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• Jews are an integral part of our cities and of our state.
• I know that there were – the – that is part of the Senate Education Committee.
• It's in a later part of the bill which is 60151.
• That's part of that process. So I don't think this increases liability.
• I'm part of Code Pink.

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• Yeah, so it would be two parts to that.
• The second part of the SALT deductible.
• I get that part of it.
• I would say, absent that approval part of it, I don't think it necessarily impacts the money part of
• Technology is a big part of the solution.

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• For our part,... ...that the USDA is engaged in to do their part in this fight.
• is the time-consuming part.
• I mean, my favorite parts are the screwworm parts, but it's more than just that at Moore Air Base.
• I mean, my favorite parts are the screw worm parts, but it's more than just that at Moore Airbase.
• Yeah, that's the hard part here.

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• my co-chair to be able to uh, be a part my co-chair to be able to uh, be a part of<00:34:58.160>
• <01:03:11.200> of of background as an original part of of background as an original part of
• terms of things that I consider as part terms of things that I consider as part of<01:07:42.480>
• that will be part of the conversations. that will be part of the conversations.
• Uh is that part of the discussion? bill? Uh is that part of the discussion?

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• We are part of the architecture.
• But the other part of this issue is HCD's role. I don't know.
• And that would be part of a motion to advance the bill today.
• It's a conversation I want to be part of in working with you.
• of part of part of the answer I know we're trying to work towards is just number one more clarity so

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• Uh, the other part of the amendment is we did the.
• At point A we have the fabrication or manufacturing at Part B. Housed Mr.
• OK, so this is the part I don't understand like.
• Speaker, gentle lady, no, um, it's part of the RFP.
• You want which part did you want addressed? I apologize. No, no worries.

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• allowed to do it and for the most part allowed to do it and for the most part uh<00:14:19.839>
• So is that part of your analysis?
• So is that part of your analysis?
• So is that part of your analysis?
• So is that part of your analysis?

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• They're supposed to be part of this.
• They're supposed to be part of this story, but who's in the ad?
• would like to see be pushed out as part of this?
• And I know, Pat, I know that it's kind of late for the early part, but for the later part for all of
• For the later part for all of next year.

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Summary: The DEIA subcommittee of the Special Commission on the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution met with a quorum and discussed planning for the upcoming Patriots Day period, grant opportunities, and ways to make 250th programming more inclusive. Dr. Trent reported on a Virginia 250 conference and shared examples such as the Made by Us youth engagement toolkit and a Smithsonian-related traveling exhibition. Brian also updated the group on Mass Humanities’ grant programs, including Museum on Main Street, Reading Project Douglas Together, and the Promises of Revolution grants, noting that the latter has $600,000 available and is expected to fund roughly 30 to 40 projects through letters of intent due in June. The committee also noted that state tourism 250th grants are open with an April 11 deadline. A major discussion focused on ensuring respect for Indigenous sovereignty and improving representation in marketing. Members raised concerns that Indigenous leaders were not being treated with sufficient respect in state-level engagement, and they discussed whether the full commission should hear from tribal leaders and whether the subcommittee should recommend a broader conversation at the next commission meeting. On marketing, members criticized recent promotional materials as too formulaic and insufficiently reflective of Massachusetts’ diversity, especially in their limited inclusion of Indigenous people, Black patriots, women, and other communities. The group agreed that the commission should push for more inclusive visuals and narratives, and that there is still time to influence digital and future materials. The subcommittee also discussed possibly inviting the marketing and education committees, or commission staff and the outside marketing agency, to explain the rollout and scope of possible changes. The committee then considered a Utah 250 idea for a July 5, 2026 “America’s potluck” style community event and agreed it could be adapted for Massachusetts as a foodways-focused, culturally diverse statewide activity. A motion was made, seconded, and approved to recommend that the full commission and MOTT promote the potluck concept. The meeting ended with agreement to continue developing recommendations on representation, Indigenous engagement, and public outreach, and then adjourned by unanimous vote.

