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• So what happened is, you know, borders were essentially closed or So what happened is, you know, borders
• Of the border and counter information that CBO was using.
• Texas is just one of the largest migration hubs in the U.S., so we're exchanging with Texas as well.
• Texas was second, followed by California, New York, and New Jersey.
• So, yeah, so Texas...

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on the Census heard presentations on Massachusetts population trends and how they affect state housing planning. Susan Strait of the UMass Donahue Institute reviewed recent Census Bureau estimates, saying Massachusetts grew strongly over the last decade but that growth has slowed sharply in the newest estimates, largely because net international migration has fallen from a post-pandemic surge. She also described the four components of population change—births, deaths, domestic migration, and international migration—along with aging trends, declining fertility, the importance of the millennial cohort, and the role of foreign-born residents in births and the labor force. Committee members asked about college students in group quarters and about counting incarcerated people, and Strait explained the Census Bureau’s current methods and noted that some issues remain under discussion. Jesse Guerrero of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council then explained how MAPC uses UMass Donahue population projections to build household and local land-use forecasts for MassDOT and the statewide housing plan. He said the earlier transportation projections anticipated slower statewide growth and regional decline in western Massachusetts and on the Cape, with more growth in eastern Massachusetts. He also described how household formation, development patterns, zoning, and affordability are modeled, and noted that newer housing-plan scenarios use updated Census data and different assumptions about migration. Senator Miranda raised concerns about Cape Cod population loss and whether seasonal residents are being counted, and Guerrero and Strait said the projections focus on permanent residents, not seasonal populations. Tim Reardon of the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities tied the demographic forecasts to the statewide housing plan, saying housing demand exists even under low-growth or slight-decline scenarios. He said the plan estimates about 115,000 homes are needed to address existing shortages, including doubled-up households, shelter families, seasonal conversion losses, and the need for healthier vacancy rates, plus additional units tied to future household formation. He added that the state’s total housing target is about 222,000 units, or as high as 262,000 under a higher-growth scenario. Senators pressed him on whether the scenarios are now too high given the recent drop in immigration, on affordability and out-migration, and on whether the housing plan adequately reflects homelessness and overcrowding in Boston and elsewhere. Reardon said the plan includes production, rental assistance, shelter prevention, and preservation strategies, and noted that HLC is also using grant programs and MBTA Communities-related infrastructure funding to support housing production statewide.

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• Customs and Border Patrol escalation. Customs and Border Patrol escalation.
• To participate, every individual must have a Social Security number and have the legal right to work
• Um, his son was on a ladder installing security cameras.
• <01:20:51.280> We ladder installing security cameras.
• We ladder installing security cameras.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The state of Texas is asking you to do this.
• This is particularly true outside of Texas.
• And he said, making sure that Texas is competitive and not telling businesses to making sure that Texas
• The growth in energy power that's happening in Texas seems to be on the backs of rural Texas.
• how great the energy market is in Texas, notes that utility-scale battery storage in Texas is leading

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Texas is recognized. Thank you, Mr. Texas is recognized. Thank you, Mr.
• The gentleman from Texas. I time. The gentleman from Texas.
• The gentleman from Texas reserve. time. The gentleman from Texas reserve.
• I am so... the gentleman from Texas. Uh thank you, the gentleman from Texas.
• Gentleman from<04:23:27.359> Texas. from Texas. from Texas.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• You know, we all had to take Texas history in seventh grade, right, and learn about going to Texas. .
• It is a reflection of modern Texas.
• redistrict Texas.
• I am a resident of Texas, in House District 148, Texas Senate 115, and U.S.
• Solomons, "He's pushing Texas.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• By requiring operators to post adequate financial security up front, this legislation would ensure that
• in its future the ...and it seems like the facility is secure in its future.
• Yeah, I mean, Maricopa has an emissions problem in the sense that emissions do not respect the borders
• Here's a state energy security innovation... The other different portfolio items in our portfolio.
• Here's a state energy security innovation.

