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• Commission, on workforce or on economic development projects.
• Okay, and those are the economic development.
• Okay, and those are the economic development.
• The state workforce development board is in place today.
• In fact, there was a recent ranking from a site development...

Summary: The meeting focused on Arkansas’s workforce development reorganization and a set of federal waiver requests intended to consolidate and streamline the state’s WIOA system. Commerce officials said the department has already centralized shared services, split the old workforce agency into reemployment and Arkansas Workforce Connections, and submitted a combined WIOA/Perkins state plan. They described nine waiver requests, including replacing local workforce boards with a single statewide board, creating one planning and accountability structure, allowing more flexible movement of funds across regions, easing the “last-dollar” requirement for training and supportive services, reducing required youth program elements, and allowing affiliate sites instead of mandatory comprehensive centers. Officials said the goal is to reduce administrative costs and redirect more money to training, supportive services, and employer-driven programs. Legislators raised concerns about rural representation, local employer relationships, and whether local offices would close. Commerce officials said local offices would remain open, some current staff could be rehired, and regional business councils would preserve local employer input. They said the current system is fragmented and expensive, with roughly $14 million in federal workforce funds flowing through local boards but only about $1.9 million spent on training and supportive services last year; they argued the reorganization could raise training spending to about $6 million to $7 million annually. Questions also addressed board composition, performance accountability, and how funds could be shifted between regions when needs change. The State Board of Workforce Development had approved the waiver package 11-3 before it was submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor. Members also discussed workforce access for people with disabilities, child care and transportation supports, and the role of Arkansas Launch, apprenticeships, and career and technical education. Officials said vocational rehabilitation now has better access to the state job board and that referrals and data-sharing with DHS and other partners still need improvement. Several legislators emphasized the need for training to align more closely with employer demand, especially in manufacturing, technology, health care, and rural areas. The committee also heard a brief overview of Workforce Pell, with staff explaining that the new federal short-term Pell option has narrow eligibility rules and may not fit many existing programs, including some CDL and CNA programs.

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• In fact, a lot of times that term equates to sprawl development.
• How many units do we typically need to develop for it to pencil?
• We've seen infill developers do as little as two to four units.
• So, Madam Chair, is this for a development where now as a developer I'm going to build 100 homes or is
• Honestly, it was mostly an oversight as we were developing it.

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• It's developed by the city councils and city staff to be able to develop financial management policy
• It's developed by the city councils and city staff to be able to develop financial management policy
• We've developed plans.
• Because the DFC can impact how much brackish groundwater can be developed using Development Board funds
• It's total development of the wellfield and the development of the wellfield, but you're literally connecting

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• So we developed these this course that was taught several times last year and in 2023.
• Leadership development and adaptive technical said assistance at the organizational level.
• It's really meant to develop the individually identified really meant to develop the individually identified
• professional development goals of that particular worker.
• We have 3 areas of focus for coaching professional development, competency and skill development and

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• is helping us get a critical development is helping us get a critical development we<00:02:55.159
• We have developers waiting to build what will be the largest development ever, and this exemption would
• We have developers waiting to build what will be the largest development ever, and this exemption would
• We have developers waiting to build what will be the largest development ever, and this exemption would
• <00:14:04.720> I exemption for a private development I exemption for a private development

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• $10 million tax-based development $10 million tax-based development project.<00:50:11.280> It
• development, a townhouse. development, a townhouse.
• 01:03:02.240> voted after development proposal get get voted after development proposal get get
• The key to housing are the developers. The key to housing are the developers.
• developers but for-profit development. developers but for-profit development.

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• <00:03:45.360> will ownership development program will ownership development program will
• ><00:12:36.240> and renters, homeowners, developers, and renters, homeowners, developers, and
• Since 2012, development of housing.
• affordable home ownership development affordable home ownership development program,<00:18:44.640
• <00:23:42.640> new fraction of what it takes to develop new fraction of what it takes to develop

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• We will hear from the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development.
• We serve as the state's leader for job growth and economic development.
• Again, anybody interested in economic development should be...
• growth, and development.
• We were finally able to hire a development manager part-time.