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• And they are in completely different parts of the state.
• And I think that's part of the problem that we're hearing in the discussion.
• Is that part of your process? Are you guys even discussing that?
• So it's part of an ongoing conversation.
• It's, again, part of the process, part of the deliberative process.

Summary: The committee heard AB 108, a budget bill junior that would amend the 2025 Budget Act to create a one-time $25 million General Fund grant program at HCAI for hospitals in immediate and significant financial distress. The bill also included a technical change related to property tax deferments for eligible low-income seniors. Finance explained that eligible hospitals would have to be not-for-profit, have less than 10 days cash on hand, show best efforts to exhaust other financing, and have a payer mix of more than 50% government payers and uninsured patients; the bill also gives HCAI expedited contracting and rulemaking authority. Members and the LAO noted the proposal is intended as a short-term bridge until July 1, while broader hospital support is expected in the May Revision and next year’s budget. Much of the discussion focused on whether $25 million is enough, how many hospitals would qualify, and whether the 10-day cash threshold is too narrow. Several senators argued the administration had not provided enough data or a clear methodology, and raised concerns about fairness compared with the earlier Distressed Hospital Loan Program, which used broader criteria and provided loans rather than grants. Members also raised broader policy issues affecting hospital finances, including Medi-Cal reimbursement rates, seismic retrofit costs, federal funding changes, and the need for better data and more immediate assessment of hospital distress. The LAO said the current proposal is narrower than the prior loan program and emphasized the need for better reporting and analysis going forward. Public commenters, including the California Hospital Association, district hospital representatives, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and county officials, supported the bill and urged additional longer-term funding for distressed hospitals. The chair and several members said the bill is a short-term emergency measure for a small number of hospitals at risk of imminent closure, while broader solutions will be addressed later in the budget process. AB 108 was then moved and passed out of committee on an 18-0 vote, with the roll held open briefly to secure remaining votes.

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• yeah so you just checked this part yeah so you just checked this part oh<03:42:46.720> so
• I think the part, the last part, what you said about making sure that the public receives this service
• I think the part, the last part, what you said about making sure that the public receives this service
• you said about part the last part what you said about making<05:23:26.520> sure<05:23:26.920>
• All that part is voluntary, okay?

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Summary: The discussion focused on a cannabis legalization/regulation bill and whether it should be retained for further study or moved forward. Members debated the fiscal impact, with one side emphasizing that the bill would cost about $7.1 million in the first two years before generating revenue, while supporters argued the House should make a statement in favor of legalization despite likely opposition from the Senate and governor. There was also disagreement over strategy: some said retaining the bill until closer to the next election would give the issue more visibility, while others said delaying would only avoid sending a bill the Senate was unlikely to take up anyway. A major point of contention was whether cannabis should be regulated by a new cannabis commission or placed under the Liquor Commission. Supporters of the Liquor Commission argued it already has enforcement infrastructure, especially for age restrictions, and could handle cannabis more efficiently without creating a new bureaucracy. Opponents said cannabis is a different industry that would require specialized expertise, and they objected to expanding the Liquor Commission, which they described as unpopular and costly. The committee also discussed past versions of the bill, including concerns about limited licenses and the perception that the earlier approach favored large businesses. Members reviewed specific provisions such as licensing fees, THC limits, and cultivation categories. One member noted a $10,000 fee for retail cannabis stores and cannabis product manufacturers authorized to perform extractions, while a smaller tier-one cultivator fee was described as a lower-cost option for small growers. There was also discussion of whether the bill would allow sales through general retail outlets or only dedicated cannabis stores, and whether plants and seeds were covered. No final vote or action was clearly recorded in the excerpt, but the main procedural question was whether to retain the bill for more work or advance it as written.

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• These funds are primarily used to support part of our operations, and part of it is to stimulate economic
• I saw a part of it.
• I saw a part of it.
• Part of it is this truth-telling.
• And that's part of the art in it.

