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ND
Transcript Highlights:
- opinion, the larger schools are the ones that are experiencing the most difficulty because of the mass
- The most difficulty because of the mass of students that they have at Red Fargo and West Fargo and Bismarck
- opinion, that larger schools are the ones that are experiencing the most difficulty because of the mass
- of students that they have. the most difficulty because of the mass of students that they have at Red
Summary:
The meeting focused heavily on dual credit programming across North Dakota, with presentations from Valley City State University, Lake Region State College, Fargo Public Schools, and teachers from West Fargo and Drake-Anamoose. Speakers described dual credit as a way to give high school students college-level rigor, reduce future tuition costs, and help students explore academic and career pathways. Several presenters emphasized that strong local relationships between colleges and school districts are central to program quality, especially in rural areas where access to advanced coursework can be limited.
Valley City State University outlined its quality-control model, including annual teacher trainings, syllabus and outcomes alignment, faculty evaluations, qualification standards, school visits, and a goal of building 24-credit College Studies Certificates. The university reported about 504 students in the fall and 559 in the spring, with roughly 5,539 projected credit hours and about 130 students expected to earn the 24-credit certificate. Members asked about faculty qualifications, online versus in-person delivery, student retention, revenue, and whether a more centralized statewide model might be more efficient; the presenter said centralization could reduce duplication but might weaken local relationships and choice.
Lake Region State College described a broader regional model, with about 913 dual credit students last fall across 44 school districts, roughly half of them taking online college courses and half taking face-to-face courses taught by qualified high school teachers serving as adjuncts. The college said it has paid for graduate credits to help teachers meet credentialing requirements and reimburses districts for teacher support and materials. Fargo Public Schools reported 50 dual credit courses through multiple higher-ed partners, 1,571 enrollments, and a 12.61% increase in participation, while also raising concerns about inconsistent registration systems, credentialing requirements, and transfer clarity across institutions. Teachers from West Fargo and Drake-Anamoose reinforced the value of dual credit, while noting concerns about retention in foundational science courses and the importance of maintaining rigor and support for students.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- is nothing to say of the Waymo car that actually prohibited emergency vehicles from responding to a mass
- 42:41.200><c> a</c> emergency vehicles from responding to a emergency vehicles from responding to a mass
- </c> mass shooting in Texas. mass shooting in Texas.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- government, and I have been saying this for my six years, and I think today is just kind of to the point of mass
- government, and I have been saying this for my six years, and I think today is just kind of to the point of mass
- And when the agencies just hand us bills that we're supposed to point of mass frustration.
- Um, we as point of mass frustration.
Keywords:
assisted living, healthcare, training, unlicensed personnel, resident rights, safety regulations, nursing home, long-term care, guardian, conservator, arbitration, mandatory arbitration, consumer protection, fee increase, rate increase, price hike, private pay, public funds, Medicaid, waiver services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- would actually slow auto sales, that it would, you know, change the look of cars, that this was a mass
- that</c><01:23:19.520><c> this</c><01:23:19.760><c> was</c><01:23:19.920><c> a</c><01:23:20.480><c> mass
- </c><01:23:20.800><c> hysteria</c> of cars, that this was a mass hysteria of cars, that this was a mass
Keywords:
HF1316, child support, new hire reporting, centralized work reporting system, independent contractors, payors, employers, payor of funds, withholding orders, income withholding, child support enforcement, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, gig economy, rideshare drivers, delivery drivers, 1099, W-9, W-4, newly hired workers, rehired employees
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/17/26
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2022, there were mass protests present actually at the Capitol in Minnesota, putting the state on
- in<01:07:50.160><c> 2022</c><01:07:51.359><c> there</c><01:07:51.520><c> were</c><01:07:51.680><c> mass
- </c><01:07:52.079><c> protests</c><01:07:52.960><c> uh</c> in 2022 there were mass protests uh in 2022
- there were mass protests uh present<01:07:53.599><c> actually</c><01:07:53.920><c> at</c><01:07:54.160
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/23/26
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- recent states who have made licensure adjustments, and have we seen any evidence that there's been this mass
- seen any evidence that there's<01:03:15.200><c> been</c><01:03:15.359><c> this</c><01:03:15.680><c> mass
- </c><01:03:16.079><c> reduction</c><01:03:16.400><c> in</c> there's been this mass reduction in there's
- been this mass reduction in professionals<01:03:17.200><c> in</c><01:03:17.520><c> that</c><01:03:17.760
Keywords:
massage therapy, Asian bodywork therapy, massage therapist, Asian bodywork therapist, licensure, professional licensing, health occupations, Department of Health, commissioner of health, advisory council, protected title, unlicensed practice, scope of practice, consumer protection, background check, professional liability insurance, continuing education, credentialing examination, state preemption, municipal regulation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And the nudify feature that this bill seeks to ban allows predators to create content in mass to further
- ban allows predators to create content ban allows predators to create content in<01:46:23.520><c> mass
- c> to</c><01:46:24.000><c> further</c><01:46:24.480><c> increase</c><01:46:24.880><c> their</c> in mass
- to further increase their in mass to further increase their profits<01:46:26.000><c> and</c><01:46:26.239
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- I remember there was a basketball team in Western Mass played a number of injuries.
- > there was a bath basketball team in there was a bath basketball team in Western<00:32:15.360><c> Mass
- ><c> played</c><00:32:16.640><c> a</c><00:32:16.880><c> number</c><00:32:17.039><c> of</c> Western Mass
- played a number of Western Mass played a number of injuries.<00:32:17.679><c> Had</c><00:32:17.840><
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- And so I want to say that there across the world there have been no mass losses like colony collapse
- there</c><01:44:19.840><c> have</c><01:44:20.080><c> been</c><01:44:20.239><c> no</c><01:44:20.800><c> mass
- </c><01:44:21.280><c> losses</c> world there have been no mass losses world there have been no mass losses
Keywords:
agriculture, aquaculture, livestock, agribusiness, Department of Agriculture, regulatory functions, employee benefits, restorative practices, sustainability, environmental stewardship, local food systems, Native Hawaiian, workforce development, agricultural development, Hawaii Island, property manager, state employment, SB3320, Hawaii, Agribusiness Development Corporation
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on SP 2350, which would transfer oversight of the Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Development Division and the aquaculture and livestock support services branch to the Agribusiness Development Corporation. The Department of Agriculture and ADC both testified, with ADC opposing the bill as written while supporting the goal of strengthening agriculture. ADC said the transfer could create federal operational and coordination risks, jeopardize federal funding and program continuity, and was unnecessary because ADC is a business development entity, not a regulatory agency. The Hawaii Farmers Union also expressed concern that moving the programs could weaken the department’s ability to access federal resources, while the Hawaii Farm Bureau submitted written testimony and the Hawaii Aquaculture and Aquaponics Association and H-Plan were noted as supporting the measure; the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council was noted as opposing it.
Much of the discussion focused on aquaculture’s economic potential and the role of regulation, permitting, and funding. Committee members questioned why aquaculture had not grown faster, citing current gross revenues of about $66 million last year, a prior high of $82 million, and a possible long-term target of $500 million. Testimony identified permitting and feed costs as major barriers, along with market conditions and water quality issues affecting producers. ADC described ongoing efforts on feed development, permitting streamlining, coastal-state collaboration on seaweed and restorative aquaculture, and national advocacy for more parity in seafood import standards.
