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• Bernalillo County was actually in the middle of House District 11, which is downtown Albuquerque, so us urban

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• IT CAN BE A ZIP CODE OR EVEN A SUB AREA WITHIN THE ZIP CODE WITHIN IN A BIGGER URBAN AREA WHERE THERE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We represent economic developers both in rural and urban communities who are working hard to attract

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• farming and ranching, and we're in rural New Mexico, so there's a lot of discussion between rural and urban

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• What we need is an interface that will help connect our students, DOE students, community, our faculty
• So, somebody to help us develop that interface that will help them access all of the great data that

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Mora Ryan replied that it is to distinguish between urban areas, cities like Manchester and Nashua, versus
• tax exemption, the amounts would be adjusted annually to reflect the consumer price index for all urban
• northeast region, urban consumers northeast region, thereby<03:28:29.520><c> adapting</c><03:28:30.080
• , but also a mandated increase in those thresholds as measured by the consumer price index for all urban
• , but also a mandated increase in those thresholds as measured by the consumer price index for all urban

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• As the only significant woodworking space available in an urban core area, we have proven to be a truly
• c><00:37:51.200><c> available</c><00:37:51.640><c> in</c><00:37:51.760><c> an</c><00:37:51.920><c> urban
• </c> woodworking space available in an urban woodworking space available in an urban core<00:37:52.800
• we continue to steward this precious ʻāina with more than 3,700 acres of pristine forest in Oahu's urban
• ><02:10:32.159><c> forest</c><02:10:32.520><c> in</c><02:10:32.719><c> oahu's</c><02:10:33.280><c> urban

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Ways and Means and Finance informational briefing on grants and aids was held February 14 and was organized as a high-volume public testimony session with strict procedures: no Q&A, one representative per applicant, one minute per testimony, in-person testimony first, and then Zoom participants. The chairs also announced a recess at 11:00 a.m. for floor sessions and a reconvening at 1:00 p.m. Testimony was heard first from neighbor island applicants, then Oʻahu applicants, with members repeatedly directing speakers to line up and keep remarks brief. Neighbor island testimony focused on a wide range of capital and operating requests. Health and community projects included Hawaii Island Community Health Center’s workforce housing in Kau, Wuli Hawaiian Homestead Association’s learning center and predevelopment work, Rescue Tube Foundation’s beach rescue tube expansion, Puna Community Medical Center’s planned hospital/ER campus, Maui Humane Society’s free veterinary care after the wildfires, Hawaiʻi Care Choices’ palliative care readiness, and the Lyman Museum’s HVAC replacement. Other requests included the Maui Advanced Manufacturing Alliance’s Pāʻia Mill redevelopment, Laua 2020’s preschool and learning lab, Mālama Aina’s USDA-compliant meat processing facility, the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association’s water safety programs, Kaha P Organization’s agriculture education support, Ohana Arts’ youth performance project, Friends of the Children’s Justice Center’s emergency closet, EOA Pacific’s Marshall Islands teacher training, and the Central Pacific Youth Athletic Club’s new facility. Oʻahu testimony included the YWCA Oʻahu/Pythink Center’s renovation of Juliet M. Atherton Hall and its community kitchen, West Oʻahu Community Health Center’s wildfire protection and security needs, the Early School’s playground improvements, Surfing the Nations’ food distribution center expansion, and Sounding Joy Music Therapy’s weekly services for people with disabilities. Speakers generally emphasized community benefit, workforce development, health access, food security, disaster recovery, and support for children, seniors, and underserved populations. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing.

