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OK
Transcript Highlights:
- without them, our agriculture would cease to exist, our ecosystem would be bare, and our grocery prices
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Dec 8th, 2025 at 09:05 am
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- bill relates to the restrictions on freight. and shipping costs, which were outrageous, including the price
Keywords:
JET Grant Program, career education, technical education, community colleges, technology solutions, high demand jobs, student athletes, name image likeness, compensation, intercollegiate athletics, representation, fentanyl prevention, drug poisoning awareness, higher education, mental health resources, substance abuse education, student policy, communication devices, school regulations, disciplinary measures
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Transcript Highlights:
- assistance programs are impacting the food security of residents, especially at a time when grocery prices
- The average net price, that is the price that students pay after financial aid, was just under $6,000
- The average net price, that is the price that students pay after financial aid, was just under $6,000
- With an average sticker price before financial aid of $12,400, the state universities continue to offer
- With an average sticker price before financial aid of 12,400, the state You know. before financial aid
Summary:
The hearing was a Joint Committee on Ways and Means budget session held in Lawrence focused on the governor’s proposed FY27 education and local aid budget, with remarks from legislative co-chairs, local officials, and education agency leaders. Acting Mayor Giovanni Rodriguez and Superintendent Ralph Carrero emphasized Lawrence’s high-need student population, the importance of Chapter 70 and Student Opportunity Act funding, and the impact of state aid on schools serving many English learners and low-income families. Carrero highlighted Lawrence High School programs such as early college, dual degrees, career pathways, and early childhood classrooms embedded in the high school, while lawmakers introduced themselves and noted the importance of the hearing to their districts.
Acting Secretary of Education Amy Kershaw, Commissioner of Higher Education Noi Ortega, Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Pedro Martinez, and Commissioner of Early Education and Care Amy Kershaw outlined the administration’s FY27 priorities. They described investments in literacy initiatives, universal school meals, student mental health, early college and career pathways, higher education affordability, community college and university student-success supports, preschool expansion, child care subsidies, and workforce supports for early educators. The commissioners also discussed federal funding threats, equity gaps, and the administration’s efforts to improve outcomes for Black and brown students, multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and low-income students.
Members questioned the panel about the local contribution formula study, the final year of Student Opportunity Act implementation, and the need to revisit Chapter 70 funding to better address rising costs such as special education, transportation, and health care. Officials said the local contribution study report is expected by the end of June, with a draft to be shared after data analysis and public comment. Commissioner Martinez said the Student Opportunity Act narrowed funding gaps but more work is needed, and he pointed to a proposed Accelerating Achievement Initiative to support the highest-need schools. Senator Oliveira also raised concerns about Chapter 70 disparities and asked about partnerships with libraries to support literacy, prompting discussion of broader early literacy collaboration.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (04/08/2026)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- The cost of this bill will be the price of one administrator to manage the advisory board.
- > the uh uh HHS the uh uh HHS uh<01:25:56.239>
uh <01:25:56.400>the <01:25:56.800>price - of one administrator to uh uh the price of one administrator to manage<01:26:00.159>
the <01:26 - It did have a more pricely<01:53:37.280>
cost <01:53:38.000>um <01:53:38.239>over - cost um over um a4 million for pricely cost um over um a4 million for systems<01:53:40.880>
and - cost um over um a4 million for pricely cost um over um a4 million for systems<01:53:40.880>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- to be in or they want to leave and forces them either to stay or pay money to their employer as the price
- stay or pay money to their employer as stay or pay money to their employer as the<00:05:18.960>
price - 05:20.320>
what <00:05:20.560>is <00:05:20.720>a <00:05:21.039>stay the price - So what is a stay the price of leaving.
- When costs rise but prices cannot adjust accordingly, employers have very little room to absorb these
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Local Government (9-23-25)
Transcript Highlights:
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the as Shelly alluded to the as Shelly alluded to the the<00:18:52.440>prices - and the obligations and the the prices and the obligations and the things<00:18:55.280>
that < - And that's why that took so long and why 3M walked off the job from the fixed-price contract after it
- And that's why that took so long and why 3M walked off the job from the fixed-price contract after it
- And that's why that took so long and why 3M walked off the job from the fixed-price contract after it
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Meeting Start: 00:00:07
Roll Call 00:00:13
Approval of Minutes from August Meeting 00:01:55
Discussion of County Jails 00:03:31
Discussion of Centralized Collection of Net Profits and Occupational License Taxes 01:02:12
Adjournment 01:54:56, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum, approved the August 26 minutes, and then took up a discussion of county jail funding. KACO representatives and county officials said jail operations are an ongoing strain for counties because they must pay for inmate care, facilities, and mandated standards, while many counties also rely on jail revenue to offset costs. They described Kentucky’s jail system, including 77 jails, 43 closed counties without jails, and the mix of county, state, federal, and controlled-intake inmates. KACO emphasized that counties remain financially responsible for inmates even when they must contract with other jails, often at costs above the state’s per diem rate, and said it is developing a broader proposal to present later.
