Video & Transcript Research : 'local control'
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TX
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Menendez now moves that House Bill 101 be recommended for local and contested calendars.
- Senator Menendez now moves that House Bill 2193 be recommended for local and contested calendars.
- Senator Menendez now moves that House Bill 5308 be recommended for local and contested calendars.
- Senator Menendez now moves that House Bill 5329 be recommended for local and contested calendars.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Madison County Legislation Committee Apr 30th, 2025
Madison County Legislation
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Economic Development and Tourism Committee Mar 19th, 2025
Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- It sets up a procedure for citizens to report via website emails to the Alabama Control Fund.
- Johnson said he controls the weather, controls the world.
- So, a lot of people would like to control it.
- reach out to me and tell me that... ...people reach out to me and tell me that, you know, you can control
- by climate alarmists pushing... ...controlled by climate alarmists pushing radical agendas.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 26th, 2025
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- important topics to equip them with the knowledge that they need and the resources to better serve local
- These costs have gotten out of control; they're out of control. There's been a 300% increase in...
- Out of control, so a 300% increase in two years is ridiculous. Mr.
- I appreciate our local governments for... If you build something, it better be to the standard.
- We need flexibility at the local level. ...that we need flexibility at the local level to provide for
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
ECD Public Hearing - Fri Mar 20, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST
Economic Development & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you. um, local hires. um, local hires.
- those that are produced by local those that are produced by local companies<00:27:21.040>
here - existing program would just be for local existing program would just be for local media<00:27:28.560
- business is, including the local presence, local workforce.
- is what this local preference does. is what this local preference does.
Bills:
SB2580, SB2578, SB2259, SB3084, SB2816, SB2928, SB2075, SB3322, SB2377, SB2436, SB2835, SB3248
Keywords:
SB2580, Hawaii film tax credit, motion picture tax credit, digital media credit, film production incentive, income tax credit, general excise tax exemption, DBEDT, DOTAX, local hires, local workforce, film industry, movie production, television production, streaming platform, streaming series, loan-out companies, motion picture project employer, qualified production, qualified production costs
Summary:
The committee opened by reviewing hearing procedures and then took up SB 2580, which concerns Hawaii’s film production tax credit and related incentives. Testimony was strongly supportive overall, with witnesses saying the measure would help attract productions, extend the sunset date, include streaming platforms, and strengthen the state’s competitiveness. Several supporters asked for cleanup language on grant administration, tax credit management, local-hire uplifts, and limits on third-party audit requirements for smaller productions. The state film office said the bill was generally strong but suggested clarifying language and noted that DBEDT and DOTAX already provide oversight of the current credit. No vote was taken in the transcript, but the bill drew broad support with a few comments and one opposition noted later in the hearing.
The committee then heard SB 2578 SD1, a measure to create a film commission and related grant structure. Testifiers said the proposal would formalize industry input, improve accountability, and help the state compete globally, but they also raised concerns about how a new grant program would interact with the existing tax credit system. The film office said the grant program and tax credit should be separated operationally, that the advisory structure should include industry voices and possibly union representation, and that county film commissioner language may need technical adjustment. A testifier also suggested a Hawaii film museum and related tourism opportunities. The measure was described as having 42 supporters, one opposition, and five comments, with no final action shown.
The committee next considered SB 2259, a dementia training measure. Supporters, including the bill’s drafter and the Alzheimer’s Association, described personal caregiving experiences and said free dementia training could help workers and families. Suggested amendments focused on clarifying the relationship between EOA and DBED and allowing retraining every two years because of workforce turnover. DBED said the bill is worthwhile but is not really an economic development initiative, and it should align with existing dementia programs and be easy for businesses to use, preferably online. The committee then moved to SB 3084 SD1, which HTDC said would expand its R&D matching program beyond SBIR to other federal research grants because of uncertainty at the federal level; the transcript ends as testimony begins, with no vote or final action recorded.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
89th Legislative Session - Second Called Session Aug 26th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They're a MAP test, they're an I-Ready test, they're Star Renaissance testing, or for local control as
- Could they force a local authority, a local DA, to prosecute a case?
- Our Constitution wisely gave the keys to local prosecutors.
- SB 12 overrides that, stripping local control and handing it to one statewide office in Austin.
- You can't be for local control when it suits you and against it when it doesn't.
Keywords:
HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- In this session, tax relief must be paired with tax reform, especially at the local level.
- Members, the local impact was significant.
- We still make more money than we're making off our local Walmart and Target.
- In closing, this bill is not about limiting growth or local control.
- tourism programs and supporting local economies.
Keywords:
monuments, memorials, public property, historical significance, civil penalties, local governance, project financing zone, municipal tax revenue, convention centers, multipurpose arenas, infrastructure development, hike and bike trails, outdoor recreation, environmental stewardship, Bicentennial Trail, Texas history, cultural heritage, unemployment benefits, eligibility, Texas Workforce Commission
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So what this bill does, it's a local bill.
- House Bill 5694 is a local bill creating the Fannin Improvement District No. 1 in unincorporated Fannin
- We also engaged with a local nonprofit and received a resolution of no objection from both the county
- You had support from the local community but opposition from the local state representative, is that
- This bill is a County bill that extends the local Ethics Commission tenure to a one-year term versus
Keywords:
HB 293, Texas housing tax credits, low-income housing, affordable housing, private activity bonds, PAB, qualified allocation plan, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, state representative objection, housing development approval, municipal notice, county commissioners court, extraterritorial jurisdiction, LIHTC, bond-financed housing, homelessness, housing services, Texas Department of Housing, municipal programs
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It doesn't take away local control.