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• It works well in urban, suburban, rural communities, and it's helped create single-family home ownership
• It works well in urban, suburban, rural communities, and it's helped create single-family home ownership
• It works well in urban, suburban, rural communities, and it's helped create single-family home ownership
• It works well in urban, suburban, rural communities, and it's helped create single-family home ownership

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It's also worth noting that this is not just an urban problem.
• 01:18:07.120><c> an</c> worth noting that this is not just an worth noting that this is not just an urban
• 08.080><c> It</c><01:18:08.239><c> acutely</c><01:18:08.640><c> affects</c><01:18:09.199><c> rural</c> urban
• It acutely affects rural urban problem.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The meeting opened with roll call and housekeeping, including moving standing attendees to an overflow room and asking the audience to avoid interruptions. The task force then heard testimony from Allison Adams of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, who presented statewide health trend data showing Kentucky ranked 41st overall and 44th in health outcomes, with especially poor performance on premature death, chronic disease, diabetes, and vaccination rates. She emphasized that Kentucky has the highest rates of residents with multiple chronic conditions, that diabetes remains above the national average, and that childhood immunization rates have worsened. She also highlighted major provider shortages in rural areas, noting that 43 of 120 counties meet shortage criteria and that more than half of primary care providers are concentrated in Fayette and Jefferson counties. Adams urged the task force to focus on prevention, early intervention, access to care, physical activity, and healthier school and community environments, and said the foundation is prepared to share results from its demonstration projects. Task force members asked follow-up questions about the age range for chronic-condition data and whether the diabetes figure reflected type 1 or type 2 diabetes; Adams said the chronic-condition measure spans all ages and that the diabetes figure likely reflects type 2, though she offered to provide the full report. The task force then approved the minutes from the prior meeting. The committee next turned to SNAP benefits and heard from Lisa Dennis, commissioner of the Department for Community Based Services, and Roger McCann, director of the Division of Family Support. They explained that SNAP is not only a food assistance program but also a public health and family stability tool, arguing that poor diet contributes to chronic disease and that food insecurity is linked to family stress, child welfare involvement, and neglect-related CPS referrals. They cited research showing that more generous SNAP policies are associated with fewer CPS reports, fewer substantiated reports, and fewer foster care placements, and said SNAP helps reduce risk and promote stability across vulnerable populations including children, older adults, people with disabilities, and pregnant women. They also described SNAP-Ed as the nutrition education component that teaches healthy eating, cooking on a budget, and how to use fresh produce, but warned that recent federal legislation eliminates federal funding for SNAP-Ed beginning in federal fiscal year 2026. McCann outlined the remaining SNAP outreach and employment-and-training components, noting that outreach is typically run by nonprofits with a 50% match and that employment and training funds job-skills programs to help recipients move toward better jobs and self-sufficiency. The discussion emphasized that access to nutritious food, education, and job supports are all part of improving health outcomes and reducing food insecurity.

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• Is it a very urban community?
• Is it a very urban community?
• Is it a very urban community?
• Is it a very urban community?

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It's kind of like that urban legend about that kid who died from eating Pop Rocks.
• kind<00:41:50.240><c> of</c><00:41:50.400><c> like</c><00:41:50.599><c> that</c><00:41:50.760><c> urban
• </c><00:41:51.280><c> legend</c><00:41:51.720><c> about</c> kind of like that urban legend about kind
• of like that urban legend about that<00:41:52.359><c> kid</c><00:41:52.640><c> who</c><00:41:52.920>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• That can work for both Greater Minnesota and within the Twin Cities in urban areas.
• 04:50.960><c> in</c> Minnesota uh within the Twin Cities in Minnesota uh within the Twin Cities in urban
• :52.799><c> model</c><01:04:53.160><c> that</c><01:04:53.319><c> could</c><01:04:53.720><c> uh</c> urban
• it really is a model that could uh urban it really is a model that could uh fit<01:04:54.079><c> across

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I used to work in White Bear Lake schools, so I understand the rural and the urban.
• </c><01:30:28.320><c> rural</c><01:30:28.960><c> and</c><01:30:29.119><c> the</c><01:30:29.280><c> urban
• </c><01:30:29.800><c> I</c> understand the rural and the urban I understand the rural and the urban I

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• the CPI, which is what we also remember used for the BET and the BPT, then I don't know if it's CPI Urban
• know</c><03:46:32.960><c> if</c><03:46:33.520><c> it's</c><03:46:33.680><c> CPI</c><03:46:34.720><c> Urban
• </c><03:46:35.720><c> new</c><03:46:36.000><c> H</c> um I don't know if it's CPI Urban new H um I don't
• know if it's CPI Urban new H New<03:46:36.920><c> England</c><03:46:37.920><c> yeah</c><03:46:38.239

