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• And across the Grants Mining District.
• So what about land grants? Are land grants included in this at all? No, Madam Chair.
• There are, um, land grants within the municipality.
• The SECIAs and the land grants are very critical to...
• In the example you make, and I'm very familiar with land grants, Grants on the west side, if they wanted

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• agriculture is that that uh grant agriculture is that that uh grant program<00:01:42.320> is<
• <00:02:52.640> and support for farm safety grants and support for farm safety grants and outreach
• <00:09:56.080> reduction bofuels incentives grant reduction bofuels incentives grant reduction
• um and uh and the uh livestock uh grants um and uh and the uh protect<00:27:13.200> grants,<00
• there and soil health equipment grants there and soil health equipment grants is<00:27:32.240>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I try to pull grants out of trend analysis because, as I mentioned, grants have increased 50% during
• grants have increased 50% I mentioned grants have increased 50% during<00:58:05.119> this<00:
• So $770 million grants.
• Advocacy Centers, and the FOCA grants. Advocacy Centers, and the FOCA grants.
• All of these grants are million.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• done grants for tracked wheelchairs. done grants for tracked wheelchairs.
• At any given time, we have about 45 open grants from 3 years of granting.
• perspective, these are 3-year grants. perspective, these are 3-year grants.
• So, in grants from 3 years of granting.
• <01:18:49.040> It Grant. I think you wrote the bill. It Grant.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• For background on this grant program, this grant program is funded through a line item in the Massachusetts
• With a million dollars of funding, we put out around $900,000 each year in grants in our request for
• And I’ll turn it over to Kayla to talk a little bit more about the grant program in action. Okay.
• Historically, this grant has been a six-month grant.
• We also have just ended an application cycle for a six-month implementation grant and planning grant

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Disability Employment Subcommittee of the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities met and began with roll call, but did not have a quorum, so approval of prior minutes and an inspirational quote were tabled. A planned presentation from a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs employee was canceled shortly before the meeting, and the agenda shifted to an informal discussion with two Treasury employees, Steve Kroder and Bill Collievis, about veterans with disabilities in the workplace. Kroder and Collievis described barriers veterans face, including stigma, employer misunderstanding, the need for frequent medical appointments, invisible disabilities such as PTSD and other service-connected conditions, and challenges for Guard and Reserve members balancing service with civilian work. They also discussed supportive practices in public employment, the need for better outreach to employers, the role of local veterans service officers, Military OneSource, TAP, and the importance of helping veterans navigate benefits and transition services. Commission members responded by emphasizing education, employer outreach, and possible resource-sharing through the commission’s website and toolkit. The committee then heard a presentation from Commonwealth Corporation on its Young Adults with Disabilities employment grant program. Staff explained the program’s funding, eligibility, training and placement model, and data from the prior cycle, including participant demographics, completion rates, credential attainment, employment outcomes, and wages. Members discussed benefits counseling, underemployment definitions, stigma around addiction as a disability category, and the need to connect grantees and participants with work incentives and benefits information. Commonwealth Corporation said grantees now receive training on benefits impacts and that the agency is open to further partnership. The meeting ended with a brief update on a planned commission event focused on youth and young adults with disabilities, inclusive workplaces, PCAs, and job coaches. Organizers said they were still securing a venue and were considering a hybrid or virtual format, with participation from youth organizations, the PCA Council, and the Arc of Massachusetts. The subcommittee then voted to adjourn.

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• ALL OF THE GRANT FUNDING PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, TELEHEALTH, AND
• THE FIRST OF WHICH YOU ALL MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH IS THE BROADBAND OPPORTUNITY GRANT PROGRAM.
• OF THIS FUNDING WE HAVE AWARDED 137 GRANTS ACROSS 59 COUNTIES TOTALING OVER 363 MILLION DOLLARS.
• ONE IS THE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM WHICH HAS AWARDED OVER 249 MILLION ACROSS 74 GRANTS AND 50
• DIGITAL CAPACITY GRANT PROGRAM.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• It's a small grant from the U.S. Geological Survey. Okay. And it's a research grant.
• Recovery is mostly your grants administration, both hazard mitigation and public assistance grants.
• The preparedness grants are in our preparedness division by association.
• That was the Katrina Public Assistance grant. Right. That was the Katrina Public Assistance grant.
• Those are all linked directly to preparation or preparedness grants.

Summary: The committee met on May 26, 2026, and first approved the minutes from the May 22, 2025 meeting. The main topic was the Northwest Louisiana earthquake cluster, with testimony from Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy staff, LSU and Tulane geoscientists, and later LSU law professor Keith Hall. Witnesses said the cause of the swarm has not been definitively identified, but induced seismicity from wastewater injection or hydraulic fracturing remains a concern. They described 50 earthquakes reported by the USGS in Red River, Bienville, DeSoto, and Natchitoches Parishes, including a magnitude 4.9 event on March 5, 2026, and explained that Louisiana’s sparse seismic network limits detection and depth/location estimates. C&E said it inspected Class II injection wells within 12 miles of the events, found no violations, now requires more frequent injection reporting, and is working with researchers and LSU on a possible state monitoring network and future policy changes. Committee members asked about injection depths, fault locations, whether the activity could be natural, and whether Louisiana should adopt stronger monitoring or a traffic-light regulatory system like other states. The witnesses said more data is needed before firm conclusions can be drawn, but that denser monitoring can detect smaller quakes and help identify patterns. Professor Hall summarized responses in other states, including more frequent reporting, increased monitoring, injection reductions, moratoria, and traffic-light systems in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Ohio, and Illinois. Members also discussed whether operators should share more seismic and geologic data, and several said the state should avoid jumping to conclusions while still improving oversight. The committee then heard from William Berger, a Texas geoscientist, who described using AI and operator data to model wastewater injection and seismic risk, and said broader data sharing would improve forecasting and siting decisions. He and another witness emphasized that many earthquakes arise from clusters of wells rather than a single well, and that proprietary concerns limit voluntary disclosure. The committee also received a brief update from GOSEP and the Louisiana National Guard on the Barksdale Air Force Base drone incursions. GOSEP said it logged the incident in WebEOC and shared releasable information, while State Police and the FBI said they were limited in what they could disclose. Officers said a task force has been formed, some personnel have received federal drone-mitigation training, and House Bill 940 is intended to mirror the task force MOU. Finally, Major General Thomas Friloux and Brigadier General Jason Maffus updated the committee on the merger of GOSEP into the Louisiana Military Department. They said the merger has reduced GOSEP from seven divisions to three, brought back employees to in-person work, modernized the state’s common operating picture, and produced about $10.5 million in first-year cost avoidance through staffing and contract changes. They also noted the planned transfer of the Louisiana Center for Safe Schools to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, ongoing hurricane preparedness, and continued coordination with parish emergency managers. No votes were taken on the substantive topics, and the meeting ended with the committee moving through its agenda items and receiving informational testimony.