Members also pressed the Department of Agriculture on its leadership and priorities, criticizing the lack of bills and resources dedicated to aquaculture and asking whether the department should have more authority to pursue land purchases and development opportunities. The department said it relies on divisions and industry feedback for bill ideas, noted it funds an annual aquaculture survey, and said it was pursuing congressional earmarks and other funding for aquaculture parks, research, and export/import issues. ADC said it would work with the department if the bill passed, but that its current statute does not give it regulatory authority and any such change would require a statutory amendment.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 21 (2-5-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- the Bosnian community, and our sheriff actually was in the military and helped discover some of the mass
- discover</c><01:58:35.520><c> some</c><01:58:35.760><c> of</c><01:58:35.920><c> the</c><01:58:36.080><c> mass
- </c><01:58:36.480><c> graves</c> helped discover some of the mass graves helped discover some of the
- mass graves while<01:58:37.760><c> he</c><01:58:38.000><c> was</c><01:58:38.080><c> in</c><01:58:38.320
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (10/08/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, Maine and Mass have already piloted it and it's worked very well.
- program.<00:05:49.600><c> Well,</c><00:05:49.759><c> Maine</c><00:05:50.000><c> and</c><00:05:50.160><c> Mass
- Well, Maine and Mass have program.
- Well, Maine and Mass have already<00:05:50.800><c> piloted</c><00:05:51.360><c> it</c><00:05:51.919><
Summary:
The committee first took up an insurance-related chronic pain bill and an amendment modeled on language from Massachusetts and Maine. The sponsor explained the amendment was developed after stakeholder meetings because the original bill would have created an unaffordable insurance mandate in New Hampshire. The amendment was intended to improve access to non-opioid therapies by limiting prior authorization and step-therapy barriers so they are not more restrictive than for other treatments, including opioid therapies. After questions, the committee took a straw vote and advanced the amendment.
The next item was a department-sponsored bill involving the state’s all-payer claims database. Insurance Department officials explained that the bill would encourage self-funded employer plans to opt in voluntarily by giving them aggregated, deidentified claims information in return. They said self-funded plans cannot be required to report data because of federal law, but the bill would provide an incentive while protecting employee privacy. Members asked detailed questions about who would see the data, whether individual employees could be identified, and how privacy would be enforced; the department said access would be aggregated and deidentified, and employer privacy issues would be governed by ERISA and the U.S. Department of Labor.
The committee also discussed a glucose-monitoring bill. Members debated whether the bill was aimed at type 1 diabetes coverage or broader access to continuous glucose monitors, and whether it would amount to an unnecessary insurance mandate that could raise premiums. Department testimony estimated the equipment cost and said the annual impact per member would be modest, but also noted that non-insulin therapies have not consistently shown clinically significant A1C reductions. The chair and some members emphasized that the bill should be considered on its own terms as a CGM coverage issue, not as a general diabetes mandate. The committee discussed the bill’s cost implications and asked the department for any prior cost analysis.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (04/28/2025)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- short fuse on responding to their tax notification, whether it's from the assessing firm in Hudson and Mass
- assessing firm in whether it's from the assessing firm in Hudson<00:48:20.720><c> and</c><00:48:20.920><c> mass
- /c><00:48:22.319><c> some</c><00:48:22.640><c> other</c><00:48:22.880><c> recessing</c> Hudson and mass
- or some other recessing Hudson and mass or some other recessing firm<00:48:24.200><c> or</c><00:48:25.200
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/3/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- preferential treatment includes a claim that everyone belongs there and that they were chosen from the masses
- ><00:59:03.760><c> chosen</c><00:59:04.200><c> from</c><00:59:04.359><c> the</c><00:59:04.480><c> masses
- </c><00:59:05.359><c> as</c> that they were chosen from the masses as that they were chosen from the
- masses as the<00:59:05.720><c> best</c><00:59:05.960><c> and</c><00:59:06.119><c> the</c><00:59:06.400
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- They do this by having three times the root mass below the ground as they do above it.