Summary: The joint informational hearing focused on how recent federal actions are affecting arts, culture, humanities, libraries, museums, and the creative economy in California. Chair Ben Allen and Vice Chair Chris Ward opened by describing the hearing as a response to proposed and ongoing federal cuts to the NEA, NEH, IMLS, and public broadcasting, as well as grant terminations and leadership changes at cultural institutions. Several members emphasized the economic and civic importance of the arts, while one Republican member argued for greater ideological diversity in the arts and noted the loss of music programs in small schools. Testimony from Aaron Harky of Americans for the Arts and Jolie Fisher of SAG-AFTRA described the impact of federal policy on grants, jobs, and production. Harky said executive orders and the FY 2026 budget proposal threaten arts agencies and arts education, and that rescinded grants are causing hiring freezes, shutdowns, and losses for small organizations, especially in rural and underserved communities. Fisher focused on runaway film and television production, outdated tax rules, and the need for federal incentives, intellectual property protections, and action on AI and digital replicas. Members also discussed bipartisan support, the role of business and tourism partners, and the need to include more diverse voices in arts advocacy. The second panel featured Rick Noguchi of California Humanities, Greg Lucas of the State Library, and Danielle Purcell of the California Arts Council. Noguchi said NEH funding was cut immediately, putting California Humanities’ grantmaking and documentary programs at risk and prompting consideration of litigation and possible state support. Lucas reported that IMLS funding for California libraries was briefly canceled but partly restored, though a budget gap remains. Purcell said the California Arts Council is still awaiting federal award language for state partnership funds, but NEA grant terminations and the proposed elimination of federal cultural agencies create major uncertainty; she also said the council is assessing the damage and tracking impacts on grantees. Members asked about measuring outcomes, AI’s threat to creative work, documentary funding losses, and possible state and national strategies to protect cultural institutions and jobs.

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• The individual income tax records are in part used to help calculate that.
• And part of it was self-preservation as well, because...
• They play a very valuable part of that process.
• The portion of the study that we're going to talk about has four parts.
• So that's not a part of these numbers, but that certainly is a component.

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• There are some good parts of this bill, certainly.
• So, yeah, that's part of your taxes. My wife does taxes.
• But there are too many bad parts of it. One other thing I wanted to mention.
• Okay, but we don't, but it's not part of this conversation. It's not part of this conversation.
• Child care was part of Proposition 98 for 14 years, longer than it's been out.

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Summary: The Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee heard AB 109, the Budget Act of 2026, and related discussion of the legislative budget agreement. Committee staff and the Department of Finance described a two-year balanced plan with about $253 billion in General Fund spending, roughly $5.5 billion in higher assumed revenues than the May Revision, and about $36.5 billion in combined reserves. They said the package preserves or expands funding for schools and community colleges, child care, IHSS, Medi-Cal-related county administration, housing and homelessness programs, public hospitals, courthouse construction, and some criminal justice and prison-closure savings, while delaying or modifying several prior health care reductions and some Medi-Cal changes. Much of the member discussion focused on Medi-Cal, H.R. 1, and the impact on low-income and immigrant Californians. Several Democrats argued the budget protects vulnerable residents by delaying some cuts, funding county eligibility work, indigent care, public hospitals, and food banks, and rejecting the Governor’s IHSS cuts and asset-limit proposal. Republicans criticized the budget for assuming future revenues, relying on new taxes, and not doing enough to address the structural deficit or improve accountability. Members also raised concerns and support around homelessness funding, Prop. 36, judgeships and courthouse funding, transit and GGRF allocations, local journalism, Caltrans fleet spending, and a proposed “fair share” revenue measure that was not yet before the committee. Public testimony was largely supportive of the budget’s health and human services provisions, especially the rejection of IHSS cuts and the asset-limit proposal, and the inclusion of funding for child care, sickle cell centers, domestic violence services, trauma recovery centers, distressed hospitals, county eligibility work, and transit programs. Some witnesses representing hospitals and health plans cautioned about the effects of moving certain Medi-Cal populations to fee-for-service and about proposed tax changes affecting health care providers. The chair said revenue trailer bills were still being finalized and would likely come back later in the week; the committee then moved to public comment, with the chair limiting speakers to about one minute each.

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• The 14 elements are part of the WIOA waiver request.
• Well, and I think that's part of this model, right?
• They are part of that collaboration, as well as our fraud unit in DHS, and so they are at... ...part
• That is part of our work plan.
• We’ve been doing town halls in different parts of the state.

