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NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Nov 3rd, 2025
New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Before we actually close on the grant, the loan grant award, so that we know that they're ready to go
- If it's 90% grant, 10% loan, for the Water Trust Board, it could be anywhere from 100% grant to 60% grant
- and rural communities.
- So it's important to listen to those community voices that talk about community vulnerabilities as they
- For example, the community solar...
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 6 (1-13-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> communications, and announcements. communications, and announcements.
- Um at that at that particular grant.
- Now the the legislation simply grant.
- </c> up $150 million to get the federal grant up $150 million to get the federal grant for<00:26:30.320
- </c> >> Communicate with the body. >> Communicate with the body.
Summary:
The Kentucky Senate convened with an invocation, pledge, and roll call establishing a quorum of 37 members. The chamber approved the journal from Monday, January 12, 2026, and then moved through routine business including recessing briefly for the Rules Committee and Committee on Committees. The Committee on Committees reported referrals of Senate Bill 7, Senate Joint Resolution 11, and Senate Joint Resolution 27 to Transportation, and Senate Resolutions 25, 28, 29, 30, and 31 to the Senate floor.
Several new bills and resolutions were introduced, including measures on identity documents, youth vaping prevention, local occupational license fees and taxes, healthcare provider credentialing, constitutional amendments on voting and restoration of rights, substance use disorder medication regulations, forcible entry and detainer, coroner response times, special needs trusts, immigration enforcement collaboration, and a resolution recognizing Physician Anesthesiologist Week. The Senate also adopted Senate Citation 001 honoring Shelby County Sheriff Mark Moore as the Kentucky Sheriffs’ Association’s 2025 Sheriff of the Year, and adopted Senate Resolution 14 honoring David Delvin Drake.
A major floor discussion centered on Senate Resolution 10, which honored the victims of the UPS Flight 2976 crash and commended first responders. Senator Herron described the crash, named the victims, and thanked emergency responders and government partners; the resolution was adopted unanimously, followed by a moment of silence. Another extended discussion came from the Senator from Marion regarding the I-69 bridge project, explaining the bipartisan effort behind the project, the push for a federal grant, and the state’s tolling requirements if no grant is secured. The Senate also heard announcements about committee meetings, upcoming receptions, and a film release, and several members requested co-sponsorships on various bills before the chamber adjourned until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/03/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> philanthropy working with Community philanthropy working with Community Development<00:16:57.000
- </c><00:43:52.760><c> any</c><00:43:53.000><c> grant</c> taxpayer dollars for Grant any grant taxpayer
- dollars for Grant any grant program<00:43:54.720><c> any</c><00:43:54.960><c> type</c><00:43:55.119>
- </c> make is uh in combination with grants make is uh in combination with grants that<00:57:55.280><c
- for youth does have grants the Avenues for youth does have grants in<00:58:53.920><c> its</c><00:58:
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill also includes $300,000 for pilot grants to empower urban, rural, and tribal communities to conduct
- Members, this means that your local community could apply for a planning grant to become a local Mini
- could apply for a planning community could apply for a planning grant<01:09:13.600><c> to</c><01:09:
- Rationing<01:53:33.040><c> grants</c> Rationing grants Rationing grants by<01:53:34.440><c> whatever<
- </c> grant awards. grant awards.
Committee:
Senate Higher Education
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- and grant recipients.
- The preliminary injunction was granted. It was granted on three grounds.
- The preliminary injunction was granted. It was granted on three grounds.
- </c> The preliminary injunction was granted. The preliminary injunction was granted.
- delays in approving new grants.
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee held an informational briefing on the State of Hawaii’s affirmative litigation against the federal administration, with no public testimony. Attorney General Lopez and deputies said the office’s goal is to enforce the rule of law, not make partisan points, and noted that Hawaii is involved in 27 ongoing cases. They grouped the cases into four broad areas: immigration, funding freezes and grant terminations, federal agency dismantling/reductions in force, and protecting elections, health, and safety.