Bills: HB2014, HB2055, HB2145, HB2150, HB2696, HB2755, HB2763, HB2781, HB2782, HB2787, HB2795, HB2889, HB2975, HB2985, HB2986, HCM2009, HCR2020, HCR2038

Keywords: air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, brackish groundwater, water supply development, desalination, Arizona Revised Statutes, water infrastructure, financial assistance, environmental reviews, fuel reformulation, gasoline standards, environmental regulations, ethanol supply, Air Quality, state land department, mineral lease, renewals

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• <00:01:00.399> to Their entire family moved from Texas to Their entire family moved from Texas
• We don’t want our families to move to Texas. >> We’d like to compete with Texas for those employees.
• Um, do we have a similar from Texas?
• Um, so if our arrangement with Texas?
• families to move to Texas. families to move to Texas.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And in the other chamber with the other bill, they quote the Cicero Institute, which is a Texas-based
• Cicero Institute, which is a Texas-based organization that is run by a very, very, very...
• stations, so they're pretty secure. stations, so they're pretty secure.
• <01:59:47.599> Um we're balancing access with security.
• Um we're balancing access with security.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 2246, which would expand public financial disclosure requirements. The State Ethics Commission strongly supported the bill, saying broader disclosure could help restore public trust and potentially deter corruption, and it offered a clarifying amendment to make clear the requirement applies to board and commission members rather than all employees of listed agencies. Several organizations and individuals also testified in support. A committee member asked about the amendment, and the commission explained it was intended as a clarification rather than a substantive change. The committee then took up Senate Bill 2250, which would add homeless facilities to the locations covered by the drug-free-zone offense for promoting controlled substances. The Public Defender opposed the measure, arguing that many homeless facilities are unmarked and not easily identifiable, creating notice, fairness, and due process concerns and risking arbitrary enforcement. The Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office and Honolulu Police Department supported the bill, saying it targets distributors rather than users, that notice can be proven through evidence, and that the law is aimed at protecting vulnerable people in shelters and similar facilities. In questioning, senators asked how homeless facilities would be identified and whether the bill would cover all shelter models; the prosecutor said the definition is cross-referenced in statute and must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii and other groups testified in opposition, while several service and advocacy groups testified in support. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 2325, which would allow courts to review and potentially reduce sentences for certain juvenile offenders after 15 years if the person is not a danger to the community. Judiciary staff said the court supports the bill’s intent but noted Hawaii’s indeterminate sentencing structure leaves no alternative sentence for a court to reduce to, suggesting the measure may need structural sentencing changes or could instead be directed to the Hawaii Paroling Authority. Public defender representatives and youth-justice advocates supported the bill, emphasizing rehabilitation, adolescent brain development, trauma, and the need for a meaningful opportunity for release. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the portion of the hearing provided.

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• And right now, Texas is near the bottom of all 50 states when it comes to what we pay our judges in Texas
• We were all proud that Texas is the nation's strongest job creator and that the Texas miracle has propelled
• Texas right now, I want to keep it.
• , Northeast Texas.
• That court was formed by the Republic of Texas in 1830. Northeast Texas.

