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• No games.
• ,<00:22:15.679> no There's no games in deliberative, no There's no games in deliberative,
• <00:22:31.280> No<00:22:31.520> games. times 10. No games. No games. times 10.
• No games. No games.
• <01:01:27.680> cost, rather than to real operating cost, rather than to real operating cost

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• obtain a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain dams or reservoirs operated
• We are still operating under the 2020 census data because there's not been another census.
• Understand our real work here. ...It's not a game. It's not a plaything.
• Well, if you're losing a game so badly that you feel...
• So, I believe that we did have the current and good operation, and I don't know why the number... ...

Bills: HB4, HB 4

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, 997, house, all

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• So, we need to step up our game, too.
• <00:24:14.880> We we need to step up our game, too. We we need to step up our game, too.
• modern operational systems. modern operational systems. Thank<00:41:42.160> you.
• So very slim operational oversight for a large program.
• c><01:40:41.840> large operational oversight for a large operational oversight for a large program

Keywords: 1183, house

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• operating margin of 1.6%. operating margin of 1.6%.
• She operates one hospital. We operate three hospitals and a home health agency.
• Um we operate operates one hospital.
• <01:39:01.760> Can operating your operating facility.
• Can operating your operating facility.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• <00:46:44.400> as construction department to operate as construction department to operate
• <01:14:48.800> well, everything seems to be operating well, everything seems to be operating
• That's the current operating budget for those two entities.
• Section 38, Gaming Commission.
• We do have the 38, gaming commission.

Keywords: 916, all

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• Of current processes and identification of streamlined decision-making to achieve greater operational
• the Southern Emergency Operations Facility.
• This southern campus is a 39,000-square-foot regional office and an emergency operations center.
• The project is scheduled to be completed and operational in 2027.
• CalAWES stated the primary issues were operational impacts at the PSEPS.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The bill The bill allows a funeral establishment to operate with a provisional licensee in charge for
• hearing on this, the committee heard testimony that this bill is designed to prevent individuals from gaming
• This bill is designed to prevent individuals from gaming the system and avoiding tax audits.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Government Organization met with a quorum present, approved the minutes, and then considered a series of House bills, most of them related to licensing, local government administration, and agency operations. House Bill 5063 would let county commissions appoint a county commissioner as a voting member of a convention and visitors bureau board, including for multi-county CVBs; it was reported to the full Senate. House Bill 5087 would join the interstate cosmetology licensure compact, allowing licensed cosmetologists to obtain multi-state practice privileges in compact states, and it was also reported. The committee then took up a strike-and-insert amendment for House Bill 4793, which combined provisions affecting barbering/cosmetology apprenticeships and lowered certain age and education requirements; after adopting a Jefferson amendment clarifying the salon training language, the bill was reported as amended. Members next approved a strike-and-insert for House Bill 5638, which clarifies the State Chief Information Security Officer’s duties, changes cyber risk review procedures, and updates references to the Office of Technology head as the chief information officer; it was reported as amended. House Bill 4483, dealing with the Board of Funeral Examiners, was amended to change the effective date for licensee-in-charge requirements and make technical corrections, then reported as amended. House Bill 5653, requested by the Department of Revenue, would expand confidentiality protections to cover audit manuals, guidelines, procedures, algorithms, and related materials to prevent taxpayers from gaming audit selection, and it was reported. House Bill 4452 repeals acreage limits on church property ownership, and House Bill 4801 expands permissible uses of hotel occupancy tax funds to include demolition of unsafe structures and planning or improvement of public property; both were reported. The committee also advanced House Bill 5622, which creates an expedited process for municipalities to conform local election terms and procedures to the state requirement that municipal elections be held with statewide primaries or general elections, and recognizes the Secretary of State as keeper of municipal charter rolls. House Bill 4546 would allow business entities to file reports biennially instead of annually, with higher biennial fees and updated enforcement provisions; its strike-and-insert amendment was adopted and the bill was reported as amended. House Bill 5613 would define and regulate telematics for state fleet vehicles, require reporting on unsafe driving and corrective actions, and include cost-benefit information in annual reports; it was reported. House Bill 5323 would let the Division of Natural Resources adjust license and stamp fees for inflation by removing a prior CPI-based restriction, and House Bill 4819 would revise criminal-record standards for certain non-Chapter 30 occupational licenses, shifting to a direct-relationship standard while preserving existing exclusions for violent sexual offenses; both were reported. The committee then adjourned after closing remarks from the chair and vice chair.

