Video & Transcript Research : 'Prairie Island'
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TX
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- To put that in perspective, that's roughly the population of McAllen, Round Rock, and Grand Prairie combined
Keywords:
healthcare, Medicare, insurance, financial assistance, families, wage theft, employers, penalties, Texas Workforce Commission, employee rights, employer database, worker rights, death investigation, emergency services, medical benefits, exposure claims, public safety, workforce development, TWC, youth workforce
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Intergovernmental Affairs, HB 2465 by Reynolds relating to funding the agricultural programs in Texas A&M and Prairie
TX
WY
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- schools, only one of them at this time has gone through accreditation, and that is Chugwater, or Prairie
- and that is through accreditation and that is Chugwater<00:57:24.880>
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ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Higher Education Institutions Committee Apr 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The lion's share of those, almost all of those, are from the traditional prairie provinces: Manitoba,
- We also launched the Prairie Rose Scholarship. It's in the Bismarck-Mandan I-94 corridor.
- Since the program began, nearly 800 students have received the Hometown Pride or Prairie Rose Scholarship
- Students have received the Hometown Pride or Prairie Rose Scholarship overall.
Summary:
The Higher Education Institutions Committee met on the Minot State University campus for presentations on campus operations, enrollment, and new academic initiatives. President Shirley reviewed recent audits, noting mostly clean results with only minor technical findings, and highlighted MSU’s broad academic offerings, specialized accreditations, athletics, and partnerships with Minot Air Force Base and the MSU Development Foundation. Members asked about declining interest in teacher education, tuition waivers for athletes, dual credit incentives, and how MSU decides when to launch new programs and avoid duplication within the university system.
Shirley also discussed several workforce-focused initiatives supported by the Legislature’s Workforce Education Innovation Funds, including the purchase of the Trinity Health Center West building for a downtown health sciences hub, a new daycare/preschool partnership near campus, the Aspire program to recruit rural students into teaching, and a paraprofessional-to-special-education degree pathway. Enrollment data showed overall headcount was flat at just under 2,750, but full-time equivalent enrollment rose slightly and new student numbers increased, including the largest freshman class in 15 years. The committee also discussed Minot State’s in-state tuition rate for all students, its dual credit “Emerging Scholars” scholarship, and concerns about the share of high school graduates who do not immediately pursue postsecondary education.
Faculty then presented two new programs funded in part by WEAF: an Innovation Engineering degree and a master’s program in counseling with an integrated addiction studies focus. The engineering program was described as industry-driven, designed with broad early coursework, hands-on learning, and local employer input to prepare students for western North Dakota workforce needs; officials said it had already drawn more applicants than expected and would use renovated library space and donated or grant-funded equipment. The counseling program will be mostly face-to-face with hybrid options, aims to address shortages in mental health and substance use providers, and is structured to help students meet licensure requirements. Committee members asked about startup costs, licensure supervision hours, and whether the programs would be on campus rather than online, and presenters said both programs had recently received required approvals and were moving forward.
MN
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- I think the young lady there is from Eden Prairie. >> Eagles. Oh, that's you. Yeah. Okay.
- I think the young lady there is from<00:01:03.120>
Eden <00:01:03.520>Prairie from Eden - Prairie from Eden Prairie >> Eagles.<00:01:05.680>
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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
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Water Topics Overview Committee Mar 26th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Water Topics Overview Committee
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- Michael, when Bismarck uses its prairie dog money, do you sometimes use that for infrastructure needs
- I'm assuming that the prairie dog funding for the city of Bismarck is...
- I'm assuming that the prairie dog funding for the city of Bismarck is a fairly significant number.
- Going back one presentation, Representative Nelson had some questions regarding prairie dog funding that's
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- complicated that you're doing, because, you know, you're doing parks and trails, you're doing, you know, prairie
- complicated that you're doing, because, you know, you're doing parks and trails, you're doing, you know, prairie
- but you're doing um<01:15:25.800>
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and <01:15:28.520>maybe <01:15:28.800>a <01:15:28.840>stream Prairie
Bills:
HF3564
Summary:
The Legacy Finance Committee met to approve the prior meeting minutes and then heard a presentation from the Office of the Legislative Auditor on its performance audit of the Department of Natural Resources’ administration of Outdoor Heritage Fund grants. OLA explained that the DNR generally complied with the criteria tested, but the audit identified two main problem areas: grant payments and grant monitoring. The audit covered 13 grants, mostly legislatively named grants awarded in fiscal year 2020, and reviewed agreements, amendments, payments, monitoring, and some site visits.
OLA reported that for three grantees, totaling about $400,000, invoices lacked enough detail to determine whether costs were allowable, and about $5,000 was paid to two grantees without sufficient supporting documentation. The auditors also said DNR lacked policies defining allowable costs and what “directly related to and necessary” means under state law. On monitoring, DNR missed required annual visits for six grants, made payments on current progress reports that were missing or not on file, and had weaknesses in closeout evaluations, including missing required elements, late completion, and two grants with no closeout evaluation at all. OLA recommended stronger documentation, clearer guidelines with the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, timely monitoring and closeout, obtaining progress reports before payment, and improved internal controls.