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Summary: The subcommittee heard informational updates and budget requests from the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (Go-Biz), the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA), and the California Film Commission. Go-Biz Director D.D. Myers described the California Jobs First strategy, including regional economic planning, sector working groups, and investments in priority industries such as ag-tech, space and defense, life sciences, semiconductors, and microelectronics. She also outlined budget proposals for a five-year extension of the CalCompetes tax credit, support for export promotion, additional staffing for the film tax credit program, innovation and emerging technologies work, and the new California brand campaign. Senators questioned the campaign’s purpose, its relationship to tourism promotion, and whether it could obscure regulatory and business-climate concerns; Myers said it was intended to counter misinformation, promote California’s economic strengths, and support business attraction and retention, not to shut down debate about policy challenges. CalOSBA Deputy Director Claire Whitmer and program partners reported on the California RISE program, the Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund, and technical assistance/capital infusion programs. CalOSBA said RISE’s first cohort awarded $16.9 million to 61 employment social enterprises, which collectively expanded operations and employment for people facing barriers to work; a second round is being launched with updated services and a new grant administrator. The Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund fully distributed $11.6 million to 100 recipients, but witnesses said demand far exceeded available funding and that the sector remains fragile after the pandemic and AB 5-related cost increases. The technical assistance and capital programs were described as serving more than 112,000 businesses in the last year, helping start 3,780 new businesses and leverage significant loan and equity capital, with emphasis on outreach to women-, minority-, veteran-, rural-, and low-wealth-owned firms. Committee members focused on whether these programs produce durable outcomes and reach underserved communities. One senator asked for longitudinal data on employment social enterprises and whether jobs created through incentives persist over time; CalOSBA said it would provide prior studies and future tracking. Another senator pressed for more outreach and support for small businesses at different stages of development, especially those in disadvantaged communities that may struggle to access capital. The California Film Commission then presented a request for three permanent positions and ongoing funding to administer the expanded film and television tax credit program. Commissioners said the program is tracking demographic and career-pathway data, with about 90% of productions opting into new diversity provisions and reporting due to the Legislature in 2027. The LAO supported the film commission staffing request given the larger program size and expanded applicant pool. No votes were taken; the items were informational or budget requests under review.

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• who are tackling residential development.
• And then on the development demand, I'll provide you with our development pipeline and the demand that
• Like if Marquita's doing development and Naira is doing development, what are those competitive deals
• And what—so it's, I want to see how that develops and how we develop that timeline.
• If you would also really think in terms of— So it's, I want to see how that develops and how we develop

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• Other developments can be seen on the next slide.
• I'm the current Secretary in Economic Development.
• for economic development.
• I think we can develop this infrastructure.
• I mean, economic development is important.

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• Local opposition continue to slow development.
• This policy would enable development or developers to withdraw cash from existing HCD projects to promote
• back to. original either local jurisdiction or developer or so forth.
• community development to align with the deadlines provided by Housing and Urban Development.
• It will lead to improved efficiency and housing development.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So the developer would, they would say to the developer, you owe us two million dollars because we're
• parcels or an adjacent development.
• Adjacent parcels or an adjacent development.
• It would have to be the development order, have the negotiations would have to take place, the development
• So explain to me with the Economic Development Agency...

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, several introductions, and an announcement that there would be no conference that weekend. The chamber then took up a long special order calendar and passed a series of bills, often by substituting House companions. Early measures included trust law modernization to create a nonjudicial trustee discharge process, military affairs changes expanding leave and retirement-related provisions, a bill to prepare for the end of penny use by standardizing cash rounding, and a podiatric medicine bill regulating cellular or tissue-based products and informed consent. The Senate also approved veterans court expansion, RV park assessment clarification, alcohol-loss tax deduction authority, bail bond and pretrial release revisions, and a military-installation jurisdiction bill to allow juvenile cases on bases to be handled in state juvenile court under certain conditions. Most bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously, with the bail bond bill passing 36-1 after questions about charitable bail bonds and confirmation that existing law on return of charitable bail funds would remain unchanged. The chamber then paused for a lengthy farewell presentation honoring Senator Lori Berman, featuring a video, remarks from many senators, and Berman’s own closing speech reflecting on her 16 years of service, her legislative priorities, and her call for civility, bipartisanship, and continued support for issues such as school safety, Israel, anti-Semitism, and affordability. After the tribute, the Senate resumed and passed additional bills, including one expanding insurance coverage definitions for portable electronics and eyewear, a workforce and nursing education funding bill broadening support for health science programs, a recovery residences regulatory streamlining bill, a felony battery enhancement bill adding resisting an officer with violence as a qualifying prior offense, and a child welfare bill extending visitor thresholds in out-of-home placements, making the Step Into Success program permanent, and creating a best-practices program. The chamber also advanced a candidate qualification bill tightening party-affiliation requirements and adding a House provision on recent legal name changes; debate began on that measure as the transcript ended.

