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• So I want to come from a position of what I think hopefully is healthy skepticism in terms of the data
• school community, we can do that in service of your students and families to make sure everybody has healthy
• And so again, back to the shared Mike... ...make sure everybody has healthy, qualified food.

Summary: The joint informational and oversight hearing focused on community schools in California, with members emphasizing that the purpose was to examine effectiveness, implementation, and sustainability rather than the Governor’s budget proposal. The California Department of Education described the California Community Schools Partnership Program, created in 2021 and funded with more than $4 billion, including planning, implementation, extension, and county coordination grants. Officials said nearly 2,500 schools are participating and highlighted the statewide technical assistance structure, including the State Transformational Assistance Center, eight regional centers, county offices, and CDE support. Researchers from the Learning Policy Institute and UCLA presented early findings and implementation data. LPI reported reductions in chronic absenteeism and suspensions, along with gains in math and English language arts, with especially large benefits for Black students and other historically underserved groups. UCLA described the Annual Progress Report as a statewide improvement tool showing growth in capacity-building, shared decision-making, whole-child supports, and continuous improvement. Members asked about how the reports measure outcomes, how to interpret outliers, and how to distinguish community schools effects from other concurrent initiatives; presenters said matched comparison methods and deeper case-study work are being used, with additional statewide findings expected in June. Panelists from Oakland Unified, LAUSD/UTLA, San Diego Unified, and advocacy organizations described key elements of success: integrated student supports, strong family and student engagement, collaborative leadership, community partnerships, and school-site decision-making. They gave examples such as wellness centers, dual enrollment, student senates, parent leadership, and community campaigns that built trust and increased participation. Members also raised concerns about sustainability, implementation fidelity, and whether community schools improve participation in LCAP processes. Presenters said major barriers include unclear early guidance, the need for a mindset shift away from top-down models, and uncertainty about long-term funding for coordinators and other staff. The panel’s recommendations centered on stable ongoing funding, stronger technical assistance, shared governance, and embedding community schools practices into district and county systems.

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• a baby whose skull was crushed, whose brain was bashed in, and who died in childbirth—a perfectly healthy
• The baby died in childbirth—a perfectly healthy baby.
• we told the jurors that all of their hours of deliberation were based on this horrific case of a healthy

Committee: House Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

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• It looks small in the budget year, but it's really building off of a healthy investment and then looking
• over the lifetime of this bond for projects that conserve, protect, and restore marine wildlife, healthy
• And making it healthy again so that they can replant it.

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• organization called Family, which provides Boston-area children with the support system they need for healthy

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and a special recognition of Dr. Harold May, an original Tuskegee Airman. The Majority Leader highlighted Dr. May’s military service and his later career in medicine, including graduating from Harvard Medical School, working in Haiti, helping develop Boston’s emergency medical services, and founding a children’s support organization. A citation from the Massachusetts Senate was presented, and the chamber briefly recessed for photos and signatures. The Senate then adopted a resolution recognizing the legacy of Senator Mock and Mr. Pachico. It also suspended Joint Rule 12 to refer several House petitions to the appropriate committees. An order was adopted for the Senate to reconvene on Monday at 11:00 a.m. Before adjournment, the Senate honored former State Representative Thomas S. Cahir, with remarks noting his long service in the Massachusetts House, leadership on transportation issues, work on commuter rail and other projects, and later service with the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority. The Senate approved adjournment in his memory, observed a moment of silence, and adjourned accordingly.

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• Next up is Hannah Rendis Olsen, Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate.
• I am a Climate and Health Equity Leaders Fellow with Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate, a community
• Healthy Kids Minnesota, a biomonitoring program campaign of the Minnesota Department of Health, has published
• Endocrine-disrupting chemicals affect the body's natural hormones, and while this can be harmful at all ages
• food security for low-income households, and the need for more farmers to enter a workforce that is aging

Bills: HF44 , HF2102 , HF2279 , HF2280 , HF2281

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

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• At age 16, Joel Barrow, an orphan, was sent to Kentucky from Missouri with the hopes of an Indian nation
• By investing in prevention, promoting healthy families, and fostering strong communities, we can create
• 33.840><c> promoting</c> By investing in prevention, promoting By investing in prevention, promoting healthy
• families,</c><01:45:35.160><c> and</c><01:45:35.320><c> fostering</c><01:45:35.840><c> strong</c> healthy
• families, and fostering strong healthy families, and fostering strong communities,<01:45:37.120><c>

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• I think by $9 million or so on the line item, but there's still a healthy amount of money in that account
• ><01:26:19.040><c> there's</c><01:26:19.280><c> still</c><01:26:19.600><c> a</c><01:26:19.840><c> healthy
• </c> line item, but there's still a healthy line item, but there's still a healthy amount<01:26:20.320
• Um, this bill creates a new optional business entity structure for the digital age and is in line with

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• filer, who has 26 weeks available because the triggers have gone up, meaning the economy is less healthy
• 19.760><c> less</c> have gone up meaning the economy is less have gone up meaning the economy is less healthy
• <c> there</c><00:40:22.240><c> are</c><00:40:22.480><c> presumably</c><00:40:23.440><c> fewer</c> healthy
• and there are presumably fewer healthy and there are presumably fewer jobs<00:40:24.240><c> available
• And they get these numbers for a demographic breakdown based off of sex, age, and race, layered over

Committee: House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

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• We have a vision of healthy and productive neighbors making a safe North Dakota.
• We have a vision of healthy and productive neighbors making a safe North Dakota.
• We're not discriminated against on age by any means.
• It just so happens that people of my age typically don't want to be working anymore. Exactly.