Members reacted strongly to the findings, especially the repeated failures to follow grant procedures and the risks of legislatively named grants and advance payments. Representative Heintzeman and Vice Chair Skraba questioned whether the issues reflected broader problems in state grant oversight and asked about prepayments, follow-up, and whether more legislative action was needed. OLA officials said they do not rely on self-attestation, but instead retest agencies after 2 to 3 years, and noted a new annual update-report process that will track whether agencies implement prior recommendations. Judy Randall, the Legislative Auditor, said the laws and policies already exist and emphasized that the issue is ensuring agency staff follow them; she also said most recommendations in the recent update report had been implemented. No further committee action or vote was taken on the audit during this portion of the meeting.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House judiciary committee approves HF20 2/13/25
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean, I dealt with a situation this fall in which we had a, you know, Pure Prairie, a large P2 producer
- I mean, I dealt with a situation this fall in which we had a, you know, Pure Prairie, a large P2 producer
- I mean, I dealt with a situation this fall in which we had a, you know, Pure Prairie, a large P2 producer
- I mean, I dealt with a situation this fall in which we had a, you know, Pure Prairie, a large P2 producer
MN
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- catches their first fish, and the fish hatchery where that fish was raised for stocking the native prairie
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that for stocking the native Prairie that for stocking the native Prairie that
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
House Chamber - Tue Apr 7, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 40
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
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- We need about 200 donors every day in Hawaii to supply enough blood, and because we're an island, we
- supply enough blood and because<00:38:39.600>
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we <00:38:40.240>can't <00:38:40.480>just because we're an island - , we can't just because we're an island, we can't just truck<00:38:41.120>
it <00:38:41.240>
Bills:
HR39, HCR43, HR178, HCR188, SB3144, SB3102, SB2053, SB3248, SB2256, SB3118, SB2245, SB2519, SB3055, SB2090, SB2765, SB2169, SB3136, SB2521, SB2851, SB3154, SB3262, SB2387, SB3001, SB2818, SB2972, SB2372, SB2108, SB888, HR63, HCR69
Keywords:
pedestrian safety, crosswalks, traffic calming, school zone, Honolulu, community safety, raised crosswalks, traffic infrastructure, agritourism, agricultural tourism, Hawaii Tourism Authority, HTA, working group, farm tourism, regenerative tourism, working lands, agricultural land use, county ordinances, permitting, farm bureau
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, so how I got here, I live on an island on Lake LBJ surrounded by the vacation homes of folks from
- I'm sure you register as Brian Sledge on behalf of Prairie lands, uh, Groundwater Conservation District
Bills:
HB 1520, HB 1525, HB 1530, HB 1535, HB 2068, HB 2091, HB 2347, HB 2372, HB 2805, HB 2815, HB 2867, HB 3154, HB 3482, HB 3483, HB 3663, HB 3781, HB 3901, HB 3915, HB 4135, HB 4153, HB 4158, HB 4329, HB 4331
Keywords:
Angelina and Neches River Authority, river authority, Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas Sunset Act, Special District Local Laws Code, local government, natural resources, board of directors, director training, board governance, public testimony, open meetings, public information, conflict of interest, ethics, complaint system, general manager, board president, staggered terms, removal of director
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Bill would require landlords to notify tenants of nearby water hazards, HF1566 3/18/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- To put that in perspective, that's roughly the population of McAllen, Round Rock, and Grand Prairie combined
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- And when the local newspaper in my community in Eden Prairie went out of business a couple years ago,
- And when the local newspaper in my community in Eden Prairie went out of business a couple years ago,
- And when the local newspaper in my community in Eden Prairie went out of business a couple years ago,
- And when the local newspaper in my community in Eden Prairie went out of business a couple years ago,
- And when the local newspaper in my community in Eden Prairie went out of business a couple years ago,
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Appropriations - S/C on Article II Mar 13th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Article II
Transcript Highlights:
- Mental health responder program, this would be directing $300,000 specific to a uh the city of Grand Prairie
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/13/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
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- Excessive parking also causes pollution runoff, contributes to heat island effects, and hinders efforts
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heat pollution runoff contributes to heat pollution runoff contributes to heat island - 11.920>
and <00:48:12.040>hinders <00:48:12.400>efforts <00:48:12.720>to island - effects and hinders efforts to island effects and hinders efforts to build<00:48:13.079>
more - I'm Wendy Russo, and I'm representing the Boulder Point Homeowners Association in Eden Prairie.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Modifying when firearms are permitted on school property 2/25/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Land Grant Aug 14th, 2025
House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- minute they left and took their cats and dogs, we are inundated at this point with groundhogs, tusas, prairie
- have all kinds of critters out there because that's what happens when you have your lovely little prairie
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- On the other end of the spectrum, you can look at the Prairie Island community, which receives approximately
- I'll contrast that with the rest of Goodhue County, which would also, you know, cover parts of the Prairie
- Island community, gets approximately $21 per person.
Keywords:
public safety, law enforcement, mental health, domestic violence, appropriations, criminal justice, Minnesota corrections, victim services, task force, personal safety, Independent Use of Force Investigations Unit, criminal sexual conduct, sexual assault, peace officers, law enforcement oversight, Minnesota National Guard, U.S. armed forces, military installation, armory, air base