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• PART OF IT WAS TO DEVELOP NEW REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES, DEVELOPED A HIGHLY SKILLED HIGH WAGE WORKFORCE
• ONE OF THIS IS AN ANTICANCER AGENT THAT WAS IN DEVELOPMENT I THINK FOR 15 YEARS.
• SO AGAIN THIS IS SHOWING TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT OF NEW DRUGS.
• ONE OF THE AREAS I TALKED ABOUT WAS THIS DEVELOPMENT OF IMAGING TECHNOLOGY.
• THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, THESE ARE CHANGING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDENTS.

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• SB 925 tasks the California Energy Commission with developing a statewide roadmap for the development
• But the development of the clean energy industry in California is under threat.
• But the development of the clean energy industry in California is under threat.
• This all falls within the primary development parameters already analyzed in those documents.
• It's also important to realize that the current developer for the project is the third developer; the

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• important,<00:23:00.000> but development is absolutely important, but development is absolutely
• 2027 from the workforce development 2027 from the workforce development fund.<00:56:20.079> Both
• fund one time to the agent development fund one time to the agent economic<01:07:15.440> development
• Minnesota D, this surge in development Minnesota D, this surge in development is<01:10:37.679>
• plus the Asian Economic Development plus the Asian Economic Development Association.<01:14:16.880

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• Economic development. It is Monday, March 24th.
• the workforce development fund. the workforce development fund.
• workforce development development fund. workforce development development fund.
• <01:26:51.520> I workforce development in Oatana. I workforce development in Oatana.
• development while fostering development development while fostering entrepreneurship<01:47:53.920>

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• All right, with that said, I make a motion to adopt the Resource Conservation and Development Project
• Section 52 appropriates funding for the Riverfront Development Corporation into the RDC Fund.
• Section 57 for the Small Business Financial Development Fund authorizes up to $5 million.
• to support programs that provide financial assistance to further small business development.
• land when planning road-widening projects related to new residential development.

Summary: The committee met for a fiscal year 2027 capital budget writing session with all 12 members present. It first reviewed and approved the DNREC Resource Conservation and Development drainage project list, which would add projects across New Castle, Kent, and Sussex counties and bring the total eligible projects to 1,561. Members offered personal remarks thanking retiring conservation district staff, especially Kevin Donnelly, for years of work on drainage and water issues. The committee then reviewed DelDOT Rule 12 changes, including annual date updates and a reduction in the inflation markup applied to older estimates, and approved the rule as amended. The committee next adopted DelDOT Appendix A and the FY27 paving and rehabilitation list, including the subdivision street management fund and various road resurfacing projects. DelDOT explained that paving projects are for state-of-good-repair work and that major changes from corridor studies would be handled separately. The committee also approved DelDOT epilogue changes, including updates to authorization amounts, a $25 million increase for toll infrastructure work, changes to subdivision street paving language, and an increase in the subdivision street paving management fund to $30 million. Several sections were placed on hold for later updates. The committee then moved through boilerplate epilogue sections in the bond bill, approving a wide range of provisions affecting conservation districts, housing, economic development, corrections, DNREC, public safety, transportation, agriculture, fire prevention, education, and other agencies. Many sections were adopted in groups, while some were held for later revisions or deleted as no longer needed. The session included updates to school capital rules, transportation restrictions and reporting requirements, DNREC conservation and land-use provisions, and funding and administrative authorities across multiple agencies. The committee broke for lunch after approving the education-related sections through 147, with additional sections still pending.

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• This bill allows for similar exploration, delineation, and potential development into the Bakken and
• Three Forks formations, including and potential development into the Bakken and Three Forks formations
• It was that development. It was that proving up of this new resource, which I...
• It was that development.
• This is some areas that we haven't seen any development ever in.