- three<01:41:23.800><c> times</c><01:41:24.040><c> the</c><01:41:24.159><c> root</c><01:41:24.400><c> mass
- </c><01:41:24.880><c> below</c><01:41:25.480><c> below</c> three times the root mass below below three
- times the root mass below below the<01:41:25.840><c> ground</c><01:41:26.080><c> as</c><01:41:26.199
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/24/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- Another example of what it costs to keep our public safe is our Everbridge emergency mass notification
- /c> our public safe is our Everbridge our public safe is our Everbridge emergency<00:19:47.919><c> mass
- <00:19:48.240><c> notification</c><00:19:48.960><c> system</c><00:19:49.280><c> that</c> emergency mass
- notification system that emergency mass notification system that we<00:19:49.679><c> use</c><00:19:49.840
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration Subcommittee Work Session (03/03/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- during class because they can do that, and they can do even more, like my grandson's school district in Mass
- 01:22:40.639><c> school</c><01:22:40.920><c> district</c><01:22:41.199><c> and</c><01:22:41.360><c> mass
- </c><01:22:41.719><c> that</c> grandson's school district and mass that grandson's school district and
- mass that said<01:22:42.600><c> goodbye</c><01:22:43.080><c> that</c><01:22:43.199><c> no</c><01:22:
Summary:
The subcommittee work session of the Education Policy and Administration Committee focused on House Bill 131 and House Bill 781, which were described as nearly identical bills addressing student cell phone use in schools. Members noted that HB 781 is an early bill and therefore needed committee action by Wednesday, while HB 131 did not face that deadline. The chair and members discussed the bills’ shared goal of requiring school boards to develop and adopt policies on student personal device use, with debate over whether the state should set minimum standards or leave more to local control.
A major topic was funding. One member urged the committee to avoid creating an unfunded mandate and asked for some funding support, while others argued it was too early to commit money and that the committee should first establish the policy framework. The governor’s proposed funding was discussed, including a $1 million figure in the budget and a separate $250,000 amount referenced in the bill, but several members said the money would likely be insufficient to cover all students or pouch systems statewide. The committee also reviewed a handout reflecting proposed budget language that would require school boards to adopt policies on personal device use during the school day, with schoolwide implementation and exceptions for medical disability or language proficiency needs, and a DOE-administered grant program.
Members spent considerable time on drafting details, especially deadlines and exceptions. They debated whether the bills should require school boards to “develop,” “adopt,” or also “implement” policies, and whether the effective date of the act should also serve as the deadline for school boards. They also discussed whether exceptions for classroom instructional use should be mandatory or merely encouraged, and whether the bills should explicitly include or exclude charter schools. Additional proposed exceptions included IEPs, 504 plans, English learners, and medical needs such as glucose sensors or insulin pumps, with some members suggesting medical issues be certified by a physician. No final vote or formal action was taken in the work session.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The Friday that I heard that Brady died, while Brady was dying, I was actually in a mass maze.
- The Friday that I heard that Brady died, while Brady was dying, I was actually in a mass maze.
- The Friday that I heard that Brady died, while Brady was dying, I was actually in a mass maze.
- The Friday that I heard that Brady died, while Brady was dying, I was actually in a mass maze.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/13/25 - Part 1
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean, I think as bird flu continues to spread around the country, resulting in mass livestock death
- country<01:24:45.119><c> um</c><01:24:45.239><c> resulting</c><01:24:45.600><c> in</c><01:24:45.800><c> Mass
- </c><01:24:46.159><c> livestock</c> country um resulting in Mass livestock country um resulting in Mass
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We've added mass spectrometry as well, which allows us to really look more deeply at different compounds
- We've added mass spectrometry as well, which allows us to really look more deeply at different compounds
- We've added mass spectrometry as well, which allows us to really look more deeply at different compounds
- We've added mass spectrometry as well, which allows us to really look more deeply at different compounds
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (01/17/2025)
State-federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- They were buried in mass graves throughout Hawaii.
- They have done a mass grave of just 30 individuals that have not been able to be identified.
- They were buried in mass graves throughout Hawaii.
- They have done a mass grave of just 30 individuals that have not been able to be identified.
- They have done a mass grave of just 30 individuals that have not been able to be identified.