The testimony focused on rising expenses and shrinking revenue. KACO said counties spent about $374 million on jail operations in FY24, up 24% from FY19, and about $41 million on jail medical costs, up 40%. General fund support for jails was said to total $147 million in FY24, more than double pre-COVID levels. Speakers also noted that state inmate populations in county jails have fallen from about 11,500 in 2019 to 7,212 in 2025, while federal inmates have increased because they are more lucrative for counties. The state jail per diem of $35.34 was described as insufficient to cover actual costs, especially medical care.
County judges from Webster, Knox, and Hardin counties gave examples of local budget pressure. Webster County said it now houses 114 state prisoners, 47 county prisoners, and 24 out-of-county prisoners, and that it transferred $512,000 from its general fund to the jail last year, about $77 per taxpayer. Knox County said its jail budget has grown from an initial $2.8 million projection to $5.7 million, with $3 million coming from occupational tax revenue. Hardin County said its jail has an approximate $11 million expense budget against $5 million in revenue, creating a $6 million deficit, driven by higher payroll, medical, and insurance costs and a 29% drop in state prisoner revenue. The judge said the county has responded with property tax increases and an expanded occupational tax district, but still uses reserves to cover other county services.
A Grant County magistrate then began speaking from the perspective of magistrates and commissioners, describing her background working at a local jail before serving in county government. The discussion remained centered on the fiscal burden of jails and the need for counties and the legislature to work together on a long-term solution.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Information Technology Oversight Committee (7-9-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- We're still paying the same price to them. Follow-up question? Yes. Yes. Okay.
- We're still paying the<00:31:52.640>
same <00:31:52.880>price <00:31:53.120>to <00 - <00:31:53.760>
Um <00:31:54.159>followup the same price to them. - Um followup the same price to them.
- The price compression that's taken place on that has probably dropped by nearly 90% over the course of
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Roll Call 00:00:15
Kentucky Department of Education 00:01:20
Kentucky Communications Network Authority 00:36:45
Accelecom 01:01:22
Auditor of Public Accounts 01:29:50, 958, all
Summary:
The Information Technology Oversight Committee met to hear a presentation from Kentucky Department of Education officials David Couch and Mike Lingham on the history and current status of Kentucky’s K-12 internet network, including its relationship to KentuckyWired. They described the original KETS design from 1995, when KDE established district internet hubs and left local districts to connect to them, and said that model helped Kentucky become a national leader in school connectivity and cloud-based services. They also emphasized the importance of E-rate eligibility, saying it has saved the state substantial money and remains central to KDE’s network contracting.
Couch and Lingham said the current “next generation Kentucky K-12 internet” contract with Education Networks of America is more reliable, offers more functionality, and costs less than the prior system, including lower bandwidth and firewall costs. They explained that the transition was complicated by build-out and provisioning issues, especially the need for more “type two” connections through local providers, which pushed some implementation past the June 30, 2024 E-rate deadline. As a result, 39 sites remain on type two connections, and KDE absorbed the loss of federal discount dollars for the portion of the transition that extended into July.
The witnesses also discussed home internet access for students. They said KDE has tracked home access for about 20 years and estimates about 4.5% of students still lack adequate internet at home, with roughly 3% able to reach access nearby and 1.5% having no access. They said the biggest barrier is usually cost rather than lack of available lines, and noted that temporary hotspot support during COVID helped students continue schoolwork. Senator Williams asked about the costs of the transition, the current type two sites, and the potential cost of any future transition, but the transcript cuts off before a full answer was given.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- comes to profitability, input costs like seed and fertilizer are continuing to rise and commodity prices
- Our family has already paid the price. We should not be renegotiating people's health and lives.
- And when there's no competition, there's no pressure to improve quality or lower prices.
