Video & Transcript Research : 'private projects'
Page 134 of 500
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Taxation and Revenue Feb 6th, 2026 at 08:37 am
House Taxation & Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- If I have a wastewater project in my district, for example, that's a $10 million project, but I only
- This is a multiple-year project. I yield. Thank you for your time. This is a multiple-year project.
- would allow us to move a project forward in some way, even if the responsibility for the project to
- How do we get this out to shovel-ready projects? How do we finish these projects?
- On 1E, the only worry that I have is sometimes we have projects that are good projects that need to be
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/11/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- We also provide education through summarizing most of the private admonitions, some of the letters of
- We also provide education through summarizing most of the private admonitions, some of the letters of
- , those remain private, at least on the board's end.
- some admonition that's private.
- <00:59:53.400>
with <00:59:53.559>state projects with state projects with state agencies
Summary:
The Judiciary and Civil Law Committee met to hear an informational presentation from the Board of Judicial Standards. After brief member and staff introductions and a review of committee rules, the board’s executive secretary, Sarah Bas, and Mary Pat Maher explained the board’s history, mission, and operations. They described the board as an independent state agency that handles complaints about judicial misconduct and disability, issues advisory opinions, and educates judges on ethics. The presentation covered the board’s composition, complaint intake and screening process, and the levels of discipline available, ranging from summary dismissal and letters of caution to private admonitions, deferred disposition agreements, public reprimands, and formal complaints that can lead to Supreme Court review.
Members asked about the board’s budget, public access to discipline records, confidentiality of complaints, and how the board balances accountability with protecting public confidence in the judiciary. The board said public discipline is posted on its website, while private admonitions, deferred dispositions, dismissals, and letters of caution remain confidential. It also said judges generally are told who complained so they can respond, though the board can withhold the source for good cause. Questions also focused on whether attorneys are underreporting misconduct, how many complaints are nuisance complaints, and whether the online complaint system changed the types of complaints received; the board said nuisance complaints make up more than half, the complaint types have not changed much, and it does not have data comparing complaint sources to outcomes. No votes or formal committee actions were taken.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue (10-15-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- districts for um construction projects. districts for um construction projects.
- Which is basically a projection issue. We had that come up in the 2024 session.
- third party collection entity, a private third party collection entity, a private entity<00:46:09.200
- <00:46:16.800>
collection university hire a private collection university hire a private collection - collection and better than our private collection and better than our private collections.<01:04
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
History of SEEK 00:02:15
Summary of On-Behalf Payments 00:12:40
Discussion on Collection of University Debt
Department of Revenue 00:32:40
Northern Kentucky University 00:57:10, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum, approved the minutes from the September 17 meeting, and heard a presentation from Kentucky Department of Education staff on SEEK school funding and KDE on-behalf payments. KDE explained recent SEEK changes, including the guaranteed base per-pupil amount, attendance-based calculations, second-month and January growth, the 2022 change funding kindergarten at 100% instead of 50%, and the existing add-ons for at-risk students, exceptional children, limited English learners, home/hospital instruction, and transportation. Staff also reviewed tier one funding, noting the 2024 increase from 15% to 17.5% and explaining that eligibility depends on local tax effort and property wealth. They also described Senate Bill 6 from the 2025 session as a reporting proposal to include on-behalf costs in education spending totals.
KDE staff then outlined on-behalf payments made for districts, including roughly $458 million for Teachers Retirement System contributions, $942 million for health insurance, about $12 million for technology costs, and additional SFCC debt service outside KDE’s appropriation, for a total of about $1.5 billion. Members asked how a future Senate Bill 6 would affect local contributions and whether folding on-behalf payments into SEEK would shift costs among districts. KDE and Senator Gibbons clarified that the bill was intended only as a reporting mechanism and would not change local contribution or district payments; it would simply present a broader total of state education investment. The discussion also noted that Kentucky’s reported SEEK amount alone does not capture all state education spending.
Members raised questions about home and hospital instruction data, saying local concerns suggest growth in some communities even if statewide numbers appear stable. KDE said the statewide figure has been relatively consistent but offered to provide district-level trend data. Co-Chair Petrie also asked about the accuracy of SEEK projections and on-behalf calculations, referencing prior concerns from the Office of Education Accountability. KDE responded that it works with the state budget director’s office in a consensus forecasting process and has been reviewing demographic and property-assessment data, including exceptional child counts, to improve forecast accuracy.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Preferential scoring for housing projects in communities with land trusts 3/10/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I was there with members of private banks.