Several immigration-related cases were discussed in detail. These included a challenge to the federal sharing of Medicaid data with DHS for immigration enforcement, a similar challenge to USDA’s demand for SNAP applicant and recipient data, and litigation over immigration-enforcement conditions attached to federal grants. The office also described the birthright citizenship executive order, saying it conflicts with the 14th Amendment and Supreme Court precedent; lower courts granted preliminary relief, and the U.S. Supreme Court later addressed only the scope of nationwide injunctions, not the merits. In the Department of Transportation case, the court granted a preliminary injunction against the “Duffy directive,” finding the immigration conditions lacked statutory authority, were arbitrary and capricious, and violated the Spending Clause and APA.
The briefing also covered multiple funding disputes. In the education funding freeze case, the Department of Education and OMB withheld about $6 billion in formula funds, including roughly $33 million for Hawaii; after suit was filed, the funds were released. Other cases included the termination of over $11 billion in public health grants, which affected Hawaii Department of Health grants, the NIH indirect cost cap case, and NIH grant terminations tied to DEI, transgender issues, and vaccine hesitancy. The speakers said some cases have already resulted in preliminary or permanent injunctions, while others remain on appeal or are still being litigated.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- grants out.
- And again, if state funds can't be used, and in a lot of these communities, the community funds, they're
- For Missouri Arts Council grants, it's a quite a robust grant system with guidelines.
- a total of 90 grants statewide.
- The grants go to the communities. We reach all 114. And that includes St. Louis.
Committee:
House Ways and Means
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Texas Grants, the Texas Educational Opportunity Grants, and Tuition Equalization Grant. Next slide.
- Each community college has their local governing board.
- As it pertains to these three items, the Texas grant.
- The Texas educational opportunity grant and the tuition equalization grant, those all will be. addressed
- Completion grants are incredibly important.
Committee:
House Higher Education
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Economic Development Feb 24th, 2026
Joint Committee on Rural Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- This is grants. This is not tax credits.
- This is grants. This is not tax credits.
- But, you know, a lot of rural communities, you'd kill for 35-year-old families to move into your community
- Why is it the grant amount? The grant money? Or just the program itself?
- It's not the same size fits all in every community.
Summary:
The Committee on Economic Development met in executive session and first approved House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2151 by a vote of 11-0. The substitute removed CPI language so the measure would not allow a year-over-year increase, and the committee then voted the bill do pass. The committee then heard House Bill 2474, which would add progressive design-build as another procurement option for municipalities and other local political subdivisions. The sponsor and supporters said it would give local governments more flexibility, speed, and cost control on major projects by allowing a collaborative, multi-stage process before final pricing is set; no one testified in opposition, and the hearing was closed without a vote.
The committee next heard House Bill 2693, a port authority bill that the sponsor described as clarifying port authority creation, districts, operations, and partnerships while preserving limits on state liability. Testimony from Port KC and the Missouri Port Authority Association focused on public safety needs, including authority for port rangers with arrest powers in Kansas City’s port district, board appointment and removal provisions, and the need to keep ports competitive for development. Questions also touched on labor standards, housing authority funding, and whether the bill affected data centers; the hearing ended without opposition testimony.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 1716, which would create a Department of Economic Development grant program for rural workforce housing through nonprofit regional partners. The sponsor and Northeast Missouri witnesses said the program is already working in northeast Missouri through a revolving fund, with homes built and sold at cost to help attract and retain workers such as teachers, nurses, and tradespeople; supporters from housing, business, utility, and economic development groups backed the bill, while one witness opposed government involvement in housing. Committee members questioned eligibility, nonprofit-only administration, local contractor use, affordability, and whether the program could crowd out private builders. The sponsor said an amendment would be needed before a vote, and the committee adjourned after the hearing without taking final action on HB 1716 or HB 2693.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance Apr 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The community college office.
- worked with their community, they've worked with their campus community, and they have a plan over time
- out in the community.
- Community College Office, yeah.