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting was an introductory Ways and Means Committee orientation led by Chair John Janigian. Members went around the room introducing themselves, with several returning legislators and several freshmen describing their backgrounds in business, education, public service, finance, transportation, journalism, military service, and nonprofit work. Janigian explained his own legislative history and professional background, and other members, including Bill Bolton, Fred Doucette, Mary Ford, Jim Tierney, Scott Brier, Thomas Oppel, Mary Murphy, Representative Spar, Susan Elberger, Dennis Malloy, Jordan Ulery, and Julius Soti, briefly described their prior experience and reasons for serving on the committee. The chair then outlined the committee’s role. He said Ways and Means is responsible for revenue estimates that Finance will use to determine how much the state can spend over the next biennium, and that the committee would spend the next five to six weeks developing its best revenue estimate, due around February 15. He also explained that the committee hears from state agencies and departments about how taxes are created, collected, and performing against expectations, and that it reviews bills affecting state revenue, including tax increases, tax decreases, tax removals, and fee-related measures. Janigian noted that the committee had five bills at the time of the meeting and expected more to be referred. He explained that most would be first-committee bills, though some second-committee bills could come over if they involved taxes or fees after passing policy committees. He used marijuana-related legislation as an example of a bill that might first go to another committee and later reach Ways and Means if it had fiscal implications. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational, and members were told how to participate in hearings and follow-up questions during regular committee work.

Bills: SB2350, SB2349, SB2178, SB2101, SB2373, SB2905, SB3231, SB3296, SB2704, SB3162, SB2885, SB2174, SB3256, SB2333, SB2713, SB2100, SB3012, SB2805, SB2102, SB2478, SB2103, SB3233, SB2678, SB2461, SB2645, SB3247, SB2005, SB2022, SB2083, SB2128, SB2130, SB2240, SB2306, SB2547, SB2603, SB2756, SB2782, SB2818, SB2944, SB2982, SB2986, SB3022, SB3031, SB3032, SB3035, SB3053, SB3288, SB2435, SB2970, SB2938, SB3110, SB3251, SB3322, SB2068, SB2268, SB3046, SB2526, SB2231, SB2448, SB2567, SB3095, SB3264, SB3131, SB3069, SB3180, SB2119, SB2137, SB2209, SB2180, SB2949, SB2431, SB2410, SB3199, SB3245, SB2274, SB2277, SB2175, SB2080, SB2799, SB2491, SB2310, SB2489, SB2925, SB2709, SB17, SB2227, SB2887, SB2006

Keywords: agriculture, aquaculture, livestock, agribusiness, Department of Agriculture, regulatory functions, employee benefits, restorative practices, sustainability, environmental stewardship, local food systems, Native Hawaiian, workforce development, industrial hemp, Hawaii, Native Hawaiian practices, regulation, cultural stewardship, economic development, organic waste

Bills: SB2350, SB2349, SB2178, SB2101, SB2373, SB2905, SB3231, SB3296, SB2704, SB3162, SB2885, SB2174, SB3256, SB2333, SB2713, SB2100, SB3012, SB2805, SB2102, SB2478, SB2103, SB3233, SB2678, SB2461, SB2645, SB3247, SB2005, SB2022, SB2083, SB2128, SB2130, SB2240, SB2306, SB2547, SB2603, SB2756, SB2782, SB2818, SB2944, SB2982, SB2986, SB3022, SB3031, SB3032, SB3035, SB3053, SB3288, SB2435, SB2970, SB2938, SB3110, SB3251, SB3322, SB2068, SB2268, SB3046, SB2526, SB2231, SB2448, SB2567, SB3095, SB3264, SB3131, SB3069, SB3180, SB2119, SB2137, SB2209, SB2180, SB2949, SB2431, SB2410, SB3199, SB3245, SB2274, SB2277, SB2175, SB2080, SB2799, SB2491, SB2310, SB2489, SB2925, SB2709, SB17, SB2227, SB2887, SB2006

Keywords: agriculture, aquaculture, livestock, agribusiness, Department of Agriculture, regulatory functions, employee benefits, restorative practices, sustainability, environmental stewardship, local food systems, Native Hawaiian, workforce development, industrial hemp, Hawaii, Native Hawaiian practices, regulation, cultural stewardship, economic development, organic waste

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• is important to note that these are bipartisan concerns from districts large and small, rural and urban
• 00:17:04.160><c> and</c> districts large and small, rural and districts large and small, rural and urban
• </c> urban, and varied socioeconomic status. urban, and varied socioeconomic status.
• These are community centers, especially in urban areas of great need, where people don't have the ability
• areas of great need especially in urban areas of great need where<02:02:08.960><c> people</c><02:02:

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It's a chance for Missourians across the state—urban, rural, north, south, Black, white, Hispanic, Asian—to
• chance for Missurrians across<02:09:06.800><c> the</c><02:09:07.040><c> state,</c><02:09:08.079><c> urban
• ,</c><02:09:08.560><c> rural,</c><02:09:09.599><c> north,</c> across the state, urban, rural, north,
• across the state, urban, rural, north, south,<02:09:10.480><c> black,</c><02:09:10.800><c> white,</c>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The people on the eastern states or in the urban areas wonder why are we sending you this money?
• states</c><00:31:42.799><c> or</c><00:31:42.960><c> in</c><00:31:43.120><c> the</c><00:31:43.279><c> urban
• </c> on the eastern states or in the urban on the eastern states or in the urban areas<00:31:43.760><
• I'll point out that I am uniquely unqualified to address this bill since my entire district is in an urban
• I'll point out that I am uniquely unqualified to address this bill since my entire district is in an urban

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, June 23, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• I imagine the next years and decades New Hampshire might have specific areas of urbanization and development
• Hampshire might have specific areas New Hampshire might have specific areas of<00:36:01.400><c> urbanization
• > and</c><00:36:02.319><c> development</c><00:36:02.960><c> and</c><00:36:03.319><c> so</c> of urbanization
• and development and so of urbanization and development and so forth<00:36:03.800><c> and</c><00:36:04.520

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Summary: The Transportation Committee held a public hearing on HB 249, which would allow bicycles, and in the bill’s language human-powered vehicles and e-bikes, to treat stop signs as yield signs and red lights as stop signs when safe. The bill sponsor, Rep. Seth Miller, said the measure is intended to improve cyclist safety and traffic flow at no cost to the state, citing Idaho and Delaware as examples where similar laws were associated with fewer crashes or injuries. He emphasized that the bill would remain optional, would not let cyclists ignore cross traffic, and would help riders avoid the unstable “wobble” that comes from repeatedly stopping and starting, especially on cargo bikes or other heavier bicycles. Committee members raised concerns about predictability, liability, and whether the proposal creates a special class of vehicle. Rep. Crawford asked why the bill also addresses left turns on red for one-way streets; Miller said that provision is meant to address situations where bicycles do not trigger signal equipment and could otherwise be stranded at a light. Rep. Gannon questioned the lack of explicit liability language, and Miller said he did not know of a separate provision but would be open to an amendment if the committee wanted clearer language. Rep. Hill and Rep. Emble expressed concern that other drivers would not know what cyclists intend to do and that the bill could create special rules; Miller responded that cyclists would still be required to yield and that the law would not change right-of-way rules. Several witnesses testified in support. Michael Frank, a Spofford cyclist and League cycling instructor, said the bill would help him safely commute and carry heavy groceries by reducing the effort and exposure involved in restarting after a full stop. Tim Blagden, former head of the Bike Walk Alliance of New Hampshire, said the bill reflects how many people already ride, saves energy and time, and would still require cyclists to stop at red lights unless the intersection is clear. He also noted that traffic signals often do not detect bicycles. No vote was taken during the hearing.