- <00:09:53.600>
partnerships <00:09:54.000>and have public private partnerships and - have public private partnerships and really<00:09:54.399>
bring <00:09:54.560>about <00: - <00:10:13.040>
Um, <00:10:13.279>but can move this project forward. - Um, but can move this project forward.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Economic and Rural Development Aug 11th, 2025
Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- So we used one model in our chapter in Project Interspace.
- This was a multi-institutional project.
- The impact of that is that one solar project had the potential to earn more than all geothermal projects
- development fund and geothermal project revolving loan fund toward clean energy industrial heat projects
- He's the private entity.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 04/09/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- But the actual amount for the project works out to be the same.
- >
as project projected budget shortfall as project projected budget shortfall as well<00:58:53.280 - <01:01:22.000>
that funding for regional projects that funding for regional projects that - administrative fees after the private provider conducts the licensing.
- administrative fees after the private provider conducts the licensing.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Air Mobility & Aviation Economic Development Task Force (9-16-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- there are some private institutions there are some private institutions where<00:23:44.640>
students - There's one private Community College.
- Uh pretty close to projected nationally.
- >
builds <01:05:32.319>on transformative project that builds on transformative project - Lexington, industry partners, and private donors.
Summary:
The task force meeting began with approval of the July 14 minutes and then heard a presentation from the Kentucky Aviation Association. Association leaders described general aviation airports as important to rural access, commerce, emergency response, tourism, agriculture, and workforce development, and cited statewide economic impacts they said exceed $1.6 billion and support more than 9,400 jobs. They thanked the legislature for prior airport funding and said it had helped airports with basic operations and repairs.
The association asked lawmakers for four things: continued appropriations for general aviation airports; relief or a more workable process for required financial audits, which they said can cost $10,000 to $20,000 or more and sometimes exceed a small airport’s annual budget; a regularized statewide appropriations process for airport infrastructure needs, which they said total about $100 million and are currently addressed unevenly; and funding for the Aerospace Education Reinvestment Opportunity Act to support scholarships and aviation workforce training. Members of the task force asked follow-up questions about the audit burden, the difference between financial and safety audits, and the difficulty of finding audit firms. The presenters said they would bring specific ideas back on audit reform.
Eastern Kentucky University then presented on its aviation program. EKU leaders thanked the committee for prior support, including a $25 million appropriation for a new flight school building at Central Kentucky Regional Airport, and said the project is expected to break ground in 2026. They reported strong enrollment growth, with 502 aviation majors, most of them Kentuckians, and said the program has expanded flight hours and job placement. EKU also outlined plans to add an air traffic control program in response to Senate Bill 87 and the national shortage of controllers, saying it could train students to FAA standards if the university receives the needed investment in simulators, equipment, space, and faculty. They also discussed the need to replace an aging fleet of training aircraft, saying the current planes are decades old and costly to maintain, and that newer aircraft would improve training quality and reduce student costs.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (02/28/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:51:51.280>
in uh well on time with that project in uh well on time with that project in - So it's projects more than clean maintenance projects, yes?
- We work with Project Learning Tree, mostly with private landowners and schools.
- plantings uh we work with project plantings uh we work with project Learning<03:43:38.399>
Tree - once the project is complete.
Summary:
The committee reviewed the Department of Corrections budget, with the chair initially noting that the overall numbers looked close to fiscal year 2024 spending, except for federal funds. Department officials explained that prior ARPA expenditures and delayed revenue recognition had distorted the comparison, and that the corrected general fund spend was about $169.7 million. Members then focused on whether the budget’s staffing assumptions were realistic, especially the shift from overtime to full-time lines and the use of vacant positions to offset overtime costs. The department said it is leaning on vacancy savings, but would return for additional appropriations if unforeseen staffing problems arise.
A major portion of the discussion centered on recruitment, retention, and staffing levels. Officials reported a 42% vacancy rate in enforcement ranks, down from 51% in January 2023, with 28 new officers headed to the next academy and 33 new hires already tracked. They said overtime is more expensive than regular staffing because of benefits and that it takes about 11 months for a new hire to break even. Members also asked about the split between incarcerated and supervised populations; the department said it oversees about 1,970 inmates in facilities and just over 4,000 people in the community, with 77 positions supervising the community population and the inmate population remaining the most expensive area.
The committee also discussed how sentencing and statutory changes affect incarceration levels, including misdemeanor/felony thresholds and theft thresholds, with the department agreeing that such changes can significantly affect prison and jail populations. Members asked about education and recidivism, and the department said base education is the most important foundation, followed by vocational training, while noting that many incarcerated men lack a high school diploma. The department also described a $1.3 million reduction in contracted forensic evaluation services, explaining that these evaluations are court-ordered competency assessments and are not statutorily required to be provided by DOC. Finally, members reviewed victim services funding and staffing, including VOCA-supported positions, and the department explained that a new victim witness specialist would help support survivors at parole hearings and safety planning.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (01/22/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:07:35.560>
financing and they approve the project financing and they approve the project - mean we put it out to eligible projects mean we put it out to eligible projects as<00:36:51.839>
- some towns put it into uh the project some towns put it into uh the project itself<02:55:31.399>
- , we review all those projects.
- projects um we review<05:15:01.558>
all <05:15:01.760>those <05:15:02.040>projects<
Summary:
New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority officials, led by Executive Director Rob Dapice, briefed legislators on the agency’s structure and funding. They explained that the authority is created by state law but is not a state agency, its debt is not state debt, and it is governed by a board appointed by the governor and approved by the Executive Council. The discussion focused on the Affordable Housing Fund and the lead paint hazard remediation fund, including how state appropriations and federal resources are combined to finance affordable rental housing and lead abatement work.
Dapice said the Affordable Housing Fund is used as gap financing for multifamily affordable housing projects, typically alongside federal tax credits and tax-exempt bonds, and that state dollars leverage roughly 2:1 to 10:1 in additional federal and private investment, averaging about 4:1. He said the fund has received historic appropriations in recent budgets, including $30 million over the last two biennial budgets and an annual $5 million set-aside from the real estate transfer tax. He also said the fund is usually structured as 0% interest, deferred loans rather than grants, with repayments returning to the fund if projects generate cash flow.
Members asked about rents, oversight, staffing, revenues, and whether the programs had added positions. Dapice said affordability restrictions generally last 30 to 99 years, rents are tied to income limits and capped so tenants pay no more than 30% of income, and compliance staff inspect properties regularly to verify income eligibility and rent limits. He said the organization has about 130 to 135 employees, down from about 145, with no new positions added because of the appropriations. He estimated total revenues at roughly $300 million, with administrative budget around $22 million, much of it pass-through grant money.
On lead paint remediation, he said the state first appropriated $6 million in 2019, plus $1 million in ARPA funds, and that the program has cleared more than 500 units. He said the federal grant program is not annual or predictable, with a recent award of about $7.75 million, and that the maximum federal grant per unit is $177,000, typically paired with up to $100,000 in state loan support. He also noted that the program can address homes before a child is poisoned if lead hazards are identified, but that cases involving an already exposed child are a higher priority. No votes or formal actions were taken.
NE
Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Morning Session Apr 10th, 2026
Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- , like nitrates in our groundwater, and the priorities of our water improvement projects, specifically
- In gross, such, State Bill 838, projects... [Unintelligible bill-reading text continues.]
- The Department should not require a private-enroll managed-care organization condition of eligibility
- The Department should not require a private-enroll managed-care organization condition of eligibility
- The Department should not require a private-enroll managed-care organization condition of eligibility
Bills:
LB764, LB815A, LB839, LB888, LB955, LB972A, LB1029, LB1087, LB1091, LB1126A, LB1181A, LB1237A, LB1261A, LB304A, LB762, LB889, LB929, LB966, LB1022, LB1187, LR508
Keywords:
law enforcement, correctional services, Department of Correctional Services, corrections officers, state prison employees, peace officer, certification, police standards, training academy, Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Nebraska Police Standards Advisory Council, criminal justice, correctional staff, conditional officer, law enforcement authority, public safety, LB815A, LB815, appropriation, appropriations bill
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee, May 4, 2026 - PM
Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and also now the private sector.
- <00:50:22.160>
private <00:50:22.440>companies sharing with private private companies - :31.480>
project been a project by project been a project by project sort<01:14:33.600>of< - GIS data touches private assets.
- <03:34:31.560>
So, privatizing this. So, privatizing this.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee Jul 2nd, 2025
Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- This has an effect on projects in New Mexico.
- All of those rules could impact a project like that, as well as projects all across the country.
- We wouldn't know about private commercial insurance.
- that maybe that form of finance to help with the project, if it goes away, would cause that project
- And projections were significantly lower than what the department's projections were.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- <01:13:08.400>
Adam Minnesota as certified by project Adam Minnesota as certified by project - <01:14:34.320>
Adam confidence in our staff per project Adam confidence in our staff per project - any school including our um private any school including our um private school<01:26:24.320>
- But Project ADAM has done a lot to work with schools.
