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• So CDCR is really developing this from the ground up.
• So CDCR is really developing this from the ground up.
• These were developed with the Medical Receivers Office, and we will continue to support improvement and
• This is a recruitment and retention strategy for our clinicians and will help them be more efficient
• As you were developing this approach, did you get any technical advice or assistance suggesting against

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• , integrated and collaborative community service programs, proactive community development initiatives
• That was not a small task; it required a lot of effort, coordination, and strategy. I know that Mr.
• , making annual transfers from the Workforce Development and Apprenticeship Trust Fund to the Public
• The development of technology is amazing.
• The world in which we engage through technology has developed immensely.

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• I believe it represents a thorough and compassionate strategy to reduce chronic homelessness through
• Haven for... ...Both before the inception and helping it to stand up, and then did the program development
• Downtown homelessness has decreased by 85 to 90 percent, which is great for economic development.
• I serve as the Homeless Strategy Officer for the City of Boston.
• because I agree with your commentary. ...We are very blessed to have a great Housing and Urban Development

Bills: HB45, SB1540, SB2225, SB2284, SB2382, SB2487, SB2514, SB2595, SB2876, SB2877, SB3031, SB2753

Keywords: flooding, disaster response, emergency preparedness, state guidance, public safety, election officials, confidentiality, personal information, government transparency, spirit beverages, alcoholic beverages, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, distribution, taxation, firearms, local regulation, archery equipment, weapons, voter registration, statewide list

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• Over the years, the three hangars have developed structural and safety issues.
• Over the years, the three hangars have developed structural and safety issues.
• Over the years, the three hangars have developed structural and safety issues.
• Over the years, the three hangars have developed structural and safety issues.
• We plan, coordinate, and perform strategy development.

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Summary: The Minnesota Senate Subcommittee on Veterans heard a Department of Military Affairs presentation on bonding, tuition benefits, and cyber response. The department requested $3.5 million in design funding for a new hangar at the 148th Fighter Wing in Duluth, citing safety problems with the aging 1950s-era hangars and the need to improve the wing’s competitiveness for future federal military construction funding. It also sought $2.5 million for asset preservation at Army facilities statewide, emphasizing that state dollars are often matched by federal funds. A National Guard lieutenant also testified about the State Tuition Reimbursement Program, describing how it helped pay for her undergraduate and doctoral education and reduce student debt. The committee also received an update on Minnesota National Guard cyber operations, including the response to the July 2025 ransomware attack on the City of Saint Paul. Testimony described the cyber coordination cell’s role in planning, interagency coordination, and support during the incident, including helping re-image about 500 computers and assisting with network recovery. Members heard that the Guard’s cyber teams conduct extensive partner engagement and are prepared to support state and local entities when civil resources are exhausted and the incident exceeds local capacity. Three bills were then heard and advanced. Senate File 4075, as amended, would implement recommendations from the task force on Special Guerrilla Unit and regular forces veterans from the Secret War in Laos, including eligibility and benefit changes; the committee adopted an amendment and passed the bill to the full committee. Senate File 3956, as amended, would clarify that the Department of Veterans Affairs may partner with veteran-serving organizations using nonmonetary resources to address food insecurity, homelessness, and suicide prevention; it was also referred onward. Senate File 4056, as amended, would add veteran or military status as a protected class under the Minnesota Human Rights Act; testimony supported the change, including concerns about service members losing educational opportunities while on state active duty, and the bill was passed to the full committee.

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• students, I only began teaching it a few years ago because a colleague exposed me to a unit she had developed
• Allison Brittingham with Full Moon Strategies here on behalf of Alameda County in support.
• First California's education and workforce development system is not working as well for those who are
• Our education and workforce development system is disjointed, not for lack of many wonderful programs
• seek to streamline identify and improve interagency programming across education and workforce development

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• refining this bill to what it is today, and we believe it's a consensus bill that asks the PUC to develop
• My name is Liz Ramsey Dalton, and I am a co-founder and partner of Mission Strategies, a Texas-based
• As has been discussed, these credits are driving nuclear restarts, upgrades, and over 30 new development
• Russia and China are killing us in the international market, and we have to develop a domestic industry
• Russia and China are killing us in the international market, and we have to develop a domestic industry

Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met with a quorum and took up a long list of pending House bills, most of them on motions by Senator King or Senator Campbell. The committee adopted committee substitutes and favorably reported numerous bills, including HB 252, HB 700, HB 1500, HB 1545, HB 1562, HB 1732, HB 267, HB 2213, HB 2221, HB 2520, HB 2818, HB 3016, HB 3214, HB 3250, HB 3512, HB 3623, HB 3689, HB 3833, HB 4063, HB 4395, HB 4690, HB 4751, HB 5331, HB 3824, HB 4464, HB 4468, and HB 5247. Most of these were sent to the local and uncontested calendar, while some, including sunset and other significant measures, were reported to the full Senate. HB 146 was the only bill reported out on a divided vote, passing 6 ayes to 4 nays. Several bills received brief explanation of committee substitute changes. HB 3016, dealing with rental car collision damage waivers and stolen vehicles, was amended to change a cooperation standard from “fully cooperate” to simply “cooperate.” HB 3689, a major ESF/TWA financing bill, was described as making technical changes to align terminology with the Comptroller’s authority and to avoid creating state debt or new liability. HB 5247, a capital cost recovery bill for transmission in the Permian Basin, was revised to clarify how the new mechanism fits with existing Utilities Code provisions and to add a 2035 expiration date. HB 3824, the battery fire safety bill, also received technical changes to align terminology with industry usage. The committee heard public testimony on several pending measures. HB 3069, which would direct the PUC to develop supplemental multi-decade planning criteria for transmission certificates in ERCOT, drew support from industry, environmental, and manufacturing witnesses who said it would help address congestion costs while balancing consumer protections; the bill was left pending. HB 5196, requiring state agencies to adopt and post telework policies and use written telework agreements, received both support and concern: supporters said it would preserve productivity and retention, while a senator raised concerns about notice and family logistics; it was left pending after testimony. HB 3112, allowing closed deliberations on cybersecurity policy details, was laid out and left pending after brief discussion. HCR 102, supporting federal nuclear tax credits, drew testimony from nuclear industry and energy advocates, who argued the credits are essential for existing plants, new nuclear development, grid reliability, and U.S. competitiveness; the resolution was left pending, with discussion about whether the language should focus more exclusively on nuclear. HB 705, creating a cosmetology licensure compact, was supported by industry, employers, and compact experts as a mobility tool that preserves state authority; HB 3516, expanding a public information exemption for Railroad Commission administrative law judges and technical examiners, and HB 3388, authorizing group property and casualty coverage for personal lines, were also heard and left pending. At the end of the meeting, the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• He is a distributing writer and member of the Forbes Business Development Council, part of the Entrepreneurs
• Efforts that we may lose out on in cash incentives, but we win in workforce development and infrastructure
• He has over 30 years of experience in the technology industry as a software developer, patent attorney
• So, there are many companies in Texas that are developing the next space station.
• So it's a capability to commercially develop a facility that follows the ISS that I think will provide

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• They're consuming substances that other developed nations have deemed either unhealthy or dangerous for
• Children in other developed countries already have.
• Ultra-processed foods are linked to a higher risk of developing colon cancer precursors.
• We are also raising a generation of kids who will struggle... with improper development, and fertility
• Yeah, so there's a lot of innovation in Europe and other countries where they have developed ways of

Bills: SB 25, SB25, SB314

Keywords: attorney ad litem, indigent parents, parent-child relationship, legal representation, Texas Family Code, court procedures, nutrition, health standards, food labeling, education, dietary guidelines, medical education, food safety, school meals, child nutrition, food additives, public health, 1185, senate, all

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• provided and strategies to use at home. provided and strategies to use at home.
• <01:04:16.520> trainings uh um professional development trainings uh um professional development
• <01:04:34.000> and um academic language development and um academic language development and
• <01:10:33.600> and year 2025 appropriation to develop and year 2025 appropriation to develop
• <01:13:16.400> It's development and for curriculum. It's development and for curriculum.

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• I would add that we also focus on workforce development while promoting the efficient use of financial
• and government and our view Development and government and our view is<00:04:08.640> that<00:
• We will continue to strengthen our integrated data strategy and coordination.
• <00:13:39.240> and integrated data strategy and integrated data strategy and coordination<
• <00:15:13.560> um ed and Workforce Development um ed and Workforce Development um recognizing

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• professional development trainings to carry out such education.
• developed is the part that thinks about future planning.
• , and the part of their brain that's not developed is the part that thinks about future planning.
• It creates a financial literacy fund for curriculum development and teacher training.
• This bill ensures that our students learn through evidence-based and high-quality strategies.

