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HI
Transcript Highlights:
- I welcome their passionate commitment to making a positive difference in our beautiful community of Ewa
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TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs May 28th, 2026
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- We're in a position to do that; we're regulating them.
- So... ...the position that it was in.
- Positions change. TxDOT engages officers through two methods.
- It is disappointing that law enforcement leaders, Positions in law enforcement.
- How many lives are being positively impacted?
MN
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Tue Feb 3, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- The board of trustees for the employee retirement system has not reviewed or taken a position on this
- people dedicated to this this position. people dedicated to this this position.
- I believe they should be able to hire themselves like any other government position.
- I believe they should be able to hire themselves like any other government position.
- So that's just my concerns, position.
Summary:
The committee heard House Bill 1525, which would appropriate funds to counties to open more voter service centers for in-person voting, provide money to the Office of Elections to print and mail the voter information guide to all registered voters, and support a public outreach campaign to increase voter participation. The Office of Elections supported the bill and estimated costs of a little over $2 million to print and mail the guide and about $178,000 for outreach, noting it spent about $441,000 on election advertising in 2024. Testimony from advocacy groups including Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action, Common Cause Hawaii, and Indivisible Hawaii strongly supported the measure, emphasizing access for neighbor island voters, people with disabilities, new voters, and voters who need ballot assistance.
County election officials from Honolulu, Maui, and Kauai provided comments or testimony that were more cautious. They said additional funding would be welcome, but staffing and logistics remain major constraints, especially for election-day service centers. Honolulu’s city clerk said funding alone would not necessarily solve long lines, while Maui’s county clerk explained that voter service centers require trained seasonal employees, extensive training, and the ability to handle many ballot styles. Maui also described its current pop-up sites, including Hana, as expensive but necessary for remote communities, and said the county is already running at bare minimum staffing.
Members asked questions about who decides how many service centers are opened, how staffing is handled, and whether there is a middle-ground model between the old precinct polling places and the current voter service center system. Honolulu explained that county clerks make those decisions under current law and that the county has tried pop-up sites in addition to its main centers. The discussion also noted that in 2024 most voters used vote by mail, while a smaller number used early in-person voting or final-day service centers. No vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget Jun 9th, 2025
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/03/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Jul 7th, 2026
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- And in 2025, 1,89 children tested positive at birth for THC.
- He tested positive only for... He tested positive only for THC, and there he recovered.
- Is 25 milligrams going to produce a positive benefit?
- So the... ...going to produce a positive benefit.
- It's been very positive for our community.
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 New Bedford Marine Tech Hub is positioned at the Port of New Bedford as a center for testing and
- And position us to capitalize on major opportunities such as MA-250 and the upcoming World Cup soccer
- And that's just a difficult position for us, as you know, for anybody. Sure.
- Currently, that sits at a reduction of 13 positions.
- And so we find ourselves in a really difficult position to be able to do more enforcement actions.
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.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on Education. (6-3-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a positive thing for our students.
- the the positive outcomes that we're<00:15:02.560>
having. - assuming that there are positive assuming that there are positive investment<01:07:22.880>
returns - So, we're actually going to pause hiring for most positions this fall.
- going to pause hiring for most positions going to pause hiring for most positions this<01:12:08.480
Summary:
The Interim Joint Budget Review Subcommittee on Education met for its first summer interim meeting, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and took roll. The first presentation came from Jerry Gels, principal of Ignite Institute in Erlanger, who focused on the rising cost of dual credit. He said dual credit tuition has increased from about $150 to $290 for a three-credit course over roughly five years, which he argued is discouraging participation, especially for working-class and low-income students. He cited Ignite data and broader college outcomes to argue dual credit improves college persistence, shortens time to degree, and reduces student debt, noting that many of his students enter college with substantial credit and that low-income students at Ignite have increasingly participated after targeted efforts and scholarship use. He also said the instructional labor is largely paid by county school systems, so he questioned the size of the tuition increase and said the committee should examine how the costs are being set and whether college tuition should be stabilizing as more students arrive with credits already earned.
Members asked about who pays for dual credit, the role of state scholarship support, and whether tuition varies by institution. Gels said students in his district generally pay the dual credit cost themselves, though some districts may cover it, and he noted the dual credit scholarship now covers fewer classes than before. He said the price appears to be set centrally rather than varying by university, and he emphasized that the higher cost is creating barriers even though the courses are taught largely by local teachers on school payrolls. He also described Ignite’s efforts to expand access for free- and reduced-lunch students, saying participation among that group rose from 27% with no dual credit to about 90-92% taking at least one dual credit class.
The committee then heard from the Goldwater Institute, represented by Michael Frazier and Dr. Tim Minella by Zoom. They argued Kentucky’s public universities should face stronger accountability and transparency, citing declining public confidence in higher education, rising costs, and what they described as administrative growth and research spending that does not clearly benefit students or the Commonwealth. They proposed requiring a 10-year accounting of staffing growth by category, comparing it to enrollment and low-income Kentucky enrollment, and limiting non-STEM faculty teaching releases for research unless approved under a baseline consent process. They also criticized certain university-funded research projects as examples of misdirected spending and said public reporting should distinguish Kentucky residents from non-residents more clearly, pointing to a reported decline in low-income in-state undergraduate enrollment. No votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (05/05/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- position to attract these companies. position to attract these companies.
- >> We've not taken a position on that. >> We've not taken a position on that.
- Um but we don't have a a strong position Um but we don't have a a strong position on<01:46:38.000
- I would say the one fortunate position.
- think hopefully that'll be the position think hopefully that'll be the position of<01:56:25.440>
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It's not a position any public charter school should be in. This is about alignment.
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public <00:07:32.440>charter It's not a position any public charter - Education Minnesota has a legislative position in support of ending disparities in education.
- demonstrated an ability to positively demonstrated an ability to positively impact<01:30:27.960>
- same study also found positive same study also found positive competitive<01:38:59.320>
effects
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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to seem in a much better position to seem in a much better position to determine - And I love the position that's taken here about contact.
- And I love the the position that's that.
- Um, one of the positions<01:12:05.120>
I'd <01:12:05.280>like <01:12:05.440>to <01 - I'd like to see added here is positions I'd like to see added here is how<01:12:06.640>
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Keywords:
pesticides, wild rice, environmental protection, agriculture, water quality, pollinators, training, management plan, fertilizer research, education grants, Minnesota Agricultural Council, technology transfer, agricultural productivity, HF4372, Minnesota agriculture, meat processing, meat processing training, retention incentive grants, grant extension, project deadline extension
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- they were such soughtafter positions. they were such soughtafter positions.
- fill those positions. fill those positions.
- That is the administration's position. Okay, Mr. Chair. Thank you very much.
- I don't think we'd be in a position like this and a position that, you know, we've seen announcements
- like this and a we'd be in a position like this and a position<00:53:50.960>
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WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 9, February 19, 2026-AM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I just kind of like to know what that position is. Thank you, Representative.
- about this bill that's a positive. about this bill that's a positive.
- It just creates a lot of unity and positive things. So I again I'm not against the amendment.
- It just creates a lot of unity and positive things. So I again I'm not against the amendment.
- It just creates a lot of unity and positive things. So I again I'm not against the amendment.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Seclusion Working Group - 10/08/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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behavior how to build in more positive behavior how to build in more positive - is um trending in a positive direction. is um trending in a positive direction.
- Um I'm in a unique<00:37:09.760>
position <00:37:10.240>because <00:37:10.960>um - <01:16:27.120>
that harmed and are put into positions that harmed and are put into positions
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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We're positions in the last two years. - We're positions in the last two years.
- We added a thousand new positions over the last two years.
- I don't know that, you know, we need many more new state-level positions.
- us to be in the position we are today. us to be in the position we are today.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/24/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair, the department does not have a position that I know of on the bill.
- Now it does say there are four positions, but that is no guarantee that that will happen.
- Chair Latz, we position on the bill?
- on the uh proposal what's your position on the uh proposal by<02:00:50.320>
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with uh indication of your position with uh indication of your position with
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Wed Mar 12, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- We're going to move Senate Bill 1337, SD 1, Stadium Authority, up to number two position, and then we'll
- take Senate Bill 289 relating to ethics administrative fines to the number three position.
- and then we'll up to number two position and then we'll take<00:08:06.560>
Senate <00:08:06.840 - so first up Senate Bill 176 position so first up Senate Bill 176 Senate<00:08:14.520>
draft <00 - so just to confirm though our position so just to confirm though our position in<01:40:46.520>
Summary:
The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs met on March 12, 2025, and heard testimony on several election-related and governance measures. On SB 176, relating to recounts, the Office of Elections supported clarifying that recount triggers should be based on the final Election Day report rather than the 6:00 a.m. next-day report, citing a 2022 recount example. The chair noted 3 testimonies in support, 42 in opposition, and 1 comment. On SB 1337, relating to the Stadium Authority, the authority supported changing quorum rules so only voting members count, explaining that the current interpretation makes it difficult to conduct business; written testimony from DBEDT was also received. On SB 289, relating to ethics administrative fines, the Ethics Commission supported uniform procedures to resolve uncontested enforcement matters more quickly while preserving due process; written support was also noted.
The committee then heard SB 311, a proposed constitutional amendment on freedom of speech and money in elections. Supporters, including Community Alliance on Prisons, Our Revolution Hawaii, Pride at Work Hawaii, Common Cause Hawaii, and others, argued that money in politics distorts democracy and that the amendment would help prevent wealthy interests from buying influence. Opponents, including the Hawaii Christian Coalition and individual testifiers, argued that changing the constitution was too serious, that the proposal should be handled by ordinary legislation instead, and that the measure could create legal conflict. Deputy Attorney General Candace Park said the bill would only matter if key federal cases such as Buckley and Citizens United were overturned, and the chair thanked her for the legal input.
The committee also heard SB 780, relating to election ballot disqualification, which would exclude candidates disqualified by constitutional or statutory provisions and create procedures for challenges. Opposition testimony said the bill would undermine voter choice, burden courts and election officials, and invite misuse; the Hawaii Christian Coalition echoed those concerns. Members raised questions about whether the measure would apply only to state and county offices, and the Attorney General’s office said it would follow up. Finally, on SB 1030, relating to election intimidation, supporters said firearms should not be brought near polling places or ballot drop boxes, while opponents argued the bill was unnecessary and could affect lawful possession; the committee received 12 testimonies, with 39 in support. The committee then began SB 1225, a proposed constitutional amendment changing the vote threshold for legislative amendments to a majority of votes tallied, excluding blanks, spoiled ballots, and overvotes; testimony in support was heard from the LGBTQ+ Commission and others, and the discussion was still underway when the excerpt ended.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Your name, who you represent, and your position on the bill.
- We are not in a position to lose any more of our state-certified educators.
- And if you're ready, right over here in the pole position.
- I believe I have had a positive impact.
- I work for a CBD vape and wellness position. at Secret Library.
Keywords:
Texas Education Code, public schools, school district, open-enrollment charter school, teacher speech, employee speech, biological sex, pronouns, gender identity, retaliation, discipline, workplace protections, school personnel, education policy, LGBTQ, transgender, charter schools, SB 965, religious speech, prayer
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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the protections from these positions the protections from these positions the - <00:30:02.960>
political <00:30:03.480>positions appointed positions political positions - appointed positions political positions essentially<00:30:05.039>
that <00:30:05.159>are - A couple of questions: one, do you see these being reg positions, or how does that look to you?
- A couple of questions: one, do you see these being reg positions, or how does that look to you?
Keywords:
Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud