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NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division I (09/18/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • pretty much generally funded. So, yes. pretty much generally funded. So, yes.
  • generates renewable energy credits.
  • Um, a lot of encourage local generation.
  • <00:50:28.800> generates<00:50:29.200> renewable renewable generator generates renewable
  • renewable generator generates renewable energy<00:50:29.839> credits.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 219, which would revise the renewable portfolio standard by changing several class definitions, eliminating Class 2, lowering the utility obligation for Class 1 thermal renewable energy certificates from 2.2% to 1.7%, and adjusting alternative compliance payments. Representative Vose said the bill would save ratepayers an estimated $5.7 million annually, arguing that Class 2 is already saturated and that the changes would not materially affect renewable energy development. Members questioned the fiscal impact, with an amended fiscal note cited as showing a $1.2 million reduction in general fund revenue, and some members raised concerns that the bill could weaken one of the remaining incentives for renewable investment. The committee also reviewed the bill’s history, including that it had been added to HB 2 and then removed in conference committee. No vote was taken in the work session. The committee then heard House Bill 164, concerning local records retention and the creation of a local records manager position. Secretary of State David Scanlan testified that the position has existed in statute for years but has never been funded, and said the need has grown as records management has become more digital and ADA accessibility has become more important. He described the bill as a way to help towns preserve and digitize records, especially for smaller communities with limited resources, while keeping records locally when possible. Members asked about the fiscal note, the potential cost of a public website and storage system, and whether the state could start by funding the position alone; the secretary said the staffing cost estimate remained accurate but that storage costs could rise over time. Several members expressed support and suggested further discussion with the Department of Information or other agencies. The work session was then closed without action. Finally, the committee opened House Bill 365, which would provide proof of U.S. citizenship assistance for indigent voters. Secretary Scanlan said the bill is intended to help voters comply with the new voter registration documentation requirements by allowing the state to verify eligibility through federal, private, and other state databases, and by providing vouchers to cover the cost of obtaining documents such as birth certificates. He compared the proposal to the earlier voter ID law, which he said was successfully implemented with accommodations for voters lacking acceptable ID. Members asked how “indigent” would be defined and how the process would work for out-of-state-born applicants; the secretary said indigency would likely be based on a voter’s statement of inability to pay and that the state would help identify where to obtain records and, if necessary, verify them through outside databases. The discussion continued as the transcript ended, with no vote recorded.
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE Apr 23rd, 2026

JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

Transcript Highlights:
  • No, I'm talking about the state general, state general government fund on page two, the top item.
  • It's $817, 25-26, but then—All right, but you started off on the general education fund.
  • I'm asking about the general government fund. That's a 9 percent increase. Okay.
  • But back on page one, in the general fund, in the public school fund, it's zero. It's the same.
  • You're talking about the general education fund? Yes. There's no increase. Okay.
Summary: The committee met to consider a long caption of House and Senate bills, first announcing a list of measures ready to be passed out and then taking up a special language subcommittee report. The report covered several bills, including SB 63, SB 67, SB 73, HB 1089, HB 1090, and HB 1093, along with amendments to a larger group of bills. A motion was made to pull HB 107 out separately, but after discussion about the amendment’s impact on school districts and the process for further debate, the substitute motion failed and the special language report was adopted. The committee then considered the revenue stabilization law and schedule. Staff explained that the main changes from the governor’s balanced budget proposal were moving county operations and higher education allocations from category B to category A, and described several fund transfers, including $100 million to Medicaid sustainability, $70 million to the Arkansas Children’s Educational Freedom account, $43.7 million to discretionary set-asides, $5 million to the motor vehicle set-aside, and two $150 million transfers related to the Quick Action Closing Fund and highway improvements. After questions about the schedule’s funding changes, the committee adopted the amendment and then passed House Bill 1100 and Senate Bill 75 as amended. Representative McClendon then presented a bill to support expansion of the Bella Vista Veterans Wall of Honor, requesting $400,000, but withdrew the bill, saying he would seek alternate funding. The committee then moved through the remaining captioned House and Senate bills, including HB 105, HB 107, HB 1008, HB 1022, HB 1035, HB 1036, HB 1037, HB 1051, HB 1052, HB 1064, HB 1066, HB 1068, HB 1089, HB 1090, HB 1093, and Senate Bills 3, 4, 7, 8, 15, 20, 21, 30, 31, 36, 41, 43, 58, 63, 67, 73, and 77, approving them with or without amendments as noted. The chair also announced that all prior holds had been released and said the next meeting would be a Joint Budget Committee meeting focused only on peer issues before adjourning.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, we're going to go ahead and get started and call this meeting to order: the General Government
  • Representative Grego, having a vote of 6-0-0 nays, I will report your bill out of General Government
  • I will report your bill out of the get general government committee with a due pass.
  • Representative Tedford’s bill was reported out of the General Government Committee.
  • Representative Blair was told that his bill would be reported out of the General Government Committee
Keywords: 914, all
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-STATE AGENCIES Feb 12th, 2026

LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-STATE AGENCIES

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  • We also referred this to the prosecutor and the attorney general, and it was also certified to the bond
  • This finding was referred to the project attorney and the attorney general.
  • This finding was referred to the prosecutor, the attorney general, and was also certified to the bond
  • This finding was referred to the Prosecutor Attorney, the Attorney General, and was also certified to
  • The Attorney General has indicated that he has notified the 100,000.
Keywords: 1204, all
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • For the passed House it was 77 billion 754 in near general fund and 150-199 in total, and then for the
  • In your general fund and 150-199 in total, and then for the conference 77 billion 872 164, and lastly
  • Representatives as passed the Senate 122 million 170 thousand in near general fund.
  • fund, general state revenues in.
  • And then for general government admin and efficiencies and general government, all of their savings again—these
Summary: The conference committee met on Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5167, the state operating budget, and received a detailed staff briefing on the proposed conference report. Staff explained how to read the comparison documents, the four-year balanced-budget outlook, and the main resource assumptions, including use of the March 2025 revenue forecast, exclusion of the statutory 4.5% growth assumption, revenue legislation totaling about $8.7 billion, numerous fund transfers, and reversion assumptions. They also noted the proposal does not include a temporary salary reduction or furloughs. The briefing highlighted major policy areas and their net five-year impacts, including increases for state and higher education employee compensation, K-12 education, long-term care and developmental disabilities, corrections, information technology, and other policy items. It also described net reductions in behavioral health, children/youth/families, higher education, natural resources, other human services, and health care/public health, with many of the changes tied to delayed programs, rate adjustments, fund shifts, and savings options from Governor Ferguson. The committee then heard member comments, with supporters emphasizing K-12 funding and fiscal responsibility, and Senator Gildon opposing the process and the closed-door nature of the budget development. A motion was made and seconded to recommend adoption of the conference report and pass the bill. The roll call showed one member voting do not recommend, one member excused, and the remaining members recommending adoption. By vote of the committee, the conference report was adopted, and the committee adjourned.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • 77th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine, and it embodies what it was like for my generation
  • idea of identifying with the roadrunner in control of the road and one's own destiny inspired my generation
  • If you are a loved one, a researcher, or just a member of the general public who wants to know who lived
  • And for us as a general public of this great state, right, this Commonwealth.
  • And for us as a general public of this great state, right, this Commonwealth.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills. Representative David Linsky supported HB 3383, which would designate the song “Roadrunner” as the official rock song of Massachusetts, describing its Boston roots and cultural significance. Representative Sean Garberle supported HB 3335 on public access to historical records, arguing that records from state institutions should be released after 75 years and that families and researchers should be able to identify people buried in unmarked graves at former state institutions. Representative Rodney Elliott and Lowell officials supported HB 4138, authorizing easements for a Lowell sewer separation project; they said the project is needed for Clean Water Act compliance, will reduce combined sewer overflows into the Merrimack River, and must proceed quickly to meet SRF and consent-decree timelines. Committee members asked about Article 97, the location and scope of the easement, environmental justice impacts, and minority/small business participation in construction. The committee also heard extensive testimony on Senate 2183 and its House companion, which would elevate the Massachusetts National Guard to a cabinet-level position reporting directly to the Governor. Senators Mike Moore and John Velis, along with the National Guard Association’s Matthew McKenna, argued the change would reduce bureaucracy, improve communication and readiness, and reflect the Guard’s broad domestic and military missions. Velis cited the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home tragedy as an example of a breakdown in communication, while committee members said they wanted more information, including input from the Governor’s office and Guard leadership, before acting. The committee noted the distinction between state-controlled and federalized Guard missions and said it would continue reviewing the issue. Senator Liz Miranda and a large panel of survivors, advocates, and Northeastern law students testified in support of S. 2174 and S. 2177, which would create an office and task force on unsolved homicides, allow families to petition for case review after three years, require written responses, and establish a tip line, database, and dedicated funding. Witnesses described long-standing lack of communication, low clearance rates, and the disproportionate impact on Black and Brown communities. Senator Becca Rausch also testified on S. 2210, extending public records law to the governor and Legislature, and S. 2207, creating stronger information-governance and records-retention standards; she said both would improve transparency and reduce waste. The transcript does not reflect any votes taken during the hearing, though chairs repeatedly indicated support for moving some bills favorably and said the committee would continue reviewing the National Guard proposal.
MN
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  • that it's transferred from the general that it's transferred from the general fund<00:03:11.120>
  • <00:18:20.880> fund 338, it's a summary of the general fund 338, it's a summary of the general
  • The bill is passed and on its way to the general register.
  • 2446 as amended be placed on the general 2446 as amended be placed on the general register.<00:40
  • bill to the general register and sign, sign, sign, please<00:41:00.000> vote.
Bills: HF2446, HF2563, HF2444
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Transportation Funding Apr 14th, 2025