- or I can offer a 400 milligram full-spectrum gummies. with better therapeutic effects for half the price
- These illicit actors will profit from the increased prices caused by the limited supply. supply, and
Keywords:
hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, state health, youth protection, licensing fees, criminal offenses, HB28, public testimony, committee decorum, bill substitute, legislative process
Summary:
The meeting featured significant discussions regarding HB28, where the chair outlined the plans to bring forward a substitute for the bill. The chair emphasized the importance of maintaining order and decorum during the proceedings. Members engaged in deliberations, and a number of public witnesses were invited to testify, thereby enriching the discussion around the bill. This interaction provided valuable insights into public sentiment regarding the issues at hand.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- half of their homes being exported to other states, it creates a competitive disadvantage for the prices
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the competitive disadvantage for the the competitive disadvantage for the the prices - 12.319>
being <00:50:12.640>sold <00:50:12.960>in <00:50:13.200>other prices - of our homes being sold in other prices of our homes being sold in other states<00:50:14.079>
so< - and keeping us terms of uh uh pricing and keeping us competitive<00:51:42.960>
with <00:51:43.200
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (04/01/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- that should give us a signal of what the market’s thinking about dollar devaluation potentially or price
- with potentially price inflation with potentially tariffs.<00:37:23.520>
Um, <00:37:24.240> - Whereas our generators are competing in wholesale electricity markets, which have volatile prices.
- This is just a matter to us of cleanup regarding tax policy. prices.
- And so they are competing to prices.
Summary:
The committee held a work session on HB 302, which would add precious metals and digital assets as potential investment options. State Treasurer Monica Misipelli said she took no position on the bill and did not see an immediate fiscal impact or operational problem, but explained that the state’s operating funds and rainy day fund require liquidity and stability, so they would not be suitable for volatile assets like precious metals or digital assets. She said the only funds that might potentially use such investments would be certain trust funds held in perpetuity, which are managed by an outside investment advisor under a contract and investment policy.
Members asked about the treasurer’s current investment practices, including the types of funds managed, the role and discretion of the investment advisor, the state’s risk profile, and whether the bill would affect existing authority. Misipelli said the office follows RSA 11 and related statutes, with different objectives ranging from conservative to aggressive depending on the fund, and that the advisor meets with the office regularly, with formal performance reviews on a quarterly basis. She also said the office recently centralized management of about 40 trust accounts totaling roughly $60 million into five combined portfolios under a five-year contract with an RFP-selected vendor. When asked whether precious metals or digital assets are already indirectly available through mutual funds, she said that was possible for some mutual funds, but she was not certain about digital assets.
Representative Ammon, the bill’s sponsor, said similar legislation had passed the Oklahoma House, the Texas House and Senate, and had advanced in Arizona. He argued the bill was intended to give the treasurer more tools to help balance portfolios and hedge inflation, noting concerns about federal debt and inflation. No vote was taken in the excerpt, and the chair ended the questioning after thanking the treasurer and asking her to remain available in case further questions arose.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- there are also teenagers and young adults who just made one bad decision and could potentially pay the price
- there are also teenagers and young adults who just made one bad decision and could potentially pay the price
- and could and could potentially<01:18:57.639>
pay <01:18:58.000>the <01:18:58.159>price - <01:18:58.400>
with <01:18:58.560>their potentially pay the price with their potentially - pay the price with their life<01:18:59.440>
and <01:18:59.560>so <01:18:59.840>if
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Wage earners and savers pay the price through rising costs.
- And he paid the ultimate price for that. That's what this is about.
- House Bill 2696, providing for the Arizona Commerce Authority to reduce fuel and gas prices.
- However, I'm cognizant that Governor Hobbs will never actually authorize us to lower gas prices.
- It needs a new EPA rule or waiver authority for this body and a new gas price blend. I vote aye.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 2, February 10, 2026-PM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- escalator to follow the consumer price escalator to follow the consumer price index. index. index
- Um, again, this has a price tag of $40 million just like it did two years ago.
- Um, again, this has a price tag of $40 million just like it did two years ago.
- <02:48:48.240>
tag <02:48:48.479>of <02:48:48.720>40 again, this has a price - tag of 40 again, this has a price tag of 40 million<02:48:49.359>
just <02:48:49.520>like<
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill sought to allow arts organizations to add a 50-cent search charge onto the price of a ticket
- They would further be required to reduce the sale price of that food by 10%.
- <05:32:48.878>
to especially surrounding the price to especially surrounding the price to - As she mentioned, this bill is intended to sort of ultimately lower the price to consumer of food from
- to consumer of food from our local price to consumer of food from our local farms.<05:33:39.280>
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
WLA-EDU, EDU Public Hearings 02-18-2026
Water, Land, Culture and the Arts
Transcript Highlights:
- If it comes back at market prices, how many hands go down, right?