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Summary: The House took up several procedural orders early in the session, including extending the reporting deadline for the Housing Committee on H.4655 and suspending Joint Rule 12 for a petition seeking to rescind prior Article 5 constitutional convention applications. It then advanced three Ways and Means bills on education-related topics: personal financial literacy education (H.4670), expanded access to the state seal of biliteracy (H.4671), and teacher preparation and student literacy (H.4672), each moving through amendment adoption and third reading or engrossment procedures. A major portion of the meeting focused on H.4670, which would require personal financial literacy instruction in middle and high school and establish a financial literacy trust fund for curriculum and teacher training. Members spoke in support, emphasizing budgeting, credit, student loans, and long-term financial planning, and the bill passed to be engrossed by a 154-0 roll call. H.4671, which broadens access to the seal of biliteracy for students in public and private schools, also drew support and passed to be engrossed 155-0. The most extensive debate centered on H.4672, a literacy bill requiring evidence-based reading instruction, DESE-approved curricula or approved local alternatives, screening and progress monitoring, professional development, and related implementation measures. Members described concerns about declining reading scores and argued for a shift away from three-cueing toward phonics-based, science-of-reading approaches. Several amendments were considered: a proposal to change intervention language from “significantly” to “at risk of falling behind” failed, while amendments adding funding language, stakeholder collaboration, and other implementation details were adopted. One amendment clarifying that pictures may be used as a supplement in literacy curricula was also adopted, and the bill ultimately passed to be engrossed 155-0. The House also observed moments of silence for former Judge Leslie Harris, former Representative Mark Carron, and former Representative Dennis Rosa, and adjourned to meet the next day at 11 a.m.

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• board to put it Economic Development board to put it simply<00:24:33.399> Madam<00:24:33.720>
• He was a champion for workforce development.
• Social Security is the best economic development program that we have in the country.
• This bill will open the door for us to continue to develop a strong economic partnership, especially
• true all of the above energy strategy true all of the above energy strategy and<07:38:09.318>

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• <00:17:29.760> Finance to lead Arkansas's Development Finance to lead Arkansas's Development
• speaker with the community development speaker with the community development uh<03:53:17.760>
• housing and accelerating development housing and accelerating development while<03:54:44.880>
• accelerating that development. accelerating that development.
• development. And I can tell you, Mr. development. And I can tell you, Mr.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, February 9, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• I always told people that the easiest part of developing any software system is actually developing the
• > developing<00:56:49.400> the<00:56:49.559> system system is actually developing
• <01:26:45.119> new the time has come for us to develop new the time has come for us to develop
• and so the the cost of the development and so the the cost of the development of<01:27:52.520>
• Anderson out of Texas now was developing Anderson out of Texas now was developing an<02:39:18.600

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• I currently lead learning, development, and innovative projects for the agency and work on advancing
• It's a new development that, you know, we knew it was coming down the pike.
• So we just want to be mindful of privacy as we develop our processes and regulations and abide by the
• This group brings states together to share strategies and best practices around improving disability
• from specialty license plates to support disability employment initiatives, as well as efforts to develop

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Summary: The Massachusetts Permanent Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities held its quarterly virtual meeting and approved the September minutes. Chair Denise Garlick opened with updates on the commission’s first “Meeting the Moment” community forum in Needham, reporting strong attendance, a large resource fair, and mostly positive survey feedback. Commissioners said the event was valuable for connecting advocates, providers, and people with disabilities, while also noting lessons learned about accessibility, timing, and the need for more networking time and advance materials. The chair said the commission is planning future forums in other regions, including possible sites in Lowell, Northampton, and the South Shore. A major item was the new advisory council. Oz Osmondahar and Eman described the outreach and screening process, which drew roughly 60 nominations and emphasized lived experience, sector expertise, geographic diversity, and connections to broader networks. The council will serve as strategic advisors and thought partners, meet twice a year, and hold its first in-person orientation on January 30 at the State House Members Lounge. Commissioners were encouraged to stay engaged with the council and use it to strengthen commission and subcommittee work. Subcommittee reports covered employment, workforce supports, and long-term services and supports/health equity. The Disability Employment Subcommittee reported collaboration with SEED, a presentation at the Employment Matters Conference, a discussion with a disability employee resource group, and upcoming work with CED and veterans advocates. The Workforce Supports Subcommittee heard from the MassHealth Policy Commission’s Behavioral Health Workforce Center about workforce data gaps and an upcoming needs assessment, and plans to host ADDP on 2025 workforce metrics. The long-term services and supports committee discussed the Housing Navigator program, barriers to accessible housing, and concerns about how federal cuts could affect disability services and health equity. The commission also heard from DDS Deputy General Counsel Erin Brown and Associate Commissioner Chris Klaskin on a new law expanding access to records from former state institutions, including new notification and privacy procedures and a forthcoming regulatory process with public input. Commissioners welcomed the law as a step toward transparency and dignity. Amen gave an executive director update on the annual report, recent collaboration with the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Office of the Veteran Advocate, a national state-employer practice group, and the IDD/Autism Alliance working group. The meeting also included a moment of reflection for disability activist Alice Wong, a commissioner announcement about Work Without Limits’ virtual career fair, and adjournment after a motion and second were approved unanimously.