Summary: The meeting focused on Arkansas’s proposed workforce system overhaul, including a combined WIOA/Perkins state plan and a package of federal waiver requests intended to consolidate workforce governance, reduce administrative costs, and redirect more funding to training and supportive services. Commerce officials said the plan would replace the current structure of 10 local workforce boards and more than 200 board members with a single statewide board and one administrative entity, while keeping local offices open and using regional business councils to preserve employer and local input. They said the state has already reduced Commerce headcount and operating costs, and that the changes would improve coordination with higher education, adult education, vocational rehabilitation, DHS, and Arkansas Industry Connect. Much of the discussion centered on the waiver package, especially the proposal to make the state board function as the local board, allow more flexible movement of funds across regions, eliminate the WIOA “last dollar” requirement for training and supportive services, create affiliate sites instead of requiring every area to maintain a comprehensive center, and relax the 14 youth program element requirement. Officials said the State Board of Workforce Development approved the waiver package 11-3 before it was submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, and that implementation would begin only after federal approval and a closeout process, likely taking up to a year. They also described plans to streamline referrals and data sharing, expand mobile and virtual services, and use a more centralized model to improve customer service and employer engagement. Members raised repeated concerns about rural representation, local control, board composition, and whether jobs and relationships would be lost if local boards were eliminated. Commerce officials responded that local offices would remain open, some current staff could be rehired by the state, and regional business councils would help ensure local employer voice. Several members also questioned how the funding was being used, citing audit findings that only about $1.8 million to $1.9 million of roughly $14 million to $15 million in federal workforce funds had gone to training and supportive services. Officials said the reorganization could increase annual training spending to roughly $6 million to $7 million by reducing overhead, one-stop operator contracts, and board administration. The committee also discussed how the changes might support workforce training facilities, apprenticeships, child care and transportation assistance, and employer-driven training in fields such as manufacturing, health care, technology, and welding. The Division of Higher Education also briefed members on Workforce Pell. Officials explained that the new federal program would extend Pell eligibility to short-term programs, but only within narrow limits, such as 150 to 599 clock hours and 8 to 15 weeks of instruction, with additional completion and employment benchmarks. They said Arkansas is working with colleges and universities to identify programs that fit the criteria and that the governor has designated the Division of Higher Education to lead implementation. No votes were taken by the committee during this portion of the meeting.

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• But we also understand that there's a fiscal part to it.
• So this there's a fiscal part to it.
• <00:13:14.880> By<00:13:15.600> April want to be a part of that.
• By April want to be a part of that.
• That is part of the compromise that was raised.

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• It's part of that working relationship, right?
• Also, we do have a tuition commitment as part of that.
• part-time or working outside of the university.
• NMSU is a part of it.
• Bring us all in; I would love to be part of that conversation.

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• Part of that is also our data platforms.
• It's just a struggle with them on the software part of it.
• They often meet with the Superintendent as part of that.
• That's a big part of this, especially as we talk about workforce.
• Part of our budget as well.

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• Public lands are a big part of what we do.
• As part of that, we allow for the payment to be in kind.
• The back of this brochure has both a URL and a QR code to the part of our website.
• And so it's been great to be part of that.
• Is it inputted as part of the EO, the source of funding that's going after?

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• I’m not sure about the first part, the AI part, or surge pricing, but what we do see is non-availability
• So when we look at investments, while it's part of rate review, it is a very significant part of what
• I'm sorry, can you remind me the first part of the question?"
• But as part of that success, you need to have transparency, accountability... ...part of that success
• We're certainly happy to be part of those discussions.

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• So, it's part of our transition and part of our upfitting of that building for Senate and General Court
• So, it's part of our transition and part of our upfitting of that building for Senate and General Court
• So, it's part of our transition and part of our upfitting of that building for Senate and General Court
• So, it's part of our transition and part of our upfitting of that building for Senate and General Court
• That's it's part<02:09:30.719> of part of part of the<02:09:32.719> mission<02:09:33.040

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