- If it comes back at market prices, how many hands go down, right?
- >> Yes. truly what that price point is going to truly what that price point is going to be<00:34:50.399
- point and then B build it at that price point and then B if<00:34:56.480>
that <00:34:56.720>< - point um the like um again the the price point um the type<00:35:22.560>
of <00:35:22.800>
Bills:
SB2003
Keywords:
Mauna Kea, land management, University of Hawaii, astronomical observatories, leasable lands, natural resource management, stewardship authority, 912, senate, all
Summary:
The joint committees on Water, Land, Culture, and the Arts and Education heard testimony and discussed SB 20003, which would require the auditor’s report under Act 255 to include a recommendation on whether the Monarch Stewardship and Oversight Authority is fit to continue managing Monaca lands. Testimony focused on the bill’s reversion language, the role of the auditor, and whether the measure gave the auditor too much discretion without clear criteria. The Office of the Auditor’s position, read into the record, was that it had strong reservations because the bill did not provide standards for assessing fitness and asked that the requirement be held or amended. Other testimony suggested a work group with relevant agencies and Hawaiian practitioners to manage the transition and reduce conflict.
Committee members debated whether the bill should simply restore the original reversion language or also require an audit-based fitness determination. Several members questioned the need for a 2031 audit when Act 255 already provides for a performance and financial audit in 2031 and noted that the bill could shift authority away from the legislature. In response, the committee chair explained that the measure was intended to restore language removed during conference and to address the transition back to the University of Hawaii if the authority was not meeting the act’s purpose.
The committees ultimately recommended SB 20003 be passed with amendments. The amendments would strike the auditor/audit section, add language addressing timelines by providing a 10-year lease extension and sublease extension, and make technical changes including a defective date. The committees voted to adopt the amended measure and send it forward as an SD1.
The transcript also included a separate Education Committee hearing on SB 3286, which would require the University of Hawaii to develop a facilities and student housing master plan and report to the legislature. University of Hawaii testimony said the system supports the intent but that the bill’s requirements are a heavy lift across 10 campuses and should follow development of a broader academic strategy. Members raised concerns about deferred maintenance, shifting priorities, and the lack of a systemwide plan, while the university said it already has a six-year capital improvement plan but acknowledged it does not fully incorporate the broader academic and housing strategy the bill contemplates.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
FIN Info Briefing - Thu Jan 15, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Is there going to be a higher price they have to pay for that ability to choose on their island?
- Um, you guys did authorize us to be flexible in our pricing and allow we can now go to the Board of Land
- and Natural Resources to have differentiated pricing.
- <06:02:03.680>
I pricing. We haven't done that yet. I pricing. We haven't done that yet. - pricing at that time. pricing at that time. >> Yeah,<06:19:44.160>
absolutely.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Special Session 2026 May 5th, 2026
Alabama Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Price. Mr. Roberts. Mr. Sessions. Mr. Shelnutt. Mr. Singleton. Mr. Smitherman. Mr. Stewart. Mr.
Summary:
The Alabama Senate convened with a prayer by Senator Chris Elliott, followed by the pledge and a roll call establishing a quorum with 29 senators present. The Senate approved a motion to excuse absent senators and another to dispense with reading the previous day’s journal.
In committee reports, Senate Bill 1 from the Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development received a favorable report by an 11-3 vote and was placed on the calendar for the next legislative day. No other bills were introduced or discussed in detail during the session.
The presiding officer also recognized several guests in the gallery, including Jesse Godbey, Miss Debbie, and Heather Gudgear, described as the 1999 Strawberry Current Queen. The Senate then adopted a motion to adjourn until 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6, and adjourned without objection.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Insurance REVISED: SB1592 - Removed Apr 7th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Insurance
Transcript Highlights:
- down with the State Chamber with the very people that are out there saying that we are raising the prices
Keywords:
SB1684, Oklahoma Highway Remediation and Cleanup Services Act, highway cleanup, roadway remediation, tow truck, wrecker service, liability insurance, DEQ, Department of Environmental Quality, motor vehicles, licensing, public safety, cleanup operators, roadside services, commercial towing, insurance requirement, license fee, revocation, suspension, Turnpike Authority
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Apr 7th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Banking, Financial Services and Pensions
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean because you're not really Solving a problem there's still either gonna have to raise prices or
Keywords:
credit union, Oklahoma State Credit Union Board, membership, loans, investments, board compensation, financial regulations, financial exploitation, protected adults, financial institution, notification, temporary hold, credit card, surcharge, discounts, consumer protection, payment methods, 914, all