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• been done by the sponsors to evolve the conversation, include the water providers a lot more, and to develop
• a product that not only acknowledges but complements our... ...and to develop a product that not only
• The bill is an important part of California's holistic fossil fuel transition strategy.
• SB 1259 should be asking you to develop a plan to retain the needed energy infrastructure that California
• Our amendments were fairly simple: charge the CEC to develop a checklist of all the things refineries

Summary: The Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee heard three main bills after initially lacking a quorum and deferring the consent calendar. SB 501 by Senator Allen would expand California’s battery extended producer responsibility program to include medium-format batteries, such as those used in e-bikes, lawn equipment, and portable power systems. Supporters from local governments, recycling groups, environmental organizations, and battery stewardship interests said the bill would reduce fire risks, improve collection and recycling, and close a gap in existing law. One industry witness sought clarification about off-highway vehicles and a battery association requested guardrails for mixed battery formats; the California Retailers Association moved from opposition to neutral after discussions with the author. SB 1125 by Senator Menjivar would create a statewide, state-funded low-income drinking water rate assistance program administered by the State Water Resources Control Board, contingent on funding. The author and supporters said many Californians face water debt and that the bill would help address affordability while working around Proposition 218 limits on local ratepayer-funded assistance. Water districts, local governments, environmental justice groups, and conservation organizations testified in support, and there was no opposition. SB 1259 by Senator Blakespear, as amended, would require refineries to provide advance information on closure, cleanup costs, and timelines to help communities plan for refinery transitions and remediation. Supporters, including the City of Benicia, environmental justice groups, and advocacy organizations, argued that communities need transparency before closures occur and that other energy sectors already provide similar planning information. Opponents from labor, petroleum, and business groups argued the bill was unnecessary, burdensome, and could discourage refinery investment or signal premature decline of the industry. After extensive debate, the committee voted to pass SB 1259 as amended to the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee, and also approved SB 501 and SB 1125; the consent calendar items SB 1253 and SJR 13 were adopted.

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• academic program and offer families of participating students opportunities for their own educational development
• that is definitely something we are very much aware of and in particular have been watching the developments
• Department of Justice ensure that our Native voices are not only consulted, but central to case strategies
• government, or actually the executive, issued an executive order... ...on fast-tracking uranium development
• lot of talk in the tribal communities about that, and there's public meetings about... ...energy development

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• AND IT ALSO REQUIRES ACHA TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO REDESIGN THE MEDICAID MODEL WAIVER.
• ANOTHER KEY REFORM IS DATA DRIVEN POLICY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
• THIS CONDUCTS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND IMPROVES PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES.
• ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA THAT IS A KEY ELEMENT THAT WILL DEVELOP
• CARE BY ALLOWING DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS AND RELATIVES TO ADMINISTER INSULIN TO THOSE WITH DEVELOPMENT

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• <00:03:14.200> Partners employers Workforce Development Partners employers Workforce Development
• the director of Workforce Development the director of Workforce Development for<00:47:41.040>
• <00:55:02.520> for director of Workforce Development for director of Workforce Development
• We also work with employers to develop strategies to attract and retain workers, adapt to changing workforce
• gain paid career experience develop gain paid career experience develop critical<01:03:22.119>

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• His vision His vision and dedication have shaped suicide prevention strategies and initiatives across
• From launching astronauts into space to developing new technologies here at home, innovation is part
• Uh, these developments raise questions about the extent to which existing cybersecurity resources and
• investment, and support the development of innovative Support the development of innovative housing
• This is the only country in the developed world that has issues so severe as this.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, 1012, house, all