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• has become a global sport that has gained an international reputation and stands among the official games
• of the Olympics as one of only two Asian martial arts included as a medal event in the Olympic Games
• an emergency measure that is necessary to preserve the public peace, health, and safety, and is operative

Keywords: 1182, all

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• It's just 50% plus one. to be precise, 55.555555 into infinity is what we are. operating here on the
• Glad y'all could stay late, but you can listen to the game on the way home.
• I forgot about the basketball game, so I will just say thank you senator Hughes excellent bill reform

Bills: SB434, SB844, SB898, SB1177, SB1214, SB1454, SB1920, SB1927, SB1935, SB1965, SB2010, SB2046, SB2068, SB2073, SB2183, SB2260, SB3034, SB907

Keywords: SB 434, Harris County Hospital District, hospital district police, peace officers, commissioned officers, law enforcement authority, Health and Safety Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, public safety, hospital security, county hospital district, local government, Texas criminal procedure, district police, armed security, SB 898, low income housing tax credits, LIHTC, affordable housing, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

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• Well, to be precise, 55.5555555 into infinity is what we're operating here on the Senate. So you.
• Glad you all can stay late, but you can listen to the game on the way home.
• I forgot about the basketball game. So I will just say thank you, Senator Hughes. Excellent bill.

Bills: SB 434, SB 844, SB 898, SB 1177, SB 1214, SB 1454, SB 1920, SB 1927, SB 1935, SB 1965, SB 2010, SB 2046, SB 2068, SB 2073, SB 2183, SB 2260, SB 3034, SB 907

Keywords: SB 434, Harris County Hospital District, hospital district police, peace officers, commissioned officers, law enforcement authority, Health and Safety Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, public safety, hospital security, county hospital district, local government, Texas criminal procedure, district police, armed security, SB 898, low income housing tax credits, LIHTC, affordable housing, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

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• <01:37:47.920> of also are the clinical operators of also are the clinical operators of Hamstead
• We should get ahead of the game and stop medical—well, if they happen at a hospital, whatever.
• We should get ahead of the game and stop medical—well, if they happen at a hospital, whatever.
• We should get ahead of the game and stop medical—well, if they happen at a hospital, whatever.
• We should get ahead of the game and stop medical—well, if they happen at a hospital, whatever.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• That's what they wore to the game, supporting their daughters.
• That's what they wore to the game, supporting their daughters.
• that's what they wristband to the game that's what they wore<02:09:05.040> to<02:09:05.199>
• > their wore to the game um supporting their wore to the game um supporting their daughters<02
• I had two difficult operations myself, such as you acknowledged in HB 619 last year.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• This is an incredible moment in our country right now, and we can't be playing games with people's lives
• our country right now and we can't be our country right now and we can't be playing<00:10:32.000> games
• with<00:10:33.040> people's<00:10:33.519> lives<00:10:33.839> and playing games
• We're not going to play games.
• I think you see that the operation now has expanded quite a bit.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The program previewed the Minnesota Senate’s new session and featured interviews with Majority Leader Erin Murphy and Minority Leader Mark Johnson. Murphy said the DFL will focus on Capitol security, gun violence prevention, a supplemental budget, bonding/infrastructure, and continued anti-fraud work. She tied the session’s priorities to recent political violence and federal actions in Minnesota, and said she is working on legislation requiring federal agents to follow Minnesota’s rendering-aid law. She also said the Senate will pursue a bonding bill, likely a small supplemental budget bill, and additional fraud-related measures, including an independent inspector general proposal that stalled in the House. Murphy said the state’s November forecast showed a modest surplus but warned that federal policy changes could worsen the out-year budget outlook. She said the Senate would remain committed to balancing the budget and would not use infrastructure as leverage in negotiations. On fraud, she said the caucus has already passed multiple bills since 2023 and wants stronger enforcement, while expressing concern about prosecutorial capacity. She also emphasized a desire for bipartisan cooperation despite an election year and recent tragedy, saying senators should keep debates focused on policy and maintain working relationships. Johnson said Senate Republicans will emphasize fraud, affordability, infrastructure, and a broader approach to safety that includes mental health, school safety, and law enforcement training and equipment. He said the Senate has limited jurisdiction over the increased federal presence in Minnesota but can work on areas where bipartisan agreement is possible. He also said the session will be a bonding year, with attention to roads, bridges, water systems, and other capital projects, and noted that the governor’s proposed $97 million bonding bill is far below the roughly $6.5 billion in requests. On the budget, he said the legislature may have limited room to address the projected deficit this session, and he warned that retirements are changing the Senate’s makeup while also creating opportunities for new members and ideas.