Bills: HB40

Keywords: law enforcement, sheriffs, constables, contracts, county authority

Summary: The Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence met to hear House Bill 1761, a broad judicial package focused on increasing judicial compensation and adding accountability and efficiency measures. The chair explained that HB 1707 and HB 2100 were withdrawn from the agenda, and that HB 1761 would be taken up first because many judges and stakeholders were present. The committee substitute for HB 1761 proposed a 30% increase in base judicial pay to $182,000, changes to judicial retirement linkage, stronger judicial conduct provisions, and efficiency measures such as targeted reporting for judges not meeting benchmarks, appellate in-person meeting encouragement, and time limits on certain motions. The chair and several supporters said judicial pay had reached “emergency status,” citing Texas’s low national ranking and difficulty recruiting and retaining qualified judges. Witnesses in support included presiding and district judges, the State Bar’s judicial section, business and trial lawyer groups, and prosecutors. They emphasized that many judges work long hours off the bench, handle warrants at night and on weekends, manage heavy dockets, and face recruitment problems in both urban and rural counties. Supporters also said higher pay would help attract experienced lawyers, retain judges, and improve court efficiency. Several witnesses and members discussed judicial accountability, including public reporting of court performance and the role of the Texas Supreme Court and presiding judges in setting benchmarks. Some members raised concerns that raw statistics can be misleading because judges also do substantial off-the-bench work and often help cover other courts’ dockets. There was also testimony and discussion about the bill’s conduct and discipline provisions. A representative of the Texas Civil Rights Project opposed parts of the bill that would tie pay raises to changes affecting judicial independence, warning about subjective bail-related discipline standards and possible chilling effects. The executive director of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct cautioned against civil penalties for complainants, saying it could discourage good-faith complaints and create litigation risks. Other witnesses supported accountability reforms but urged caution about unintended consequences, especially for family and emergency cases and for judges handling warrants and other time-sensitive matters. After testimony, the committee withdrew the committee substitute and left HB 1761 pending, then recessed the committee.

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• We already don't tax Social Security, but there's a tax cut in here for you as well.
• We already don't tax Social Security, but there's a tax cut in here for you as well.
• We already don't tax Social Security, but there's a tax cut in here for you as well.
• “Lewis Clement Gasper passed away on March 22, 2026, at the age of 82 in Plano, Texas.
• Lewis met his wife, Joanne, in Grapevine, Texas, and shortly after...” “...to Dallas, Texas.

Summary: The House convened, approved the journal, and spent much of the opening portion recognizing guests and interns from both parties, along with former lawmakers and a newly seated member, Representative Sylvia Allen. The chamber then took up House Concurrent Resolution 2065 honoring the late Alfredo Gutierrez. Members from both parties gave extended remarks about his life as a civil rights advocate, student activist, legislator, and mentor, and the resolution was unanimously adopted and transmitted to the Senate. Family members of Gutierrez were recognized in the gallery during the memorial tribute. The House then moved into Committee of the Whole on the first budget-related measures. On House Bill 4138, the “feed bill”/budget operations measure, Democrats argued the budget favored corporations and data centers over seniors, health care, housing, universities, and vulnerable families, while Republicans defended it as a continuation of prior policy and said it preserved tax conformity and modest agency cuts. After debate and questions, the committee recommended the bill do pass and the House adopted that report, sending HB 4138 to engrossing. The chamber next considered House Bill 4139, the amusement/gaming-related budget bill. Members debated whether it was essentially unchanged from last year’s budget language, with Republicans saying it was a continuation bill and that gaming-related provisions would support rural economies and tourism, while Democrats questioned the broader budget context and its effects on working families. The committee recommended HB 4139 do pass, and the House adopted that recommendation. The House then began debate on House Bill 4140, the state budget implementation bill, focusing on the budget stabilization fund and a proposed government efficiency initiative; discussion was still underway at the end of the transcript.

Transcript Highlights:

• Instead of protecting our own border, $2.1 million was sent to Paraguay to enhance their border security
• Will they halt Social Security payments that seniors count on next?
• And even threaten U.S. national security.
• Our economic strength is also a key cause of our security.
• The safety and financial security of American people.

Keywords: fiscal responsibility, government waste, foreign aid, funding resolution, legislative oversight

Summary: The committee meeting addressed government spending and foreign aid, with a particular emphasis on perceived wasteful expenditures. A significant portion of the meeting was dedicated to discussing a funding resolution for the committee, which received unanimous support from the members present. The chair noted a quorum at the beginning of the meeting, signaling that the committee was ready to conduct its business. Discussions highlighted ongoing debates concerning fiscal responsibility and the necessity of legislative oversight, notably regarding foreign aid allocations and their implications for domestic fiscal health.