- , MSI grants, and APZ grants, so these are all focused on supporting certain types of student groups
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 1/16/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:03:38.879><c> Support</c> and Community Support and Community Support issues<00:03:42.000><c>
- You have a grant of a million dollars; it might be one time, but if it's an ongoing grant, then the grant
- </c> way the budget works is that Grant way the budget works is that Grant programs<00:14:55.720><c>
- The Homeless Youth Act provides competitive grants for street and community outreach and drop-in programs
- for Street and competitive grants for Street and community<01:04:51.720><c> outreach</c><01:04:52.400
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> of the state to the major land grant of the state to the major land grant University<00:19:47.760
- </c><00:30:56.320><c> etc</c> both and with faculty come grants etc both and with faculty come grants
- There are two project types for this grant program: the Improvement Grant, which is a maximum award of
- </c><01:09:28.839><c> Construction</c><01:09:29.359><c> grant</c> current Library Grant Construction
- grant current Library Grant Construction grant program<01:09:30.319><c> are</c><01:09:30.600><c> cities
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Sep 10th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The first large grant that we obtained was a HRSA grant.
- Our second grant, which overlapped with the HRSA grant, was one from SAMHSA.
- This was a grant that really worked in concert with the people who were working on our prior HRSA grant
- We were awarded the grant in 2022.
- We have many community members who are invested in promoting campus mental health and community mental
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We also made requests for our INI program, which is the infill infiltration to help give grants to communities
- We also made requests for our INI program, which is the infill infiltration to help give grants to communities
- We also made requests for our INI program, which is the infill infiltration to help give grants to communities
- </c><00:19:10.640><c> to</c> infiltration to help give grants to infiltration to help give grants to
- Why not just grant them?
Committee:
Senate Transportation
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 049 Mar 4th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- life that we take for granted.
- life that we take for granted.
- </c> meaningful lives in their communities. meaningful lives in their communities.
- </c> community life that we take for granted. community life that we take for granted.
- >> Granted. >> Granted. >> Granted. Thank<00:35:42.640><c> you.</c> Thank you.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, suspended Rule 1B to allow a non-senator to lead the Pledge of Allegiance, and heard a special guest introduction before approving the March 2, 2026 journal. The chamber then received committee reports and messages from the House and revisor, including action on several bills and appointments, and briefly moved out of order for personal privileges recognizing people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and the challenges facing that community amid budget pressures.
The Senate adopted House Joint Resolution 1018, designating State Highway 86 through Elbert County as the Plains to Pines Scenic Corridor, after lengthy remarks describing the route, local communities, and scenic and historic features. The resolution passed 35-0, and the current roll call was added as co-sponsors. The Senate also passed the consent-calendar bills on third reading: SB 59, SB 50, SB 51, SB 110, SB 61, and SB 26, with several senators recording no votes on SB 59, SB 50, and SB 51. SB 21, concerning the clean fleet enterprise and replacement of high-emitting trucks and fleets, also passed 33-2.
The Senate confirmed governor’s appointments to the Colorado Tourism Office Board of Directors on the consent calendar, including Lisa Augustin, Carolyn Glover, Megan Letham, George Keriannac, and Lisa Boyer, all by a 35-0 vote. It also laid over general orders, second reading of bills, until March 4, 2026. The meeting ended with announcements about committee meetings, Read Across America Week, and a Colorado Optometrist Association reception, followed by a motion to recess until 11:00 a.m., which was adopted.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Sep 11th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Through Trails Plus New Mexico grants, they serve as a living example of how education, community health
- These are the grants that New Mexico State Parks solicits every year, and we encourage New Mexico communities
- to apply for this grant.
- The LWCF grant is sort of a shovel-ready type of grant.
- Our communities, Latina communities, our indigenous relatives, our black communities, Asian American
Committee:
House Water & Natural Resources Committee
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Nov 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- It can either be a rapid response type grant to a need that we see in a community or hear about in a
- community, that that community cannot wait for a new grant cycle.
- We also do have the Community Development Block Grant Program.
- And we also do have the Community Development Block Grant programs.
- Do small business grants exist?