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• Now we’re moving on to operating margin percentages as a percentage.
• see a 24% operating margin.
• So it's just based off of their total operations for that year.
• You can see that the Medicaid operating margin...
• . ...five facilities that we operate, this is a term everybody knows that operates healthcare facilities

Keywords: 916, all

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• At this late stage in the game, but I appreciate you taking my questions. Thank you.
• to operate or subcontract those operations.
• to operate or sub- state hospital, which will allow HHSC to operate or subcontract those operations.
• border operations.
• So I agreed with that for the nursing home operators interested in selling their businesses.

Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation and then took up several conference committee matters and resolutions. It granted the House request for a conference committee on House Bill 46 and adopted a conference report on Senate Bill 37, which was described as higher education governance reform, including stronger board authority, changes to faculty senates, general education requirements, and a new ombudsman office. Senators also adopted a large package of resolutions and HCRs by voice vote. A major focus was Senate Bill 12, the “Parental Bill of Rights,” whose conference report was adopted after extended questioning. The bill was described as giving parents more access to school materials and grievance procedures, requiring parental consent for student clubs, and restricting school district employees from assisting with social transitioning or related gender-identity instruction. Senators raised concerns about effects on students already socially transitioned and on parental rights in medical or psychological decisions; the author said the House language was retained in key areas and that districts would need policies and parent notification. The report passed 20-11. The Senate then adopted a resolution allowing the conference committee on Senate Bill 1, the state budget for fiscal years 2026-2027, to go outside the bounds, and later adopted the budget conference report. Senators highlighted major funding for public education, property tax relief, public safety, health and human services, child care, water and transportation infrastructure, and the Texas Energy Fund. The budget discussion also covered higher education, mental health facilities, community attendant wages, rural hospitals, DFPS case management, child care assistance, and a study rider on TRS. The report passed unanimously, 30-0. Finally, the Senate suspended rules to take up Senate Bill 8 and adopted its conference report. The bill requires counties with jails or jail contracts to participate in the federal 287(g) immigration enforcement program, with sheriffs choosing among available models and counties receiving tiered grants to help cover costs. Supporters framed it as a public safety measure targeting criminal illegal aliens, while opponents questioned whether it would divert local resources and increase fear in immigrant communities. The report was adopted after debate.

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• We always seem like we're reacting and not being ahead of the game.
• game of what if. game of what if. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah.
• Uh, you also see a large piece of the pie going to technology and operations.
• I was able to watch the game this year. It was kind of fun to do that with our team.
• It was kind watch the game uh this year.

