeting, legislation, public testimony, SB4, HB2214, bipartisan support

Summary: The committee convened to discuss various bills and hear testimonies related to legislative matters, including public concerns and implications surrounding the proposed legislation. Notably, the members engaged in a vigorous debate over SB4, where several representatives shared differing viewpoints on its impact on local communities and the environment. Public testimonies were heard, with advocates arguing for the bill's potential benefits, while opponents raised significant concerns regarding the fiscal implications and land use. Following these discussions, the committee moved to vote on HB2214, which passed without issue, illustrating the bipartisan support for certain initiatives tied to public welfare.

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• Then there is the sort of solid gray, which is generally what you think of as M&O, um, uh, but, uh, uh
• The board of trustees, um, or the board of managers or conservators, whatever you wanna call them, um
• base to that school, but again, Principal A and Principal B might be making very, very different management
• accountability and within HISD we have a very interesting situation because our superintendent, our board of managers
• So this is a sort of we have a, we have a small investigative team that oversees, um, fraud, waste and