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• He's currently Edmonds basketball coach at South Plains College in Lebanon, Texas.
• And his wife is also on the staff of the Texas Tech Lady Red Raiders.
• Wimberley, Wimberley, Texas. Yeah, he's a Wimberley Texan. Thank you all very much.
• So we'll have sanitary and we'll also have security with it.
• The ones who didn't transfer, we went into either Border Patrol Police Academies or Fire Academies or

Bills: SB194, SB200, SB203, SB204, SJR3

Keywords: appropriation, higher education, sports facilities, community college, Luna Community College, KANW, educational radio, rural news, public education, funding, education, documentary, historical figure, Padre Antonio Jose Martinez, cultural heritage, research funding, federal funding, New Mexico, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University

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• Hospital, Governor's Homeland Security Hospital, Governor's Homeland Security Advisor.
• same. increased cost and less security same. increased cost and less security for<01:49:26.400><
• In<01:49:53.840> Texas,<01:49:55.199> in<01:49:55.520> Texas,<01:49:56.880> for
• , for example, the gun In Texas, in Texas, for example, the gun owner<01:49:58.320> the<01:49:
• with lower profit margins to secure with lower profit margins to secure necessary<04:07:38.800><

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Border crossings from Canada to Minnesota peak each year in August.
• Border crossings from Canada business.
• I mean, what's going They're impacting Texas. They're impacting Iowa.
• <00:31:59.840> the called the police to secure the called the police to secure the building
• And so that's a major impact, especially for the border communities.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Texas has utilized LPPF programs across the state since 2013.
• border, despite its popularity statewide.
• The governor of Texas can ban fireworks, and so can the county judge.
• on behalf of, uh, Texas Hospital Association testifying for the bill.
• , testifying on behalf of Texas Hospital Association for the bill.

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• Jill Dixon and Katie Anderson so that we can discuss food banks and food security efforts across the
• There are over 500 partners in the Food Security Network. Of New Mexico.
• There are over 500 partners in the Food Security Network that are led by those five food banks in those
• local, private sectors—do you see as the most critical in the next two to five years to make food security
• Meanwhile, our proximity to Texas makes trips for health care services worth the trouble.

Summary: The committee heard a lengthy presentation from the New Mexico Rural Library Initiative in support of fully funding the rural library endowment with an additional $29.5 million. The presenters described rural libraries as essential community infrastructure that provide not only books and internet access, but also early childhood programs, adult education, workforce support, telehealth, disaster response, and civic meeting space. They argued that the endowment would provide stable annual support for staffing and operations, help sustain libraries in very small towns and tribal communities, and support new or developing libraries. Members asked about eligibility, county coverage, how funds are distributed, and whether the state tracks broader outcomes such as job placements or certifications; the presenters said the State Library administers the funds and that the initiative itself is a nonprofit capacity-building organization, not the fund manager. Some members raised concerns about whether an endowment is the best long-term model versus recurring annual appropriations, and about the need for better reporting and state-library involvement. The committee then heard from food bank leaders Jill Dixon and Katie Anderson about food security and its economic impact. They said New Mexico’s five food banks and more than 500 partner agencies serve all 33 counties, distribute over 45 million meals, and rely mostly on philanthropy, with some state and local support. They emphasized that SNAP is a major economic driver, supporting grocery access, jobs, and local spending, and that recent legislative growth funding helped food banks respond to a surge in demand during a SNAP disruption. They also highlighted food banks as community hubs that can connect people to health care, job training, and other services, including through clinic referrals and closed-loop systems. In response to questions, they said food access gaps remain in some rural areas, that clients can generally seek food at other distribution sites without barriers, and that longer-term solutions should include more grocery access, healthy corner stores, and stronger broadband and health care infrastructure. The final presentations came from the Gallup-McKinley County Chamber of Commerce and the Artesia Chamber of Commerce. Gallup-McKinley described a shrinking workforce, youth outmigration, crime, health care shortages, malpractice costs, and gross receipts tax burdens as major barriers to rural economic growth, and urged action on workforce pipelines, housing, public safety, malpractice reform, and tax/regulatory changes. Artesia highlighted its murals, library, sports tradition, oil and gas, agriculture, federal training center, and refinery, while also noting workforce shortages, health care recruitment challenges, housing constraints, and the need for quality-of-life investments and more flexible regulation. The committee also briefly heard a bill presentation proposing a New Mexico-Ireland Trade Commission to promote bilateral trade and investment, especially in technology, agriculture, and energy sectors. No votes were taken because quorum was not reached, and the endorsement item was not acted on.