Bills: HF3004, HF3663

Keywords: workforce development, youth employment, internships, mentoring, job opportunities, digital platform, online portal, career pathways, youth workforce, employment and economic development, DEED, general fund appropriation, nonprofit grant, social media outreach, digital outreach, workforce opportunities, teen jobs, young adults, career exploration, Minnesota youth

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• Game-changer.
• and too late to the game if and when<01:28:07.480> the<01:28:07.719> the<01:28:07.840>
• Another part is looking at getting the identifications for the state regulatory operations, so those
• <01:34:07.600> um<01:34:07.719> so the state regulatory operations um so the state
• <03:15:06.359> or I don't know that any operator or I don't know that any operator or manager

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• This slide contains the components of the 2026-2028 operating funds request.
• <00:07:05.520> funds listed there uh under operating funds listed there uh under operating
• As I said, over an eight-year period during which the funding model has operated, KSU has not received
• Kentucky is way ahead of the game. We're way above national average.
• Kentucky is way ahead of the game years.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met for its fifth and final Interim Joint Budget Review Subcommittee on Education meeting, but did not initially have a quorum and approved the minutes later when enough members were present. The Council on Postsecondary Education, represented by President Aaron Thompson and Vice President Bill Payne, opened with condolences for the UPS crash victims and then presented higher education budget recommendations for the 2026-2028 biennium. Thompson emphasized the return on investment from state support for higher education, citing gains in retention, enrollment, persistence, graduation, reduced time to degree, lower student debt, and expanded dual credit participation, while noting that affordability and access remain priorities. Payne outlined CPE’s operating funds request, including $43.3 million in the first year and $86.6 million in the second year for inflation adjustments, plus $30 million and $45 million for performance funding. He said the inflation request would apply across the board to institutions to offset rising costs, and that the KSU land grant match would not need additional funding because the state has already met the matching requirement. He also explained that state support for educating students has not kept pace with inflation over time, creating pressure on institutional budgets and tuition, though tuition increases have been held to historic lows in recent years. A major portion of the discussion focused on the performance funding model and how it affects smaller institutions. CPE proposed two approaches to address institutions that have received little or no performance funding, especially Kentucky State University and Morehead State University. The first approach would create a $20 million minimum distribution pool, providing $1.95 million to each university and $4.4 million to KCTCS, with the goal of giving smaller and rural institutions a base level of support. The second approach would provide direct appropriations totaling a little over $5.6 million to Kentucky State, Morehead State, and five community colleges that have not been receiving performance funding. Members, especially Representative Tipton and Senator West, questioned how the model had treated small schools over time, and CPE officials explained that the original small school adjustment was not large enough to prevent KSU and Morehead from effectively being left out of the distribution. No votes were taken.

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• The Express plays its home games at the Dell Diamond, a venue in our community that consistently ranks
• I attended several of the games during its first season when I was a kid, and a fun note: my mom actually
• — I actually went into labor with my baby sister while we were at one of these games.
• I have a lot of fond memories of watching the fireworks displays at these games on Friday nights in the
• to operate, and there is an amendment.