S/C on Transportation Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our general fund balance, I mean, our general fund revenues are at $19 million.
  • , unless they're exempt, is deposited into the general revenue fund.
  • On the SCRF is being deposited into the general revenue fund and collected by the comptroller, not for
  • The committee substitute solely amends the Government Code to exempt the SCRF from the General Revenue
  • During the last biennium fiscal year 22-23, $6.08 million was generated from these permit fees.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Joint Appropriations Committee, January 15, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:08:33.279> being functions that are generally being functions that are generally being
  • >> It went into the general fund. >> It went into the general fund.
  • Those reverted to the general fund. Those are largely from the general fund initially.
  • those would remain in the general fund. those would remain in the general fund.
  • largely from the general fund initially. largely from the general fund initially.
Keywords: 916, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/09/26

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • common form of AI so-called generative common form of AI so-called generative AI.
  • Now the results produced by generative Now the results produced by generative AI<00:04:47.520>
  • <00:08:45.040> AI many web-based generative AI many web-based generative AI applications,<
  • includes those general purpose AI tools. includes those general purpose AI tools.
  • more general policy uh, determination. more general policy uh, determination.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Capital Investment - 03/04/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Yes, you are correct: these are both general obligation bonds and general fund projects, and yes, we
  • Madam Chair, that's a really good question, and generally, yes.
  • really good question and uh generally really good question and uh generally yes<01:01:18.119>
  • <01:02:07.599> when employees deal with uh generally when employees deal with uh generally
  • They generally know exactly what we're talking about when we expect documents.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 1475 be advanced from general order. Without objection, that'll be the order.
  • Representative Marty now moves that House Bill 1447 be advanced from general order.
  • Representative Newton now moves that Senate Bill 1327 be advanced from general order.
  • Representative Rowe now moves that Senate Bill 667 be advanced from general order.
  • Representative Roe now moves that Senate Bill 1436 be advanced from general order.
Summary: The House met in quorum call and then took up a long series of Senate bills, most of them passing with little or no debate. Early action included SB 1475, renaming the I-35 bridge at Indian Hills in Norman as the Toby Keith Memorial Interchange, which passed 77-5. SB 1447, modifying the RFP process for the state employees’ prescription drug plan, passed 87-0. The chamber also adopted Senate amendments to HB 2288 on the Teacher Retirement System, shortening the return-to-work waiting period for teachers from three years to six months, and both the bill and its emergency clause passed 90-0. Other education-related measures included SB 1521 on conversational AI child protections, SB 1276 making the “bell-to-bell, no-cell” school cellphone restriction permanent, SB 201 raising the minimum teacher salary schedule by $2,000, and SB 1721 extending and restructuring the Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education; all advanced, with SB 201 drawing the most debate over teacher pay, local control, and whether the increase was enough. The House also passed bills on veterans, public safety, and state operations. SB 1533 would allow the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs to bury Oklahoma resident veterans who die out of state. SB 1232 updated penalties for copper theft, SB 1255 shifted medical pardon review from the DOC director to the medical director, SB 1327 restored more authority to the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission board, and SB 1525 authorized up to $75,000 for the state’s annual tourism conference; the tourism bill also received emergency passage. Additional measures included SB 667 clarifying chiropractic education language, SB 1436 requiring hospitals to provide information after fetal death, SB 1317 allowing career teacher status to transfer to a new district with approval, SB 604 resolving motor vehicle statutory conflicts, SB 1325 protecting domestic abuse victims, SB 1496 updating OSBI authority, SB 2007 requiring PBMs to honor appealed reimbursement rates going forward, SB 1567 clarifying nursing language, SB 2112 cleaning up open pasture road law, SB 1980 creating gift card protections, SB 1735 aligning career tech oversight, SB 1558 clarifying child-care licensing rules for certain group homes, SB 1491 clarifying replacement presidential electors’ oath requirements, SB 1287 allowing the Abstractors Board to deny licenses to people not legally working in the U.S., and SB 1378 creating an Olympics in Oklahoma revolving fund. Most of these passed by wide margins, and several emergency clauses were adopted. The chamber also rejected a motion to vacate the temporary presiding officer, and later voted to reject Senate amendments to HB 3403 and request further conference, while also requesting a second conference committee report on HB 1851. The session included multiple gallery introductions, including visitors, ag students, and a large page presentation. The House adjourned until Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at 10:30 a.m.
VA

