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• learned that effective leadership isn't about flashy speeches or competing for attention; it's about connecting
• But to be able to connect those dots, this is just an easy way so that when I'm sitting and meeting with
• To be able to connect those dots and find some relevance for kids.
• We need to work on connecting families and schools to tools and services to address barriers rather than
• When it comes to the real work of providing students with that crucial one-on-one adult-to-student connection

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• <00:51:14.960> to was that it really wasn't connected to was that it really wasn't connected
• >> Uh, on the previous program, uh, Connect >> Uh, on the previous program, uh, Connect
• <01:14:29.679> Wyoming this program, Wyoming Connect Wyoming this program, Wyoming Connect
• It's connected to the economic development enterprise fund.
• It's connected to the economic development enterprise fund.

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• What I would have to do is connect you with our sales team.
• with the printing contract that we have here, but definitely if you want to discuss further, I can connect
• At the end of each— is connect you with our sales team since this doesn't have much to do with the printing
• the print contract that we have here but definitely if you want to discuss further I can I can connect

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• It helps ensure that families remain connected to their children
• For many of these children, maintaining connections with family, community, and culture is very important
• This is about parents being connected to their young children.
• "1450">...to information that could help them recognize when they or a friend are in a crisis and connect
• There could be questioned because there is a fee connected with this board. It is a licensing fee.

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Summary: The Alaska Legislature met in joint session to consider gubernatorial vetoes of five bills. Members first took up House Bill 52 on minors and psychiatric hospitals, with supporters arguing it would improve transparency, family communication, oversight, and reporting around seclusion and restraint in psychiatric facilities. Opponents of the veto cited DOJ findings and media reports about abuses at a North Star facility. The override failed, 36-24, falling short of the 40 votes needed. The joint session then considered Senate Bill 41 on mental health education. Supporters said it would help develop age-appropriate mental health curriculum and could aid suicide prevention, while critics argued it was mischaracterized and did not impose a state takeover of local schools. The veto override failed, 38-22. Members next considered House Bill 314 on architects, engineers, surveyors, and interior designers, focusing on the AELS Board’s continuation and the need for professional oversight during major infrastructure work. That override passed, 45-15. The legislature then voted on Senate Bill 21, the Alaska Work and Save Program, which supporters said would expand retirement savings access for workers and small businesses, including an option to direct PFD funds into retirement accounts. The override failed, 39-21. Finally, House Bill 195 on pharmacists and physician assistants was debated as a health care access measure that would let pharmacists provide more services under a standard-of-care model; supporters said it would reduce costs and improve access, while some members raised concerns about scope and abortion-related issues. The veto override passed, 43-17. The joint session then adjourned.

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• Providers are registered within what's known as the New Hampshire Connections information system.
• We do, um, patients do request if they are connected with specialists in a... >> Again.
• We do, um, patients do request if they are connected with specialists in a...
• She said patients do request transfers if they are connected with specialists in a...
• She said patients do request transfers if they are connected with specialists in a...

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <02:22:27.840> to time my family felt connected to time my family felt connected to something
• Connected Families is a subgovernment entity.
• Connected Families is a subgovernment entity.
• Connected Families is a subgovernment entity.
• > is connected families connected families is connected families connected families is a<02:32

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• study from 2001 that shows that there's evidence to provide academic improvement, that there's a connection
• This is a little bit about our agency and the transition in terms of how our programs connect to your
• That's a little bit about our agency and the transition in terms of how our programs connect to your
• That's a little bit about our agency and the transition in terms of how our programs connect to your
• I think that has helped me connect to my community and be civically engaged.

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• Highway 61, Arcade Street, and East 7th Street are essential lifelines connecting residents to jobs,
• residents to jobs schools connecting residents to jobs schools businesses<00:14:23.360> Community
• individuals to build skills and connect individuals to build skills and connect with<00:42:38.200
• <01:46:22.280> to college coaching and connections to college coaching and connections to
• Looking at the handout, if you look at the middle here, 100% connect with the career coach.

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• On average, U.S. households now have 21 connected devices within their homes.
• On average, U.S. households now have 21 connected devices within their homes.
• On average, U.S. households now have 21 connected devices within their homes.
• What type of connection does that require?
• type of connection does that require are type of connection does that require are you<00:50:10.119>

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• that keeps motans informed, connected that keeps motans informed, connected and<00:25:38.640>
• connection and other social<00:35:31.839> outcomes.
• I I I there's no there's no connection.
• And I don't see should be connected.
• <00:41:36.079> It this bill connecting those two. It this bill connecting those two.