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• The Child Care Infrastructure Grants budget includes two grants.
• The administration will be administering these grants within DSS.
• The administration will be administrating these grants within DSS.
• infrastructure grant program.
• grant program.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Human Services held a hearing on the Governor’s May Revision, with no votes taken. The first major topic was child care and early education, where the Department of Social Services and Department of Finance outlined proposed changes to absorb federal Child Care and Development Fund and Proposition 64 revenue reductions, shift some funding between child care programs, end funding for prospective pay implementation now that the federal requirement has been rescinded, adjust the alternative payment administration structure, and fund child care infrastructure grants and a Low-Income Investment Fund contract closeout. The Legislative Analyst’s Office said the budget makes progress on the structural deficit but recommended maintaining the administration’s solution level, making reserve deposits, and avoiding new ongoing commitments; it also raised concerns about shifting reductions to the California Alternative Payment Program and about the proposed administrative-rate change. Committee members strongly criticized the proposed loss of child care slots and said they would oppose eliminating those slots, while also expressing support for child care as essential infrastructure. The committee then reviewed California State Preschool Program proposals. Finance and CDE described reductions to the preschool COLA from 2.41% to 2.01%, removal of prospective pay funding, and increases for the QRIS block grant, audit support, and rate reform implementation. Trailer bill language would codify age-based rate categories, inclusion-rate documentation, family fee collection rules, portability, and excused absences. CDE supported the QRIS increase and some attendance and family-fee changes, but warned that aligning three- and four-year-old rates could reduce support for three-year-olds and that the budget does not fully cover enrollment growth. Members also questioned whether the preschool and child care slot reductions should be reallocated rather than terminated, and the administration said the reductions were intended to reflect current utilization and avoid harm to currently enrolled families. The hearing then moved to CalFresh and nutrition programs. CDSS said the May Revision includes a one-time CalFood augmentation, funding to cover federal SNAP administrative cost-share pressures, and additional staffing and technical assistance to implement HR 1 changes, including the able-bodied adults without dependents time limit and new non-citizen eligibility rules. The department estimated HR 1 could cut CalFresh funding by $2.3 billion to $3.7 billion annually and affect about 500,000 people, with roughly 806,000 adults potentially subject to the time limit and about 34,000 non-citizens expected to lose eligibility once fully implemented. Members pressed for stronger harm mitigation, including a $98 million backfill to protect families from losing food benefits, and raised concerns about county workload and the “chilling effect” on immigrant participation. The final portion of the transcript began the IHSS presentation, noting a revised budget of $33.7 billion total funds and $12.8 billion General Fund, with proposed reductions tied to Medi-Cal asset-limit changes and other federal conformity items.

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• It's our Community Resilience Centers grant program.
• development grants, and $83 million across nine project implementation grants, where we are supporting
• Round two of the grant program will be released this summer.
• Yeah, the USDA Farm to School Grant. It's also known as the Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant.
• $800,000. ...round of grant funds.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• A roll call has been requested and granted. All right.
• We spend quite a state grant dollars.
• <00:11:32.360> going lot of money from the state grant going lot of money from the state grant
• <00:11:56.360> All<00:11:57.000> um and granted. All um and granted.
• <00:13:33.760> dollars Be because a student gets grant dollars Be because a student gets grant

Keywords: 1183, house

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• a simple process or that's something that could be granted every year.
• And that's why I'm saying unless a waiver is granted... ...unless a waiver is granted, like I said, I
• because it is not currently granted within the Constitution, even though it is granted within law?
• The word grant does not appear in the underlying text.
• The word grant does not appear. The word grant does not appear in the pamphlet summary.

Summary: The committee met to review and adopt Legislative Council ballot measure analyses, with members repeatedly reminded that the hearing was limited to the accuracy, clarity, and impartiality of the summaries and not the merits of the underlying proposals. Steve Premack explained the statutory role of the analyses in the publicity pamphlet, and staff presented draft language for several measures. The committee considered and voted on multiple amendments, often debating whether proposed wording was clearer or instead crossed into advocacy or added unnecessary legal detail. For SCR 1004, members debated amendments to more closely mirror the measure’s text and to add language about electric vehicles and mileage, but several proposed changes were rejected. The analysis was ultimately adopted by an 8-6 roll call. HCR 2021 was then adopted without amendment by the same 8-6 margin. For HCR 2055, members debated whether the summary should say the Department of Homeland Security must “do everything” or “use all lawful means available,” and whether to add language about cartels acting “individually or collectively”; both amendments were rejected and the analysis was adopted 8-6. The committee next took up SCR 1004 on photo enforcement systems, where members proposed amendments to clarify that the measure would apply to red light cameras, to add “thereafter” regarding recurring voter approval, and to specify that approval would occur at the general election; those amendments failed, and the analysis was adopted 8-6. On SCR 1032, dealing with instructional expenses and classroom site fund reductions, members debated adding a definition of the Classroom Site Fund and spelling out the waiver process in more detail; both amendments failed, and the analysis was adopted 8-6. Finally, on HCR 2001 regarding citizenship identification and early voting, members rejected amendments that would have added background on current law, clarified that mail voting would be affected, added severability and revenue-source language, and struck the measure’s short title; the discussion was lengthy and at times contentious, but the transcript ends before a final roll-call vote on that measure is shown.

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• matching grant funds, because some departments just simply can't afford the matching grants, even though
• Program, commonly referred to as the REMSA Grant, and the EMS Personnel Training Grant Program.
• Additionally, delays in submission of grant documentation can slow final grant reconciliation.
• This is an unusual year for the REMSA grant.
• Biggest word, most commonly appeared: grant support.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee was called to order, a quorum was established, and the minutes from the prior meeting were approved. The first major presentation came from Montana Public Employees Retirement System executive director William Hollahan, who gave an overview of Montana’s Volunteer Firefighters’ Compensation Act plan. He explained that the plan covers volunteer firefighters in unincorporated areas, is funded by 5% of state fire insurance premium taxes, and currently serves 228 departments with about 2,936 active members and 1,242 retirees. He described eligibility rules, annual training and reporting requirements, benefit levels for partial and full pensions, disability, death, medical, and funeral benefits, and said the plan is actuarially sound with roughly $60 million in assets and a funded ratio slightly above 100%. Committee members asked about prior-service credit, whether EMS personnel are included, the effect on recruitment and retention, and whether expanding coverage would require a funding analysis; Hollahan said prior service is not credited, EMS is not currently included, and any expansion would need financial review. Tim Walleen of Workforce Safety and Insurance then presented a draft North Dakota workers’ compensation solution for volunteer firefighters and volunteer EMS personnel. He explained that volunteer responders are already covered by workers’ comp for medical and wage-loss benefits, but the proposal would set a minimum annual wage of $30,000 for calculating wage-loss benefits for qualifying volunteers, with the benefit paid at two-thirds of that amount. Representative Porter suggested tying the volunteer definition to existing code rather than a fixed dollar amount, and Walleen agreed. Questions focused on whether search and rescue or other volunteer emergency services could be included, whether departments would face new paperwork, and whether volunteer organizations can already elect coverage; Walleen said there would be no additional paperwork and that volunteer coverage is already available. The committee also heard from volunteer fire service representatives and the state fire marshal. An Oakes-area firefighter, Mr. Olson, testified that small departments are struggling with retention, communication, and administrative burdens, especially around separate bookkeeping and funding rules for donated or fundraising money, and he said departments need clearer guidance from the state. State Fire Marshal Dr. Matthew Clark introduced himself and outlined a broader effort to improve education, support, and coordination for fire departments, including a planned 10% audit of certificates of existence beginning in 2027, more outreach through his office, and better assistance with training, reporting, and grant access. He said his office is authorized under current law to provide these services, but the role has been vague and underused. Finally, Arnagard Rural Fire District Chief Rick Schreiber testified in favor of new recruitment and retention ideas, including retirement-style benefits, health insurance, tax incentives, scholarships, grants, and more remote or regional training. He said volunteer departments are losing members, that local tax and donation funds are already stretched, and that any new retirement or incentive program should be sustainable and likely involve a mix of state and local support.

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• . $7 million in career and technical education grants is at risk, and $326.50 million in Pell Grants
• in Career and Technical education grants in Career and Technical education grants is<00:49:18.559
• There's talk of block grants. There are two problems with block grants.
• <01:05:36.119> so the elimination of the idea grants so the elimination of the idea grants
• Grant thank you grant bony Deputy Chief Grant thank you grant bony Deputy Chief of<02:26:36.040> Staff

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We added $100,000 to the facility grant program under the... grant program under the arts.
• So together that will be $22.9 million in community service grants.
• This is the auxiliary teacher grant program for $5.4 million.
• Plus, we've added on top of that the high need special education grant.
• You'll see on line 279 the community services grants of $12.6 million.