Virginia 2026 Regular Session

March 14, 2026 - Regular Session Part 2

Virginia House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • an Office of Attorney General review of a military deployment for its legality, but doesn't require
  • Then we have, we also have in the legislation a requirement for a submission to the General Assembly
  • This conference report relates to the General Assembly and members thereof, the legislative branch of
  • I want to thank the chairman of General Laws for helping shepherd this through.
  • I thank the chairman of General Laws for helping shepherd this through.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • I said our accommodations, however, one star, and that is being generous.
  • Seeing no questions, Representative Kerbs now moves House Bill 2997 to be advanced from general order
  • Now moves that House Bill 2021 be advanced from general order without objection.
  • Representative West now moves that House Bill 3041 be advanced from general order without objection.
  • General, so reflect there's floor leader. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 17th, 2026 at 09:17 am

Senate Finance

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  • But the question that goes to voters are more general.
  • It doesn't actually cost the state funds out of the general fund.
  • That's what we're seeing generally. Yeah, so Mr.
  • And so the estimates, General Fund, in 2028 of 91 million in 29 162 million.
  • And that generates, Mr. Chair, that generates how much money every year, Mr. Chair and Senator?
Keywords: 996, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Again, a tourism can help our farmers and ranchers with generating additional income.
  • So the activity of a tourism, again, being secondary, can help generate income that can help our farmers
  • farmers and ranchers with uh generating farmers and ranchers with uh generating additional<00:14
  • can help generate income that can<00:14:59.440> help<00:14:59.600> our<00:14:59.839>
  • We're going to insert language requiring the Attorney General to develop training materials no later
Summary: The joint House Committee on Tourism and House Committee on Agriculture and Food Systems heard House Bill 2585 on agricultural tourism. The bill would create statewide uniform standards for agritourism in counties that adopt such ordinances, require registration with county planning departments, and require agritourism to remain secondary and accessory to farming. The Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity supported the measure but recommended amendments to make the language more consistent and to ensure agritourism remains tied to agricultural activity; the Hawaii Farm Bureau also supported the bill with the same general guardrails, while the White Tourism Authority offered comments. A member raised concerns about a trailer/roadside-stand provision, and the department ultimately said it did not support that specific language. The chairs then recommended passage with amendments, including a definition of principal farm operations, clarification that agritourism must not interfere with on-farm operations, revised termination rules after 60 consecutive days without active production with notice and cure procedures, restoration of the department’s proposed change to the trailer language, and technical corrections. HB 2585 passed both committees unanimously with excused members noted. The committees then heard House Bill 2602 on sustainable tourism infrastructure, which would establish a matching grant program in the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism for capital projects that improve sustainability and climate resilience in the visitor industry. The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii testified in support. The chair recommended passage with a committee report note estimating a roughly $5 million cost and a date correction, and both committees adopted the recommendation unanimously. House Bill 1948 on single-use plastics was also heard. It would prohibit lodging establishments from providing certain personal care products in small plastic containers and impose civil penalties. The Department of Land and Natural Resources stood on its testimony, and the Department of Health supported the waste-reduction goal but suggested the language belonged in a different chapter. The chair recommended an HD1 that would omit lotions from the definition of personal care products, adopt the Department of Health’s proposed clarification about reusable containers, and correct the date; the measure passed both committees unanimously. Finally, House Bill 1960 on human trafficking was heard. The bill would require the Attorney General to develop human trafficking awareness training for transit accommodation workers, require employers to provide training, keep records, post signage, adopt prevention policies, and report suspected trafficking, with penalties and rulemaking by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. The Department of Labor Relations supported the intent but said the Department of Law Enforcement should be the lead agency, and the Hawaii Hotel Alliance strongly supported the bill while asking for amendments to recognize existing industry programs and apply the requirements equitably. The chair recommended an HD1 incorporating a July 1, 2027 deadline for training materials and employer training, adopting the hotel industry and DLE-related amendments, and making technical corrections; HB 1960 passed both committees unanimously.
KY
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  • our existing campus facilities, of which we've been doing with asset preservation funds that the General
  • assembly has provided and general assembly has provided and thankfully<00:02:56.480> so.
  • And you can see kind of a general pictorial of what this building might look like.
  • <00:21:46.880> There's<00:21:47.120> about generate funds that way.
  • There's about generate funds that way.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met to hear from Morehead State University President Jay Morgan, who outlined the university’s budget and capital priorities. He described Morehead as a Kentucky-serving, largely low-income student institution with an aging campus, and said the university’s long-term plan is to renovate existing facilities, decommission older buildings, and replace outdated space with more efficient construction. He thanked the General Assembly for prior support, especially asset preservation funding, fire and tornado insurance premium support, and a prior university inflationary adjustment. On the operating side, Morgan asked that insurance premium support continue, that the earlier inflationary adjustment roll forward, and that the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education’s request for a minimum distribution in the performance funding formula be supported. He noted Morehead has received little or no performance funding in recent years and said that if no additional formula funds are added, the university would prefer a line-item appropriation. On the capital side, he requested continued asset preservation funding and outlined several construction priorities: a new applied science building, a new agriculture science building, a new space science technology building, and a cost-share replacement for the aging Maze Hall residence hall, with the state covering $10 million of a $20 million project and Morehead matching the rest. Morgan also discussed the Craft Academy, saying the current appropriation supports 200 students and that the university would like to increase the line item to expand enrollment by about 20 students. In response to questions from Chairman Tipton, he said Morehead had previously explored but ultimately rejected a public-private partnership model for housing, preferring to own and control its residence halls to keep housing costs manageable for students. He also explained that the land surveying courses in the applied science proposal are a popular part of related programs and that Morehead’s space science program is a major research-and-contracts-driven operation with about 250 students, federal and private research ties, and graduates working both in Kentucky and elsewhere. The committee then approved the prior meeting minutes and discussed that upcoming postsecondary budget meetings would continue over the next several weeks to gather input on the new budget process.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Nov 19th, 2025