- <01:31:55.080>
Adam students and that was with project Adam students and that was with project
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Last session, we addressed private residential projects, reducing the statute from ten years down to
- However, on private commercial projects the statute of repose is 10 years and while Texas is tied for
- House Bill 3223 in front of you today, members, seeks to bring private commercial projects in line with
- It just makes the public and private construction projects with the same statute are opposed.
- There's a caveat for private. reprimand, including if they resign with a private reprimand.
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
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Transcript Highlights:
- The Office of Private Occupational School Education.
- My office has received calls from private landlords and from a CDC.
- My office has received calls from private landlords and from a CDC.
- , going to still project $3,200 in this $258?
- That amounts to approximately 10% of the projected $325 million the industry is projected to raise for
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Ways and Means held a public FY27 budget hearing at Barnstable Town Hall, with opening remarks emphasizing the Cape and Islands’ seasonal infrastructure, housing, transportation, workforce, and digital needs. The hearing began with testimony from the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, which outlined the Healey-Driscoll administration’s budget priorities for job training, apprenticeship, youth employment, reentry programs, and unemployment insurance modernization. The secretary highlighted proposed funding for the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund, Career Technical Initiative, YouthWorks, reentry workforce development, and services for young adults with disabilities, along with a proposal to streamline youth work permits. Members also discussed the unemployment trust fund, the COVID assessment on employers, rising unemployment, and the need to improve DUA customer service and claims processing.
Committee members asked about job seeker barriers such as child care, housing, transportation, and out-migration of young workers, as well as how to keep Cape Cod graduates and seasonal workers in the region. The administration said its strategy is to pair training with broader affordability investments and to expose students to career pathways earlier, including through middle school, early childhood STEM, YouthWorks, pre-apprenticeships, and Building Pathways. Senators and representatives also raised concerns about regional funding disparities, especially for Hampshire Franklin MassHire, and the administration said it is reviewing MassHire funding and service equity through a policy committee and statewide workforce board. On unemployment assistance, officials reported major improvements in wait times and claims processing, but said they are still working through backlogs and staffing challenges while maintaining program integrity.
The committee then heard testimony from the Executive Office of Economic Development. The secretary described House 2 as a fiscally restrained budget with no new taxes or fees, while preserving core programs and using the Mass Leads Act tools to support competitiveness. EOED’s proposal included funding for the Community One Stop for Growth, rural economic development, social enterprise operating grants, regional economic development organizations, the Workforce Investment Trust Fund, Community Workforce Partnerships, Pathmaker, advanced manufacturing training, life sciences, innovation vouchers, AI initiatives, small business assistance, and tourism and live theater support. The Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation also testified on its FY27 request, focusing on consumer protection, licensing, banking, insurance, and public safety regulation. No votes were taken during the hearing.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- But neither does the private industry either.
- It is not a private airport; it is a public airport. It is not state-owned.
- I think that was the insinuation, but it's not a private Lakefront airport.
- And we encourage private funds to open up grocery stores.
- They all run by private businesses, private corporations who do that particular piece.
Keywords:
housing assistance, state-owned property, cost-burdened, state employees, affordable housing, fiscal audit, higher education, public funds, underrepresented minorities, Board of Regents, Louisiana legislation, constitutional convention, Louisiana constitution, electoral process, government structure, delegate elections, airport authority, fire protection, supplemental pay, public safety
Summary:
The committee first took up Senate Bill 105, which would reinstate an existing TOPS Tech benefit for eligible veterans after a sunset expired. The author said the program had been underused because it was not well promoted, but that the new veterans workforce effort called “The Boot” would help connect veterans to the benefit. Members confirmed it would use existing TOPS funds and not require new money, and the bill was reported favorably without objection.
House Resolution 3 asked the Louisiana Housing Corporation to study whether vacant state-owned property could be used for housing and rental assistance for cost-burdened state employees. The author described it as an exploratory study, while members raised concerns about the fiscal note and the scope of the study. Fiscal staff explained the agency had requested additional positions to do the work. The committee discussed narrowing the study to certain areas, but the resolution was ultimately reported favorably.
House Bill 189 sought supplemental pay for fire protection officers at the Lakefront Management Authority’s airport. The author and airport representatives argued the firefighters perform hazardous, specialized ARFF duties at a busy public airport and should be treated like other supplemental-pay recipients. Some members questioned whether the airport and its employees qualified under existing law and whether the proposal would expand an already costly program. After debate, the committee rejected the bill on an 8-10 vote.