Bills: SB113, SB114, SB305, SB111, HB600, SB112, SB150, SB109, SB122

Keywords: education funding, appropriations, local education boards, school safety, workforce development, Alabama, technology, higher education, career technology centers, public institutions, grants, local education agencies, RAISE Act, student outcomes, public schools, accountability, weighted allocations, special education, English language learners, gifted students

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• The City of Chicago sued, alleging the grant conditions were unlawful.
• There is no statutory basis for granting universal injunctions, and there is no constitutional basis
• A court of equity may grant relief only to the parties before it.
• And the Alien Enemies Act clearly grants that.
• . required the recipients of each grant to litigate the rescission of each of those grants on a retail

Keywords: universal injunctions, legislative reforms, judicial authority, executive power, balance of power, judicial overreach

Summary: During this meeting, the committee focused on the implications of universal injunctions, which have become a significant concern in recent years. The discussion centered around various legislative proposals aimed at addressing the perceived overreach of district judges who issue nationwide injunctions that affect policies across the entire country. Several members expressed the belief that such injunctions undermine judicial authority and disrupt the balance of power between the judiciary and executive branches. Expert witnesses testified about the historical context of universal injunctions and the necessity for reforms that would limit the power of courts to grant remedies benefitting non-parties.

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• goes through the a lotment for the grant goes through the a lotment for the grant program.<00:37
• Who gets the grant?
• administrative rules, design grant administrative rules, design grant criteria,<00:39:57.119>
• Well, you already have grants and aid. So, I mean, and like you said, other agencies do grants.
• have a an evaluation of of the grants have a an evaluation of of the grants that<00:43:48.319>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 2693 relating to capital improvement projects for aerospace infrastructure. Members had no questions, and the recommendation to pass the bill with a defective date of July 1, 2050 was adopted unanimously. The committee then deferred decision making on Senate Bill 26980 relating to transportation and Senate Bill 2374 relating to the blue economy until Thursday, February 19, 2026, in Room 229, pending additional information. In the joint hearing on Senate Bill 2816 relating to state enterprise zones, agencies and organizations including DBEDT, HTDC, Taxation, the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Oceanit, the Hawaii Medical Association, and the Queen’s Health System testified in support or submitted written comments. One public testifier urged expanding enterprise zones around the Kakaako/Cancer Center area and combining them with the foreign trade zone to reduce taxes and attract business. A senator questioned whether the enterprise zone program had ever been comprehensively evaluated, noting DBEDT said it had not done a full study in recent years and cited annual report figures including about $221 million in company revenues and $460,000 in foregone state revenue in 2022. The discussion focused on whether the bill would subsidize existing activity or support new economic development, and on the broader policy question of whether enterprise zones should be used to revitalize depressed areas or to target strategic sectors like health care technology. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2900 relating to sports officials. The Department of Education supported the measure, saying the Attorney General is best positioned to represent employees in temporary restraining order matters and that elevating intentional bodily injury of a sports official to a class B felony would improve safety. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the bill, arguing it would escalate conduct already covered by existing assault statutes and go beyond other protected classes. The Department of the Attorney General recommended narrowing the bill by inserting “substantial” before bodily injury in the criminal section and deleting a section that would make the AG’s office act like plaintiff’s counsel in civil matters, suggesting instead that departments adopt policies to help employees obtain TROs without creating an open-ended civil representation role. Several sports and school-related organizations testified in support, and members discussed whether the bill should be narrowed or coordinated with other measures before further action.

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• A federal grant award that we've already received.
• The gap on the grant-funded projects is just under $275 million. What does that mean?
• I have no idea what grant services are. Sure. Mr.
• But who does the grant go to? Mr.
• Chairman, Senator, the grant comes to the Department of Transportation.

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• The first large grant that we obtained was a HRSA grant.
• Our second grant, which overlapped with the HRSA grant, was one from SAMHSA.
• This was a grant that really worked in concert with the people who were working on our prior HRSA grant
• Each year, we send grants to colleges around the country.
• We were awarded the grant in 2022.

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• In addition, moving the program would help with the timing and ability to support multiyear grants.
• This would incentivize multiyear grants, but they would also have annual deliverables.
• The center will provide technical assistance and support to grant recipients.
• I think I was involved in some of the legislation back in 2007 when we founded the grant program.
• This provides the district to receive resilience grant funding.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I think it's been mentioned a few times today, this issue about the state grant.
• <00:14:12.399> And don't we do that to the state grant?
• And don't we do that to the state grant?
• I think we need to consider the state grant program and some of these other programs that we have in
• I mean, we are putting a lot of money into the state grant.

Keywords: 1183, house