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Summary: The Finance and Tax Committee met to consider Senate Bill 2397 and a proposed amendment creating a development incentive well program for North Dakota oil and gas production. Representative Dockter explained the amendment as a way to encourage exploratory and innovative drilling in light of the state’s financial outlook and the growing share of stripper wells. Department of Mineral Resources Director Nathan Anderson and DMR geologist Timothy Nashim presented background on the Bakken and Three Forks formations, with Nashim describing research showing that Middle Three Forks second-bench development can add reserves in some areas but not others, and that roughly 600 additional wells in the strongest area could yield about 250 million barrels of oil. Continental Resources representatives William Houser and John Argo supported the amendment. They said the bill would give a temporary oil extraction tax exemption for certified development incentive wells, limited to 36 months or 300,000 barrels, and would also update tax treatment for gas used in enhanced oil recovery and on-site electric generation. They argued the measure would encourage new technology and testing in existing spacing units, complementing House Bill 1483, which they said focused on geographic expansion into non-Bakken and non-Three Forks areas. Argo said Continental still invests heavily in North Dakota but is shifting rigs elsewhere because of economics, and he urged incentives to spur exploration and preserve the basin’s long-term future. North Dakota Petroleum Council executive director Ron Ness also supported the concept, calling it a targeted, low-risk way to encourage innovation and future barrels. Committee members asked about royalty treatment, the difference from House Bill 1483, pressure maintenance, and how the program would be administered. DMR said the amendment should clarify that the operator bears the burden of proving a well qualifies and that only one incentive well per stratigraphic interval should be certified. No vote was taken; the committee paused to work on revised language and indicated the bill would likely need further adjustment, possibly in conference committee.

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• It's a developing human being.
• Here's the bottom line: If we can teach how frogs develop, we can teach how a human being is developed
• If we can teach how frogs develop, we can teach how a human being is developed.
• Human fetal development is a core part of human development as a whole, teaching students how a human
• , prenatal development, as explained as a science.

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• Welcome to the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee here.
• Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee hearing today.
• I mean, this. in the same development project? No.
• We developed these plans.
• And usually it was against a development at that point, and still can be.

Summary: The committee heard a long agenda of housing-related bills, beginning with AB 249, which would require youth-specific coordinated entry assessments for homeless services. The author and supporters from Larkin Street Youth Services and the California Coalition for Youth argued that current vulnerability tools are adult-focused and can disadvantage young people; the bill was described as a developmentally appropriate fix to better connect youth to housing and prevention services. There was no opposition, and the bill passed 7-0 to Human Services. Members then heard AB 239 and AB 1206. AB 239 would create a state-led disaster housing task force, a state disaster housing coordinator, and regular legislative reporting to speed recovery after disasters; it passed 7-0 to Emergency Management. AB 1206 would let local agencies pre-approve plans for single-family and small multifamily homes of up to 10 units to reduce permitting delays and costs; the League of California Cities opposed it unless amended, citing local variation and staffing concerns, but the author and supporters said it would preserve local control and help speed housing production. The bill passed 9-0 to Local Government. The committee also took up AB 57, which would reserve at least 10% of California’s home purchase assistance funds for descendants of formerly enslaved people. Supporters framed it as reparative justice and a way to address longstanding racial disparities in homeownership, while Pacific Legal Foundation argued it likely violated constitutional limits on race-based government action and urged a race-neutral approach. After discussion about reparations criteria and the bill’s intent, it passed 6-0 to Judiciary. The consent calendar, including AB 480, AB 726, and AB 1154, was approved 8-0. Later, AB 282 was heard to allow housing providers to prefer applicants who participate in rental assistance programs, such as Housing Choice Vouchers, despite existing source-of-income discrimination law. Supporters said it would help voucher holders find units and improve affordable housing operations; no opposition testified, and the bill passed 6-1 to Judiciary. AB 1229 followed, restructuring the adult reentry grant program to focus on permanent housing for people leaving prison by moving administration to HCD and using regional administrators; supporters emphasized the link between housing stability and reduced recidivism, and the bill passed 7-0 to Public Safety. The committee then approved AB 670, which would let local governments count preservation of naturally occurring affordable housing toward housing element goals and require better demolition reporting, and AB 750, which would strengthen oversight and reporting for homeless shelters after a prior reporting law saw very low compliance. AB 670 passed 8-0 to Local Government, and AB 750 was presented with testimony from a shelter resident describing abuse and lack of accountability in shelters.