Summary:
The committee heard two informational presentations: one from the Department of Commerce and one from the Florida Department of Transportation. Jason Mahon of Commerce outlined the state’s economic development strategy and tools, emphasizing Florida’s GDP growth, business formation, and strengths in manufacturing, high-tech, defense, life sciences, and international trade. He described programs such as the State Small Business Credit Initiative, the Rural Community Investment Program, the Florida Opportunity Fund, the Rural Infrastructure Fund, the Job Growth Grant Fund, performance-based tax credits, and disaster recovery loans, and cited examples including ServiceNow, Williams International, NeoCity, and Point Blank Enterprises. Members asked about small-business grants, foreign investment interest, workforce needs, and whether additional tools are needed; Mahon said most Commerce programs are loan-focused and noted ongoing workforce and site-readiness challenges.
Jennifer Marshall of FDOT then reviewed major transportation projects and the Moving Florida Forward initiative, highlighting congestion relief, express lanes, bridge and interchange work, and accelerated delivery methods. She cited projects such as Golden Glades, I-95 improvements, the NASA Causeway Bridge, the DuPont Bridge, I-4 corridor work, the First Coast Expressway, the Howard Frankland Bridge, A1A seawall work, and Turnpike projects, along with examples of cost savings and schedule acceleration. Senators asked about how express lane locations are chosen, toll revenue use in South Florida, the status and cost of the I-395 downtown Miami project, and whether EV and rideshare access to express lanes should be preserved. FDOT said it would follow up on several of those questions, and the committee adjourned without taking any legislative action.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Communities that I represent include the town of Ludlow; wholesale water communities as well include
- a year of them being granted.
- a year of them being granted.
- because the zoning act doesn't apply to the city of Boston, every community can grant a dimensional
- These are our community spaces for our communities to use.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government held a hybrid hearing on bills related to land use, zoning, permitting, municipal governance, and homelessness. Early testimony focused on a home rule petition for Ipswich to remove a residency requirement for a town manager, with supporters saying it would broaden the applicant pool and help fill a vacant permanent manager position. Another panel backed legislation to change the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission’s governance so ratepayers in surrounding communities would have representation, arguing the current board structure leaves many users without a voice in rate-setting and capital decisions.
Several housing and zoning bills drew testimony. Senator Keenan and the Home Builders and Remodelers Association supported a bill to toll the one-year period for acting on a variance while an appeal is pending, saying appeals should not consume the time needed to implement approved projects. Representative Murray and the Real Estate Bar Association also testified on broader zoning reforms, including changes to undersized lots, merger rules, hearing deadlines, appeals, and variance standards; they argued the proposals would reduce delay and uncertainty and help housing production. Committee members questioned whether shifting zoning appeals from de novo to closed-record review would limit new evidence, and the witnesses said the change would speed cases while preserving limited opportunities to supplement the record.
The committee also heard testimony on bills to end the criminalization of homelessness. Representatives, advocates, and shelter organizations said local camping bans and fines are counterproductive, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Grants Pass decision, and urged a statewide response centered on housing and public health rather than punishment. Other municipal bills included remote participation in open town meetings for Wayland and a statewide local option, Fairhaven and Mattapoisett charter changes, and Cambridge’s request to use automated parking enforcement and mail parking tickets. The hearing also included testimony supporting fairground zoning flexibility, a Shrewsbury solar siting bill, and an Inspector General bill clarifying county land disposition procedures by requiring written notice to DCAM and a defined response period. No votes were taken during the hearing.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- and where that grant came from from the... ...feds or who received that grant here in Idaho, would they
- of other... ...targeted at specifically ESG and COC grants, but aren't there a number of other grants
- Certainly there are many grants that pass through.
- They do look at how much grant funding was spent...
- They want to live in their community.
Committee:
Senate Local Government and Taxation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Education policy panel OKs HF957, bill to let school districts opt out of mandates 3/4/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- If there's a grant program, schools have an opportunity to choose or not choose to apply for grants.
- If there's a grant program, schools have an opportunity to choose or not choose to apply for grants.
- Grants there are grants uh to apply for Grants there are grants that<00:05:25.080><c> um</c><00:05:25.400
- So if a school chooses not to pursue a grant, let's say the non-exclusionary discipline grants, that
- That was brought on the foundation of community feedback, and when we say community, we're literally
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- of that grant.
- of that grant.
- of that grant.
- of that grant.
- of that grant.
Committee:
Senate Education Finance