Committee: Joint Government Finance Committee

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• However, in this bill, it is explicitly for ages 18 to 24.
• I just wanted to share that the AG have been a strong supporter of understanding what we could pass as
• </c> comment of the demographics of our aging comment of the demographics of our aging population<04:
• For example, if my own parents were to ever move into my home so that they could maybe age in place,
• </c><05:17:32.920><c> in</c> my home so that they could maybe age in my home so that they could maybe

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• issue that the chairman had presented to the AG.
• Now if the AG opinion or these lawsuits that are happening if they prevail, it wipes out... every HFC
• And they're seeing growing support among Republicans under age 50, 54%.
• I ran away at the age of 15 to be with my real Vanessa Pena: Father and regain custody.
• In 2014, at the age of 31, I underwent emergency heart surgery.

Bills: HB21 , HB211 , HB223 , HB323 , HB524 , HB530 , HB636 , HB762 , HB21 , HB211 , HB223

Committee: House Intergovernmental Affairs

Keywords: housing finance, multifamily residential, low income, tax exemption, audit requirements, affordable housing, local government, development bonds, housing assistance, financial assistance, low income housing, community support, affordability, veterans housing, community involvement, air conditioning, tenant support, healthcare, elderly, taxation

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• Justin Nungare, age 12, was killed by two illegal aliens from Venezuela who were charged with capital
• Ruby Garcia, age 25, was killed during a carjacking in Tempton, Michigan, by an illegal alien who was
• Elizabeth Medina, age 16, was reported stalked by an illegal alien who eventually killed her.
• Melissa Powell, age 47, and another victim, age 16, were killed by an illegal alien from El Salvador,
• In Clark, age 11, was killed when an illegal alien from Haiti struck a school bus full of children in

Committee: Senate Senate Budget

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• We added a person 65 years of age or older in the exploitation provisions so that all persons age 65
• </c><00:50:53.440><c> and</c> being over 65 years of age and being over 65 years of age and it<00:50:
• And the concern I have is I think this happens to people no matter what age.
• And the concern I have is I think this happens to people no matter what age.
• Is there any way, no matter what age.

Summary: The House convened with 98 members present, declared a quorum, approved the prior journal, and received Senate concurrence requests on Senate Bills 263, 281, and 324. The chamber then moved through second readings and committee reports on a range of measures, including education, agriculture, banking and insurance, judiciary, licensing, and task force resolutions. Among the reported bills were measures on KEES scholarships for non-certified schools, a residential safe room rebate program, dual credit scholarships, impeding a first responder, motor vehicles, tallow-based cosmetic products, animal health emergencies, mortgage loan income limits, deferred deposit fees, child protection, Attorney General operations, corrections operations, school leadership, school transportation, advanced mathematics coursework, and task forces on charitable gaming and early childhood education governance. The House passed House Bill 642, a Teachers' Retirement System housekeeping bill, after adopting House Committee Substitute 1. The sponsor said the bill updates survivor benefit documentation, raises the daily earnings limit for retired members returning to work from $170 to $200, removes an unused early-return provision, reinstates a pension waiver program, clarifies benefit tier calculations using an earlier participation date in another state system, and allows a parent member to manage payments for a disabled child without a court order. Members asked about substitute teaching limits, retirement penalties, budget impact, and a removed provision involving index funds; the sponsor said he would follow up on the day limits and stated he did not believe the bill would add to unfunded liability. The bill passed 96-0. The House also passed House Bill 780 on recording commissioner’s deeds, after adopting a floor amendment that removed fines and penalties. The bill allows a city to petition circuit court if a deed is not recorded within 30 business days, and the court may compel filing and award costs and attorney’s fees. Members discussed whether the bill effectively created a lawsuit-based enforcement mechanism rather than a fine, and supporters said it would help local governments identify responsible property owners and address code enforcement and public safety issues. The bill passed 96-0. House Bill 541, concerning peace officers, also passed after a committee substitute; the sponsor said it cleans up Kentucky Law Enforcement Council procedures, strengthens certification standards, clarifies revocation language, and reflects input from law enforcement groups. It passed 95-0. House Bill 195, the Kentucky Urban Youth Agriculture Initiative, passed after a committee substitute and floor amendment. The substitute added Kentucky State University Cooperative Extension alongside UK Cooperative Extension, and the floor amendment changed the pilot’s implementation date to January 1, 2027 and adjusted the program’s term timing. Supporters said the bill would expand urban agriculture education, connect youth to food systems and career pathways, and help students in urban counties learn practical agricultural skills; it passed 97-0. The House then took up House Bill 794 on financial exploitation, which expands protections to all adults age 65 and older, adds felony penalties for knowingly, wantonly, or recklessly exploiting those adults, allows the attorney general to seek extradition from another state, and requires investment advisers to complete three hours of continuing education on financial exploitation. Members cited real-world scam experiences and urged stronger penalties, but the bill passed 96-0.

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• local governments to report the results local governments to report the results of<00:59:19.480><c> age
• verification compliance checks to of age verification compliance checks to the<00:59:21.520><c> Office
• While companies like ours, companies that have roots in Minnesota, invest heavily in age verification
• We do believe that Minnesota sweepstakes laws should be updated for the digital age to provide further
• for the digital age to provide further<01:53:14.760><c> guardrails.

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

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• Fattman, resolutions commending Healthy Birth Day, Incorporated, and Empty Arms Bereavement Support,

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several resolutions, including commendations for Healthy Birth Day, Incorporated, Empty Arms Bereavement Support, Incorporated, for recognizing September 19, 2025 as Stillbirth Prevention and Awareness Day, and for the town of Plymouth becoming the 451st International City of Peace. Both resolutions were adopted by voice vote. The chamber then advanced several local and private matters. A bill authorizing Lexington to grant ten additional on-premises wine and malt beverage licenses was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. A bill authorizing Melrose to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption was ordered to a third reading and then passed to be engrossed. The Senate also suspended the rules to take up a House bill establishing a sick leave bank for John C. Murphy and ordered it to a third reading. The Senate additionally suspended Joint Rule 12 to refer a House petition establishing a sick leave bank for Kathleen Roderick, an employee of the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office, to the Committee on Public Service. The body adopted an order to adjourn on Thursday at 11 a.m. in full formal session without a calendar. It then agreed to adjourn in memory of K. Walsh, heard a tribute to her life and service in nursing and geriatrics, observed a moment of silence, and adjourned accordingly.

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• What we've found is that there is a disparity... ...your age group.
• A good example would be the age definitions.
• Until we've locked in what the age definitions will be in the rate structure, we can't automate the ages
• That provides rates that differ by factors such as age and region, not program.
• It's cutting the age at which they're going to be eligible for services as well.

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• </c> seemingly ages seemingly ages to<02:03:23.360><c> have</c><02:03:24.480><c> dig</c><02:03:24.960
• Well, sawmills rely on healthy logging infrastructure, healthy timberland base.
• trees and a healthy workforce 5, 10, 20 years down the road so that you can continue to run and pay
• Well, sawmills rely on healthy logging infrastructure, healthy timberland base.
• The first one is, you mentioned a healthy workforce.

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

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• New Hampshire has a really healthy and robust insurance market, especially compared to the rest of the
• So, in order to improve and preserve the business community and the healthy insurance market that New
• </c> business community and the healthy business community and the healthy insurance<02:04:37.200><c>
• </c><02:36:03.920><c> The</c><02:36:04.160><c> decisions</c><02:36:04.479><c> that</c> healthy pregnancy
• The decisions that healthy pregnancy.

Committee: House Judiciary

Summary: The Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on House Bill 1067-FN, which would formalize and expand mental health courts in New Hampshire and create a grant-based funding structure for them. Representative Mark Pearson, the prime sponsor, described the bill as a bipartisan, compassionate, and cost-effective approach that would connect people with mental illness to treatment and supervision instead of incarceration, while still holding them accountable. He said the proposal was developed with input from the judicial branch, law enforcement, corrections, mental health organizations, and others, and emphasized that local courts could tailor programs to their needs. Committee members questioned the bill’s fiscal note, whether the legislature had previously studied the issue, how the program would be funded, and whether the bill should more explicitly address treatment, prevention, and data collection. Representative Buzz Sher, who helped develop the bill, explained how mental health courts work, including referral, clinical and public-safety assessments, case management, goal-setting, and graduation from the program. He said existing New Hampshire mental health courts are mostly partial and county-funded, and that the bill would formalize them, set standards, and allow grant funding. He also cited data from Georgia and New Hampshire suggesting significant savings from reduced incarceration and related costs. Members also raised concerns about due process, whether people not formally charged could be swept into the system, and whether individuals with violent offenses or domestic violence histories could be diverted inappropriately. Sher responded that only people already in the criminal justice process are eligible and that courts use safety assessments to screen out most violent cases. The committee requested that Sher file supporting financial data from other jurisdictions, and he agreed to do so. No vote or final action was taken during the hearing.

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• New Hampshire has a really healthy and robust insurance market, especially compared to the rest of the
• healthy and robust insurance<02:03:13.439><c> market,</c><02:03:14.000><c> especially</c><02:03:14.399
• there's no way to know whether they will go on to have a miscarriage, an ectopic pregnancy, or a healthy
• </c><02:36:03.920><c> The</c><02:36:04.160><c> decisions</c><02:36:04.479><c> that</c> healthy pregnancy
• The decisions that healthy pregnancy.

Committee: House Judiciary

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• Not everyone must agree with every decision; that is a healthy part of democracy, but everyone must respect
• Not everyone must agree with every decision that is a healthy part of democracy, but everyone must respect

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Election Laws