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• Uh, last detection was within 70 miles of the Texas border.
• Uh, last detection was within 70 miles of the Texas border.
• border.
• So, um, it's a mi of the Texas border.
• even with social security disability and even with social security<02:24:50.319> disability, security

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• That great agency is entrusted with the safety and security of the United States of America.
• welcoming their first son Liam to the world to sending him to off to college at the University of Texas
• It must keep our communities safe and secure.
• We must secure our borders, and it must protect all of our rights and freedoms.
• There is an unmistakable mandate to secure the border.

Keywords: nominations, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Todd Blanch, Gail Slater, confirmation hearing

Summary: The meeting focused on the nominations of Todd Blanch and Gail Slater for the positions of Deputy Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, respectively. The committee considered the qualifications of both nominees, with opening statements provided by the nominees themselves. There was an evident emphasis on the rigorous vetting process that nominees undergo before their selection, highlighting the importance of the roles within the Department of Justice. Members of the committee engaged in a structured question-and-answer session to further evaluate the nominees' capabilities and fit for the positions they were nominated for, with each member allotted seven minutes to pose questions.

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• I was down at the border this morning with the Customs and Border Patrol, and I'm so glad to be now in
• It goes all the way down to El Paso and the border with Mexico. Thank you, Senator.
• It's a way of looking at greater food security. You did bring up the pandemic.
• She has a home that didn't exist when she left for West Texas A&M almost four years ago.
• My 18-year-old daughter is leaving for West Texas A&M on Thursday.

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• securely. There's no looking for papers. securely. There's no looking for papers.
• still this underconfidence of how secure still this underconfidence of how secure it<00:46:08.079
• is something a security or is it not. is something a security or is it not.
• backed up by something safe and secure. backed up by something safe and secure.
• giving them a false sense of security giving them a false sense of security just<01:41:20.880>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Hawaii State Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection held an informational briefing on digital assets, blockchain, and related regulatory developments. Chair Jarrett Keohoko said the committee was focusing on national and state policy issues around digital assets, while leaving the separate issue of Bitcoin kiosks and fraud to the House Consumer Protection Committee, which had already noticed a similar briefing. No public testimony was taken; the session was for informational updates and member questions. Representatives from the Aptos Foundation, including JC Yun and Michael Cheng, gave a detailed presentation on blockchain basics and Aptos’s technology. They described blockchain as a tamper-resistant digital ledger, explained proof-of-work and proof-of-stake systems, and argued that proof-of-stake networks are faster, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly. They also emphasized smart contracts and potential uses beyond speculation, such as car titles, college transcripts, collectibles, digital IDs, real estate, and other tokenized assets. The presenters highlighted Aptos’s Hawaii connections and said the technology could help local residents and businesses participate in the digital economy. They cited adoption statistics, including billions of transactions on Aptos, tokenized money market funds from major financial firms, micro-lending applications, decentralized cloud infrastructure, and the rapid growth of stablecoins. They acknowledged concerns about scams and consumer protection, but argued that the answer is stronger regulation and education rather than avoiding the technology altogether.