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• It is unclear from the language how these access management or connectivity requirements would be affected
• It is unclear from the language how these access management or connectivity requirements would be affected
• It is unclear from the language how these access management or connectivity requirements would be affected
• It is unclear from the language how these access management or connectivity requirements would be affected
• It is unclear from the language how these access management or connectivity requirements would be affected

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• We provide connections to other states.
• We provide connections to other states.
• You're not connected to the grid.
• So it's sort of like you connect; they call it connect-and-manage.
• So it's sort of like you connect, they call it Connect and Manage.

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• Like I had a personal connection to a challenge, and she stood up and really advocated for folks that
• Um, her connection, a lot of times she's just associated as this urban legislator, but she has great
• rural roots and connections.
• Perhaps the bill sponsors can educate me because I'm apparently not smart enough to make that connection
• Private property and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. Mr.

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• Then we also ask a number of wastewater connections.
• Then we also ask a number of wastewater connections.
• The utility is about $70 a month per connection.
• We have a lot more connections in there.
• We'll still have maybe connections going on to that.

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• <00:28:56.799> to coming and if we weren't connected to coming and if we weren't connected
• We proudly serve Minnesota's veterans, their dependents, and survivors by connecting them with federal
• And I know you guys have been doing a lot of connection with the indigenous community and prayers and
• . you're asking for seven close connect. you're asking for seven close to<01:21:10.880> $7<01:
• And I know you guys have been doing a lot of connection with the indigenous community and prayers and

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee first approved the March 5 minutes, then heard a presentation from Balig Engineering on cost drivers for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure in small Minnesota communities. The testifier said most Minnesota communities are small, and that limited local staff, complex funding requirements, and the need to combine multiple funding sources make projects expensive and labor-intensive. He cited examples of aging infrastructure, including a Tracy street collapse and failing water mains, and said federal funding can help but often requires extensive reports that can cost tens of thousands of dollars and hundreds of staff hours. He also pointed to inflation, supply-chain disruptions, colder climate requirements, higher material and labor costs, limited competition among contractors and suppliers, and newer treatment requirements such as PFAS removal and cybersecurity controls as major cost drivers. Members asked whether reduced bonding or less frequent state funding would lower prices, whether annual bonding bills provide market certainty, how regionalization could be encouraged, and whether tightening specifications adds costs. The testifier said stopping work would likely drive contractors out of the market and reduce competition, which could raise prices later, and that consistent funding helps keep contractors in Minnesota. He said regional water systems such as Red Rock Rural Water and Lincoln Pipestone Rural Water are already helping lower costs and that legislators could encourage more regionalization through incentives. He also said some specifications and federal requirements, especially around treatment plant controls and cybersecurity, increase costs, though some standards like deeper water-main burial are necessary. The committee then moved on to the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, where John Kelly began presenting the governor’s 2026 capital budget recommendations and described the department’s mission, statewide network of veterans homes and cemeteries, and service to nearly 300,000 veterans and dependents.

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• those connections and ties. Thank you. those connections and ties. Thank you.
• I mean, I'm looking at your resume and I'm trying to really connect the dots.
• I mean, I'm looking at your resume and I'm trying to really connect the dots.
• I mean, I'm looking at your resume and I'm trying to really connect the dots.
• I mean, I'm looking at your resume and I'm trying to really connect the dots.

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• before they go home, it's really hard for them to connect with them when they're going.
• immediate release factors that are going to impact them the most, which is employment, housing, connection
• I do think that the more we look at prevention and the connection between communities and their exit
• I do think that the more we look at prevention and the connection between communities and their exit
• There's some thematic connections.

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Summary: The commission on correctional consolidation and collaboration heard testimony focused on how Massachusetts uses custody levels, staffing, programming, and medical release tools, with Prisoners’ Legal Services arguing that the system is overusing expensive high-security settings and underusing step-down options. Dave Rainey said the incarcerated population has dropped substantially over the last several years, but spending and staffing have not fallen in proportion. He argued that DOC overclassifies people into medium and maximum security, relies too heavily on behavioral assessment units that function like segregation, and keeps people in restrictive settings such as Souza-Baranowski and Shattuck Hospital longer than necessary. He also said medical parole is underused and that many people with serious chronic illness or advanced age pose little public-safety risk and should be released through existing legal pathways. Sheriffs and other commission members pushed back on some of those points, emphasizing that staffing needs are driven by the acuity of the current population, that corrections is not overstaffed, and that classification decisions involve serious public-safety judgments. They also stressed that some high-cost medical placements are necessary because people remain under sentence and require care, and that furloughs and other release tools can create security risks if contraband or substance use is involved. The discussion also covered the role of county sheriffs versus DOC in reentry, with several members saying county systems tend to do more day-to-day step-down and release planning, while DOC has more difficulty moving people through lower-security settings before release. Ben Foreman of MassINC offered a more systemwide, data-focused perspective, praising the state’s transparency and arguing that Massachusetts has made major progress in reducing incarceration and increasing public safety. He said the state still has an opportunity to improve by right-sizing facilities, investing in community-based mental health treatment, and using the commission to better understand the capital and operating costs of the current system. In response to questions, he said he was aware of DOC studies on programs like furlough but had not reviewed recent ones, and he noted that total-control facilities like Souza-Baranowski have long been criticized in the research literature for poor outcomes. Nora Wassel of the Women and Incarceration Project then testified that the commission should issue an interim report and scrutinize the planned new women’s prison, which she said is not justified by current population trends or available data. She argued that women are overclassified under DOC’s own tools, that reentry beds and minimum-security placements are underused, and that the system may be failing to account for women’s distinct medical and reentry needs. The meeting ended with continued discussion of reentry, furloughs, day reporting, and whether consolidation should mean fewer facilities, better step-down pathways, or both.

