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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • state for employment purposes. state for employment purposes.
  • that'll be my last question. that'll be my last question.
  • state court judge. state court judge.
  • I'm asking those questions. I'm asking those questions.
  • our state. our state.
Bills: HF3432, HF3411
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/2/26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • state secretary. state secretary.
  • Minnesota FFA state reporter. Minnesota FFA state reporter.
  • Any other questions? I just have one final question.
  • It's a great question. Um, absolutely. It's a great question.
  • Uh, no other questions. Uh, All right. Uh, no other questions.
Bills: HF3580, HF3566
Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from the previous meeting and then heard from Minnesota FFA officers, who described FFA as a student-led agricultural education organization focused on leadership, personal growth, and career success. The students explained the three-part model of agricultural education, the size and reach of FFA in Minnesota, and upcoming events at the Capitol, including an agricultural policy experience conference and FFA Day at the Capitol. Members asked about FFA’s role in encouraging the next generation of farmers, the organization’s broader focus beyond farming to include wildlife and other natural resources careers, and the mix of rural, metro, and urban chapters. The students emphasized that FFA and agricultural educators help students discover career paths and that urban chapters are active and thriving alongside rural ones. The committee then received a presentation from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture on the Agri program. The department described Agri as a legislature-created program that uses producer-payment funds to support roughly 15 grant and cost-share programs, including newer efforts such as Protect and Prepare. Testimony stressed transparency and fraud prevention: Agri is reimbursement-based, requires detailed documentation, conducts site visits on grants over $25,000, and has identified and stopped more than a dozen fraudulent applications in the past year. The department also noted a prior legislative auditor review of two larger Agri programs and said only about one-tenth of 1% of reviewed expenditures were recommended for recovery. The department highlighted the Make It Minnesota cost-share program, which helps Minnesota food and agriculture companies attend national trade shows such as Natural Products Expo West. Testifiers then described how Agri has supported their businesses: Mark Schiller of Lon Liquor in Northfield said the program helped his microdistillery expand into milling organic flour and adding food service, while Pete Gangler of Snowpack Foods in Caledonia said Agri grants supported food safety improvements, processing capacity, and a new freezer warehouse project. The department said additional grantees would testify as well, and members asked whether the department’s fraud-prevention practices could be shared with other state agencies; staff said they already are being shared through interagency best-practice efforts.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, March 2, 2026

Minerals, Business & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Any questions? >> Mr.
  • Thanks, and I'll take any questions. >> Governor, any questions?
  • >> Question. >> Question being called.
  • >> Question. >> Question. >> Question.
  • >> Question. >> Question being called.
Bills: HB0116, HB0056
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, March 2, 2026

Minerals, Business & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • That would be up to the state<00:02:01.320> engineer. state engineer. state engineer.
  • Other questions for the state engineer?
  • Happy to answer any questions, Mr. Chairman. Any questions? Travis, any questions?
  • <00:41:28.840> Uh Any questions? Travis, any questions? Uh Any questions?
  • Other questions? Other questions? Other questions? Other questions?
Bills: HB0116, HB0056
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Before we get to questions for the bill author, any questions for our testifiers?
  • State your name for the record. >> Welcome. State your name for the record.
  • >> Any other questions to the bill. >> Any other questions to the bill.
  • Any questions before we move?
  • that question. that question. >> Sure,<00:59:28.160> Mr.
Bills: HF3474, HF3475, HF3508
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • >> Great question.
  • I had a question.
  • I had a question.
  • I had a question.
  • I had a question.
Summary: The meeting began with a quorum call and approval of the August 21 minutes. The main presentation was from the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development on the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation (BSSC), which was created in 1984 and is administratively tied to the cabinet. Staff explained that BSSC supports workforce training for companies in Kentucky through two main programs: the grant-in-aid reimbursement program and the skills training investment tax credit. They also described the board’s structure, quarterly meetings, annual audit, and the metropolitan tax credit tied to UPS in Louisville, along with public-private training consortia supported by the program. The cabinet outlined eligibility and funding rules: applicants must be qualified companies, trainees must be full-time Kentucky residents meeting wage requirements, and eligible training includes in-house company-specific training, train-the-trainer efforts, safety/OSHA training, and outside training through KCTCS or other providers. Grant-in-aid is a 50% reimbursement program capped at $75,000 per company per fiscal year and $2,000 per trainee, while the tax credit is capped annually and is awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Applications are scored based on county tier, wages, workforce development activity, veteran hiring, participation in consortia, and job growth. Members asked for data on trainees and industries served, and staff said they could provide it. They also discussed coordination with other workforce programs, especially KCTCS and the state’s TRAIN program, to avoid overlap and double dipping. Several members asked about program usage and differences between fiscal years. Staff said the tax credit is less popular because it is not refundable and requires tax liability, while grant-in-aid is more attractive because it is cash reimbursement. They said lower or delayed spending in some years can reflect one-year training windows, reimbursement lag, new facilities ramping up, consortia activity, and special allocations such as those tied to Ford facilities. Questions also covered support for new businesses, which staff said can receive favorable scoring for new jobs and may have funds set aside for new location projects. On veterans, staff said they connect companies to Kentucky Valor and other resources, but the program does not track veteran retention outcomes. The final discussion was on a draft bill related to the Kentucky Horse Park and the U.S. Center for SafeSport. Representative Vanessa Gracel and Kentucky Horse Park President Lee Carter explained that the proposal is intended to help the park maintain integrity and protect athletes, volunteers, coaches, trainers, and guests from abuse and misconduct. They described SafeSport’s federal role in Olympic and Paralympic sports and said they hope to move the draft forward as legislation in 2026. No votes were taken on the BSSC presentation or the horse park discussion.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Capital Investment Committee 5/6/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • I see no other questions. Members, I renew my chair Hansen.
  • gets to float while a lot of states are kind of in a jumble.
  • Representative Pérez-Vega continued: this state gets to float while a lot of states are kind of in a
  • And but yet we still sit here with questions and we still sit here with... ...with questions, and we
  • So, see no other comments or questions.
Bills: HF719, HF2484, HF2486
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on International Relations Apr 14th, 2025

S/C on International Relations

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm happy to answer any questions. All right, any questions? Okay, okay.
  • Today, thanks to the... ...leadership of State Representative Brian Guillen of Rio Grande City and State
  • I'm happy to answer any questions you might have.
  • Thank you so much for your time and I'll take any questions. Any questions? Thank you so much.
  • Are there any questions? No further questions, we'll proceed to testimony.
Bills: HCR108, HCR127