- To determine what happens in our cities, do you believe that this usurps local control?
- This has usurped local control as it relates to planning and development of the cities.
- Work on it, but do you think this bill usurps the authority of local control so that the local municipalities
- And wouldn't that undermine local control?
Keywords:
affordable housing, land use, zoning, urban planning, community development, housing crisis, mixed-use development, sustainability, municipal utility district, board of directors, qualifications, land ownership, Texas, taxation, residency, municipal approval, subdivision plans, local governance, plats, local government
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Local governments can continue to assess a fee for the issuance of a permit.
- They verify whether it's meeting local code and law.
- Report will not recommend the measure be sent to the committee on local and consent calendars.
- The trend is not just local, it's systemic issues affecting most. cities across America.
- This would be great for local businesses and great for more. walkable neighborhoods.
Keywords:
affordable housing, land use, zoning, urban planning, community development, housing crisis, mixed-use development, sustainability, municipal utility district, board of directors, qualifications, land ownership, Texas, taxation, residency, municipal approval, subdivision plans, local governance, plats, local government
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Y'all should have had a local piece of...
- It is a local issue, and I... ...Baldwin County.
- It is a local issue, and I really have a problem when we have a local issue that we want to spread all
- and solved at the local level, not put out for everybody.
- Lines 59-60 of SB247 attempt to control when we... ...SB247 attempts to control when we protest: 30 minutes
Keywords:
county tax, education funding, capital projects, local government, sales tax, food trucks, mobile vendors, business license, health inspection, statewide regulation, zoning ordinances, vessel registration, boating fees, state funds, regulatory changes, water safety, municipal zoning, zoning board, appeals process, circuit court
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Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Feb 12th, 2025
Finance and Taxation Education
Transcript Highlights:
- They have to get in and get some control for those students.
- give away any revenue, but it does bring some clarification to when we pass an exemption, what the locals
- Number one, we have a fair amount of local sales tax exemption bills that have been put in this committee
- I don't know if it's going to work or not, but it's to deal with all the local sales tax exemptions for
Keywords:
workers' compensation, public education, employee injury, insurance trust fund, on-the-job injury, administrative procedures, adult-size changing table, changing station, accessible restroom, public bathroom, public building, public entity, ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, accessibility, restroom renovation, new construction, grant program, state grant, local government facilities
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Local Government.(6-23-26)
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- So, our first thing on the agenda is discussion of local law enforcement issues.
- Public safety is one of the most fundamental responsibilities of local governments.
- We transport inmates local and nationwide.
- Our local post district had less than 20.
- Our<00:27:46.240>
local <00:27:46.640>post Our local post Our local post district district
Bills:
HB339
Keywords:
Civil Air Patrol, CAP, emergency leave, job protection, employment discrimination, leave of absence, volunteer service, emergency response, Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, state employee leave, military leave, public employees, local government employers, reinstatement rights, seniority protection, unpaid leave, Meeting Start 00:00:03
Roll Call 00:00:14
Discussion of Local Law Enforcement Issues 00:03:08
Discussion of Civil Air Patrol Employment Protections 00:50:46
Adjournment 01:06:07, 958, all
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- The females almost seven times as much as we are appropriated on the local level.
- They don't have the local following that our local auctioneers have. ...
- Following that, our local auctioneers have.
- You know, and all these local auctioneer companies, they have a large group that follow.
- But we do have a better local following, and it would give local people more of an opportunity to purchase
Keywords:
inmates, department of public safety, per diem, local correctional facilities, jail funding, insurance premiums, Municipal Fire and Police, dedicated fund, assessments, Louisiana legislation, hazardous waste, cleanup fund, environmental protection, state treasury, Consumer Price Index, law enforcement, firefighters, health insurance, survivors benefits, Lafayette
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Financial Services Committee Feb 25th, 2026
Financial Services
Keywords:
fishing, licensing, jubilee, Marine life, Alabama, regulations, sex offenders, employment restrictions, first responders, public safety, juvenile offenders, local laws, registration requirements, picketing, protesting, residential protest, noise amplification, amplified sound, residential picketing, harassment
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Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Ways and Means Education
Keywords:
HB447, school buses, student transportation, public schools, local boards of education, dual enrollment, career technical education, CTE, community college, trade school, technical college, offsite educational venues, student access, transportation policy, school bus law, Alabama education law, Montgomery County, probate court, judge of probate, will registration
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on County & Regional Government Apr 7th, 2025 at 10:00 am
S/C on County & Regional Government
Keywords:
noise regulation, criminal offense, public health, residential areas, county authority, Texas, local governance, sheriff's department, civil service, exempt positions, local government, police oversight, fireworks, retail sales, permits, Texas-Mexico border, seasonal sales, election, hospital district, board of directors
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Joint Meeting of Senate Local Government & House State and Local Government (3-1-23)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdibkIEv6bw, 2026-06-21T07:17:03+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, This is a Joint meeting of the House Standing Committee on Local Government and Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government.
Meeting Start: 00:00
Roll Call: 00:36
Discussion and Update on Federal Grants: 01:54
Motions that 2023 Block Grants Meet Criteria: 11:13, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Local and County Government Feb 10th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Local and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- This meeting of the Senate Local and County Government Committee will come to order.
- The local and county government will stand at ease.
- Members, the local and county government will now reconvene.
- Members, that concludes this week's meeting of the Senate Local and County Government Committee.