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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/03/25
Jobs and Economic Development
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Opening Day Floor Session 01-15-2025 10:00am
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- What if we be the bridge to bring them back? What if we took care of our own?
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Commission to Study Costs of Special Education (06/16/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> ...address some of these things and be this bridge between the home and the school.
- gt;> address some of these things and be this >> address some of these things and be this bridge
- </c> bridge between the home and the school. bridge between the home and the school.
Summary:
The commission meeting focused on reviewing and correcting draft minutes and then working through a draft report on the cost of special education. Members made mostly clerical corrections, including clarifying references to Spalding, fixing acronyms such as LETRS, and cleaning up membership titles and appointee roles to match SB 57. The minutes were approved as amended, with some members abstaining because they were not present at the prior meeting. The chair also noted the commission’s deadline to complete findings and recommendations by July 1 and said the final report must be delivered to legislative leaders, the governor, the state librarian, and others.
The main substantive discussion centered on the report’s findings about special education funding. Members agreed the report should emphasize that the commission was created to study the cost of special education and reduce reliance on local property taxes. One draft section described FY24 special education funding as coming from three primary state and federal sources totaling about $152 million, or roughly 15% of annual costs, with the remaining 85% paid by local school districts through property tax revenue, estimated at about $825 million. Members discussed adding historical or longitudinal data to show trends over time, and some suggested attaching charts or tables showing funding over the last 20 to 30 years.
A second major topic was demographic data. The draft noted that statewide K-12 enrollment has declined since 2003 while the number and share of students with IEPs has increased. Members questioned whether the data compared like with like, especially given the growth of Education Freedom Accounts and charter school enrollment, and whether the figures included or excluded those students. Several members asked for clearer sourcing from the Department of Education and suggested keeping a list of unresolved questions, including the impact of the shift from ADMA to ADMR and the effect of the EFA program. The discussion ended with agreement to continue refining the report and to gather additional attachments and clarifications before finalizing recommendations.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions, May 21, 2026 - PM
Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions
Transcript Highlights:
- I may have opportunities to start that customer early, bridge capacity, make purchases in the market,
- I may have opportunities to start that customer early, bridge capacity, make purchases in the market,
- I may have opportunities to start that customer early, bridge capacity, make purchases in the market,
- Customer early, bridge capacity, make purchases in the market, but at some point for a customer of 200
NH
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- It's the power plant down there just past what was the Key Bridge. It's in Anne Arundel County.
- plant down there just past what was the plant down there just past what was the Key<03:14:05.520><c> Bridge
- 07.440><c> down</c><03:14:07.640><c> off</c><03:14:07.760><c> the</c><03:14:08.200><c> uh</c> Key Bridge
- um down off the uh Key Bridge um down off the uh um um um um um um it's<03:14:11.800><c> in</c><03:14
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
FIN Info Briefing - Thu Jan 8, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So it was a way to bridge the gap, because when people apply, they don't meet the MQs, or the minimum
- was</c><04:29:23.760><c> a</c><04:29:23.920><c> way</c><04:29:24.159><c> to</c><04:29:24.479><c> bridge
- /c><04:29:24.800><c> the</c><04:29:25.040><c> gap</c><04:29:26.000><c> and</c> So it was a way to bridge
- the gap and So it was a way to bridge the gap and because<04:29:27.920><c> when</c><04:29:28.479><c>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 4/29/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Army West Point graduate; Major Bridge Sh, U.S. Army; Sergeant David Yang, U.S. Army; U.S.
- Major Bridge<00:10:38.399><c> Sh,</c><00:10:38.880><c> US</c><00:10:39.399><c> Army,</c><00:10:40.399
- ><c> Sergeant</c><00:10:40.800><c> David</c><00:10:41.120><c> Yang,</c> Bridge Sh, US Army, Sergeant
- David Yang, Bridge Sh, US Army, Sergeant David Yang, US<00:10:41.920><c> Army</c><00:10:42.880><c> um
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance (03/12/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- It provided a crucial safety net for those who lost CFI eligibility or needed a bridge while waiting
- eligibility or for those who lost CFI eligibility or needed<03:38:16.960><c> a</c><03:38:17.120><c> bridge
- </c><03:38:17.479><c> while</c><03:38:17.640><c> waiting</c><03:38:17.880><c> for</c> needed a bridge
- while waiting for needed a bridge while waiting for determinations<03:38:19.600><c> the</c><03:38:19.760
Summary:
The House Finance Committee opened a public hearing on House Bills 1 and 2, which concern the governor’s proposed FY 2026-2027 budget. The chair explained that the committee must fit the budget to House Ways and Means revenue, which is about $800 million below the governor’s estimate in an almost $16 billion budget. He also noted a projected current-budget overspend, the impact of recently passed legislation, possible fee updates, no new tax proposals at that time, and the importance of federal funding and Medicaid stability. Testimony was limited to three minutes, with the chair asking speakers to avoid duplication.
Much of the testimony focused on Medicaid, disability services, and home- and community-based care. Speakers urged the committee to restore or protect funding for transportation, Medicaid, day programs, in-home supports, and behavioral health services. Several individuals and providers described how cuts would affect people with disabilities, medically fragile children, and families who rely on services to remain employed and avoid institutional care. A home care provider argued that a proposed 3% Medicaid cut would increase hospitalizations and costs, while a behavioral health representative asked for sustainable Medicaid rates, uncompensated care support, housing resources, and continued funding for community behavioral health clinics.