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• While our technology continues to evolve, our mission remains the same: to create strong connections
• By the early '90s, we recognized that fiber would be the key to future connectivity.
• The 70,000 miles is the fiber that is connecting the homes, the farms, and the schools.
• Now we have fiber connecting all the siren towers, really all the state agencies.
• We connect to roughly 1,000 cell sites in the state for the three major wireless carriers.

Summary: The committee received several informational reports from NDIT and DPI. Justin Data reviewed the quarterly major IT project portfolio, noting the portfolio was slightly under budget and behind schedule overall, with three red schedule items: Bed Management System and Vital Records were essentially complete and being closed out, and the Roadway Capital Planning Project was delayed by vendor bug fixes after testing. He also summarized recent project startups and closeouts, including the Victim Notification System, Medicaid data exchange, Highway Patrol’s motor carrier permit system, and several completed HHS and RIMS projects. Members asked for follow-up on ADA compliance work, the public-facing RIO website, and the state’s mainframe retirement timeline, and staff agreed to provide updates later. Craig Falkley reported on coordination of services with political subdivisions and higher education, including StageNet, cybersecurity, radio/911 services, and PeopleSoft coordination. He also explained distributed ledger technology as a tool for transparency and fraud prevention, but said it is not widely used in state government and suggested the report be modernized to focus more broadly on emerging technologies such as AI and cybersecurity. The committee generally agreed that the topic should be updated. Chris Gurgan presented the mandatory cybersecurity incident reporting program created by HB 1314, explaining how agencies and political subdivisions report incidents through NDIT’s website or service desk. He said 77 incidents had been reported since 2021, 47 met the statutory definition, and most were phishing-related; most reported incidents were resolved, with one recent ransomware matter still open. He also reviewed notable incidents since the last report, including the PowerSchool compromise, a SimpleHelp intrusion at a school district, a court intrusion, a WSUS vulnerability, a business email compromise, and a recent ransomware incident involving a non-state critical infrastructure entity. Members asked about recovery of stolen funds, early warning signs, smishing, training, MFA, conditional access, and cybersecurity maturity assessments; Gurgan said the state uses MFA and conditional access, provides awareness training to state employees, and would return with more information on maturity assessments. Tony Ambrose then updated the committee on the K-12 student information system bridge project. He said district implementation of Infinite Campus had begun statewide, but the data migration vendor originally selected was terminated for poor performance and replaced by Aurora Educational Technology, which had experience with similar statewide migrations. He also said DPI is migrating special education data from Tynet into Infinite Campus, and that some SLDS-based tools such as e-transcripts and Choice Ready may not function exactly as they do now at July 1, requiring interim or alternative solutions. Members raised concerns about summer school disruptions, the timing of the cutover, and whether the new system would support existing reporting and transcript functions; DPI said it was working on identity, authentication, data-sharing agreements, and post-go-live integrations, and would continue to refine the plan beyond June 30.

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• How tight are these connections, is basically my question.
• It is also about improving connectivity between two major highways within the state: Trunk Highway 10
• We have 303 households, 32 businesses, and a total of 335 connected households.
• businesses, and a total of 335 connected businesses, and a total of 335 connected um um um households
• <01:20:34.000> the plant through piping that connects the plant through piping that connects

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• Then they got a phone call, they could immediately connect with someone.
• And so we found that people weren't missing as many appointments because they could connect by phone.
• It's just helping connect people to their provider in the case of scheduled appointments, etc.
• <00:23:34.080> with they could immediately connect with they could immediately connect with
• appointments because they could connect appointments because they could connect by<00:24:08.679>

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