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • But the Auditor General, I speak for them.
  • Matthew Tracy, the Deputy Auditor General, will be presenting today.
  • Approximately $12.7 billion in the FEFP funds, including $11.7 billion in general revenue.
  • transportation funds in a general revenue fund.
  • The Auditor General... Right students at the right times. No wonder there are problems.
Summary: The Senate Appropriations Committee on Pre-K-12 Education met for its first meeting of the 2025 session to hear the Auditor General’s operational audit on 2024-25 school funding accountability challenges, focused largely on the Family Empowerment Scholarship and its interaction with the FEFP. Deputy Auditor General Matthew Tracy described rapid growth in scholarship enrollment, timing mismatches between scholarship payments and public-school funding calculations, delayed membership survey processing, weak cross-check and recoupment procedures, inconsistent handling of parent survey responses, and limited documentation for withholding and returning funds. The audit said these issues contributed to funding inequities, duplicate-payment risks, and an unexpected draw on state education funds, and it recommended separating scholarship funding from the FEFP, aligning application windows with budget timing, strengthening controls and staffing, and creating clearer, documented recoupment and balance-limit processes. Committee members questioned whether current law gives the department and scholarship funding organizations enough authority and whether the system is effectively a pay-and-chase model. Several senators expressed concern about the lack of timely reconciliation, the size of the funds involved, and the absence of clear records showing how money was recovered or withheld. Adam Emerson, executive director of the Office of School Choice, said the department is working more closely with school districts and scholarship funding organizations, including pausing payments when districts identify students still enrolled in public schools, and said the office wants to improve the process. President Gates then previewed legislation he said would address the audit’s findings by funding Family Empowerment Scholarships as a separate FEFP categorical, expanding the Education Stabilization Fund, setting clearer application and acceptance deadlines, moving to monthly payments with eligibility verification before each payment, assigning student IDs for scholarship assistance, lowering SFO management fees, requiring annual audits, and requiring prompt return of audit-related funds. Public comment included a private-school attorney describing losses from unpaid scholarship amounts. Members generally supported the need for reform, with several senators saying the program should be preserved but better structured and more accountable. The committee adjourned after the discussion, with no vote taken on the legislation.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee Jun 18th, 2025

Communications and Conveyance

Transcript Highlights:
  • General Order 66D provides a process for submitters to claim confidentiality over the information it
  • So in general, do you feel like the TNC companies largely provide the data?
  • So that applies to the general climate problem. As far as regulatory, I would say the same thing.
  • Just, yeah, what are your general cost drivers?
  • We need to know the general neighborhood where treat trips occur. We need to know the general area.
Keywords: 988, house, all
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • She's a fourth-generation farmer.
  • I grew up as the fourth generation on our family's farm in Illinois.
  • He fired the inspectors general. That was illegal under the law.
  • By firing the inspector general, it requires 30 days' notice.
  • You were generous.