Another major topic was the Group II retirement provisions in HB 2 for public safety workers. Representatives from police, fire, corrections, probation/parole, and related associations testified in support, saying prior pension changes hurt recruitment and retention, pushed experienced workers to neighboring states, and should be reversed to restore promised benefits. They argued the provisions would help keep public safety careers viable and honor commitments made to first responders. An executive counselor also warned that when the state shifts costs away from itself, local property taxpayers bear the burden, and she opposed cost shifts such as Medicaid premiums and universal vouchers. A separate speaker urged funding public schools rather than universal vouchers, arguing vouchers can leave other students behind as resources are diverted.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (03/03/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- committee will ensure targeted solutions like expanding the NH Weatherization Assistance Program to help bridge
- committee will ensure targeted solutions like expanding the NH Weatherization Assistance Program to help bridge
- committee will ensure targeted solutions like expanding the NH Weatherization Assistance Program to help bridge
- committee will ensure targeted solutions like expanding the NH Weatherization Assistance Program to help bridge
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/30/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- My nephew, bless his soul, had ... he tried driving his car into a bridge abutment but didn’t die.
- </c><00:59:16.559><c> a</c> um he tried driving his car into a um he tried driving his car into a bridge
- 17.720><c> didn't</c><00:59:18.039><c> die</c><00:59:18.559><c> my</c><00:59:18.760><c> sister</c> bridge
- AB butman didn't die my sister bridge AB butman didn't die my sister had<00:59:19.280><c> to</c><00:
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (01/21/2025)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Our goal is to help individuals with a financial bridge to their next job, so we do that without over-incentivizing
- individuals with our goal is to um help individuals with a<04:56:57.440><c> financial</c><04:56:58.000><c> bridge
- their</c><04:56:58.840><c> next</c><04:56:59.160><c> job</c><04:57:00.120><c> so</c> a financial bridge
- to their next job so a financial bridge to their next job so we<04:57:00.840><c> do</c><04:57:01.160
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
WAM-LBT, WAM-TCA, WAM-HHS Informational Briefings 01-16-2025
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- going towards safety and upgrades of all of our facilities, make sure we have better roads, better bridges
- have better facilities make sure we have better roads<02:09:53.000><c> better</c><02:09:53.239><c> Bridges
- </c><02:09:54.040><c> making</c><02:09:54.280><c> sure</c><02:09:54.400><c> we</c> roads better Bridges
- making sure we roads better Bridges making sure we upgrade<02:09:54.840><c> our</c><02:09:54.960><c>
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, February 6, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- These programs bridge the gap between education and employment, ensuring that students and workers of
- programs must continue to invest in CTE programs these<00:13:52.639><c> programs</c><00:13:53.160><c> bridge
- /c><00:13:53.440><c> the</c><00:13:53.639><c> gap</c><00:13:53.839><c> between</c> these programs bridge
- the gap between these programs bridge the gap between education<00:13:54.680><c> and</c><00:13:54.880
- The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge must be DEI.
NH
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (01/14/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Unlike bridges, we can't simply just close the dam; we have to actually reduce the risk.
- ><c> unlike</c> can reduce the risk at these dams unlike can reduce the risk at these dams unlike Bridges
- 47.559><c> simply</c><00:59:47.880><c> just</c><00:59:48.039><c> close</c><00:59:48.400><c> the</c> Bridges
- we can't simply just close the Bridges we can't simply just close the dam<00:59:48.960><c> we</c><00
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations & Revenue. (7-1-26)
Appropriations & Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Representative Bridges. >> Here. >> Representative Brown.
- Representative Bray. >> Present. >> Representative Bridges. >> Here. >> Representative Brown.
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Budget Process 00:02:28
Allotment Process 00:10:30
School Facilities Construction Commission 00:29:10
Role of KDE in School Facilities Funding 00:47:00
Kentucky School Boards Association 01:13:25
Elementary and Secondary School Construction 01:20:40
Perkins V Funding 01:35:32, 958, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- own generation is a big part of that because, you know, if we have companies that, at least as a bridge
- They want to be grid connected, but there may need to be bridge solutions.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce held its first interim hearing on securing critical infrastructure and supply chain integrity, with a focus on Texas’s electric grid and the Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act. The chair also highlighted Texas’s relatively low electricity prices and welcomed new committee members. ERCOT, the Public Utility Commission (PUC), and the Attorney General’s office were invited to explain how the state screens market participants and grid equipment for ties to China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, and how the agencies respond to noncompliance.
ERCOT testified that it has implemented the requirements of three related Senate bills by requiring attestations on corporate affiliations and on critical grid equipment and services. ERCOT said it has processed thousands of attestations, used additional requests for information and third-party verification tools such as Dun & Bradstreet, and terminated nonresponsive market participants. ERCOT also said it has not seen a case requiring direct Attorney General involvement, but it does refer matters to the PUC when needed. The PUC said it can investigate suspected violations and impose penalties of up to $1 million per violation per day, and that most investigations into late or missing attestations have been resolved through compliance, market exit, or removal by ERCOT. The Attorney General’s office said its role is currently limited to audits and court involvement, and that it lacks broad independent investigatory authority under the act.
Members pressed the panel on whether the current system is too reliant on self-reporting and whether it adequately addresses indirect foreign influence, especially through supply chains for batteries, inverters, transformers, and other equipment with routable connectivity. ERCOT acknowledged that the current attestation process has gaps and said it plans to refine definitions of critical grid equipment and grid services, improve information requests, and continue stakeholder rulemaking. The panel also discussed possible legislative changes, including tying prohibitions to the Department of Defense Section 1260H list and the Texas Prohibited Technologies list, clarifying warranty and service access, and expanding the statute to cover grid services more directly. Several senators raised concerns about cost, reliability, and the extent to which foreign-sourced components remain embedded in Texas infrastructure, while others suggested incentives for domestic manufacturing and stronger verification tools, including possible work with national labs such as Sandia.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/19/26
State and Local Government
MN