The committee then reported Senate Bill 461 favorably, which would place certain small groups of active employees under the Office of Group Benefits to improve insurance rates without using general fund money. House Bill 623, creating a three-tier permitting system for vapor product producers, manufacturers, and wholesalers, was amended to clarify the direct-to-consumer shipment prohibition and then reported favorably. House Bill 1222, which would authorize LED to create a grocery initiative grant and assistance program to address food deserts, drew extended debate over whether it would amount to government-run grocery stores; supporters said it would only create incentives for private grocers and related assistance. It was amended and reported favorably by a 16-2 vote. Finally, House Resolution 80, as amended, would shift a proposed audit-related effort on higher education budget metrics away from the legislative auditor and toward university systems’ own boards; members questioned the need for a look-back report and the added workload, and the chair indicated he would move to recommit the resolution to the education committee.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Taxation and Revenue Feb 4th, 2026 at 08:32 am
House Taxation & Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- It treats the public and private project sites the same and lets credits be transferred so smaller companies
- When we lose those projects, the consequences are just as real.
- In some ways, it depends on how capital intensive that project is.
- But that does become part of a negotiation with a potential project.
- Are there things that are in the pipeline or projects that you have in mind?
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Um granting the exemption will projects.
- And as the chair generation projects.
- Just as important, this project brings tangible local benefits.
- project carries special significance. project carries special significance.
- Constructing and project comes together.
Keywords:
tax credits, sustainable aviation fuel, environmental policy, corporate franchise, Minnesota taxation, electricity generation, property tax exemption, renewable energy, incentives, economic development, fuel delivery, tax exemption, retail transactions, diesel exhaust fluid, fuel lubricants, healthcare tax, gross receipts tax, hospitals, chiropractors, healthcare providers
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- are uh tax assisted housing projects. are uh tax assisted housing projects. the<00:29:15.919>
- . project. project.
- Is that mean a specific housing project Is that mean a specific housing project that<00:33:24.240
- That is why we have private hospitals, private businesses running that business in our communities, in
- hospitals, private<02:22:53.840>
businesses private businesses private businesses running<02:
Summary:
The Senate opened with a call of the Senate, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then established a quorum and moved to messages from the House. The chamber received several House-passed Senate files, including SF 2814 (real estate appraisers), SF 3637 (transportation), and SF 4244 (technical corrections), and took up SF 1714 on payment transparency and public contracts. The Senate concurred in the House amendments to SF 1714, advanced it to third reading, and then passed the bill 65-0. The Senate also received House amendments to SF 3432 on public safety, but instead of concurring, it voted to send the bill to a five-member conference committee. The Senate likewise agreed to a conference committee request on HF 4188, a commerce bill dealing with consumer protections for insurance and financial products.
The Senate then handled additional House messages and routine business, including first reading of several House files and adoption of committee reports. A committee report on SF 453, relating to thermal energy networks as public improvements and water works, recommended amendment and passage under Senate Concurrent Resolution 6, and the report was adopted except for the referenced resolution item. The chamber also completed second readings of several Senate bills and one House bill, and approved a motion to withdraw SF 4464 from the Committee on State and Local Government and return it to the author.
The main floor debate centered on HF 1141, the housing finance and policy omnibus. Senator Port described the bill as focused on affordability, including $50 million in housing infrastructure bonds, greater Minnesota infrastructure grants, manufactured housing protections, limits on large institutional investors buying single-family homes, and increased oversight of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency. The Senate adopted several amendments, including a technical A12 amendment, A7 to dedicate $5 million of bonding to manufactured home park improvements, and A4 on manufactured housing protections such as rent receipts and longer move-out time after eviction. Senator Abler then offered A14, which would limit rent increases in certain non-market-rate, tax-credit housing for seniors to CPI-based increases; supporters framed it as a humanitarian measure for elderly residents facing steep rent hikes, while opponents raised concerns about rent control, the scope of the amendment, and the need for more detail. The transcript ends during continued debate on A14, with no final vote shown on that amendment.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 1 - 03/27/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- And then the other um be private.
- procedures to monitor access to private procedures to monitor access to private and<01:56:52.000
- <01:57:49.040>
Many are library patrons as private. Many are library patrons as private. - attorney about pursuing private action. attorney about pursuing private action.
- an effort to keep the project on time. an effort to keep the project on time.