Bills: HB200, HB541, HB1803, HB30, HB175, HB249, HB721, HB851, HB897, HB 1128, HB1904, HB1916, HB5560, HB3071, HB5627, HB5435, HB3913, HB2921, HB2695, HB2688, HB3045, HB3483, HB3673, HB4213, HB4226, HB783, HB4373, HB4735, HB5155, HB5057, HB4984, HB4944, HB4813, HB5339, HB5196, HB5033, HB4853, HB3486, HB4211, HB74, HB4670, HB4730, HB4743, HB4603, HB4463, HB3892, HB4139, HB4752, HB4520, HB4517, HB4486, HB4437, HB4426, HB4396, HB4263, HB3487, HB3418, HB2284, HB2266, HB2229, HB4912, HB2189, HB4506, HB5269, HB5224, HB5195, HB3317, HB4166, HB3947, HB3358, HB3370, HB4438, HB3745, HB3602, HB3697, HB2001, HB1968, HB3371, HB3909, HCR7, SB1744, SB1364, SB1316, HB2026, HB3302, HB3368, HB1639, HB5652, HB4655, HB5654, HB5658, HB5656, HB4894, HB4996, HB5088, HB5650, HB4464, HB3751, HB5665, HB5661, HB 1237, HB2802, HB5437, HB2703, HB5666, HB5667, HCR113, HCR86, SB2196, SB463, SB856, SB1245, SB1169, SB509, SB985, SB305, SB552, HB1535, HB 123, HB1804, HB426, HB1773, HB1871, HB2035, HB2492, HB1411, HB4753, HB4666, HB4529, HB1499, HB1610, HB2028, HB1506, HB886, HB3546, HB796, HB223, HB3556, HB2448, HB4638, HB 111, HB180, HB 1027, HB 1178, HB610, HB 1277, HB1615, HB1620, HB5342, HB4885, HB4751, HB4530, HB4488, HB2149, HB2071, HB2282, HB2248, HB2243, HB2522, HB2310, HB2513, HB2300, HB1902, HB1813, HB3719, HB4284, HB3743, HB3778, HB5153, HB5147, HB4877, HB4850, HB3261, HB3005, HB3033, HB2849, HB2967, HB3531, HB1768, HB333, HB2914, HB2613, HB3717, HB3704, HB2697, HB3801, HB3099, HB3488, HB3477, HB3466, HB3396, HB3469, HB2594, HB2776, HB2564, HB2298, HB5331, HB5646, HB5247, HB5323, HB4384, HB3896, HB4014, HB3627, HB3594, HB2524, HB510, HB561, HB5111, HB5446, HB 1181, HB3963, HB2785, HB1661, HB2460, HB200, HB541, HB1803, HB30, HB175, HB249, HB721, HB851, HB897, HB 1128, HB1904, HB1916, HB5560, HB3071, HB5627, HB5435, HB3913, HB2921, HB2695, HB2688, HB3045, HB3483, HB3673, HB4213, HB4226, HB783, HB4373, HB4735, HB5155, HB5057, HB4984, HB4944, HB4813, HB5339, HB5196, HB5033, HB4853, HB3486, HB4211, HB74, HB4670, HB4730, HB4743, HB4603, HB4463, HB3892, HB4139, HB4752, HB4520, HB4517, HB4486, HB4437, HB4426, HB4396, HB4263, HB3487, HB3418, HB2284, HB2266, HB2229, HB4912, HB2189, HB4506, HB5269, HB5224, HB5195, HB3317, HB4166, HB3947, HB3358, HB3370, HB4438, HB3745, HB3602, HB3697, HB2001, HB1968, HB3371, HB3909, HCR98, HCR92, HCR126, HCR7

Keywords: juvenile offenders, parole eligibility, youth justice, criminal justice reform, inmate rehabilitation, direct patient care, healthcare, physicians, medical services, insurance regulation, dentist, dental hygienist, interstate practice, licensure, compact privilege, public health, military members, disaster relief, tax rates, local government

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• This is a loophole in case they're trying to game the system, you know, by, so this would say.
• The plaintiff's lawyer is organizing this and then gaming it by saying.
• You have a very well-run operation. I agree. Thank y'all for how you've been.
• Some of those operations are combo.
• Basically, the other things that we as operators get sued is the condition of the.

Bills: HB 1181, HB3704, HB1363, HB1610, HB1615, HB1620, HB3223, HB1317, HB2884, HB2176, HB4027, HB1664, HB933, HB2613, HB3353, HB2086, HB4101, HB3441, HB4145, HB3455

Keywords: judiciary, judges, justices, retired, legal assignments, judicial conduct, notary public, criminal offense, education requirements, official documents, record retention, implicit bias, bias training, judicial training, judge education, court personnel, continuing legal education, CLE, state bar, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals