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• That recommendation includes three additional FTEs in our Internal Control and Accountability Unit, four
• So happy to talk about the work of that unit and how we can increase that in the rest of fraud.
• And so as the medical assistance budget grows, Attorney General Ellison's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
• That's why this MAP Act provides funding for nine new staffers for the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
• In that same time, the unit has won 53 million in restitution and recoveries.

Bills: HF2783, HF2603, HF2846, HF2354, HF1836, HF2713, HF1198, HF1389

Keywords: state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant

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• That it is critically important to not just Texas, but to the United States strategically to have as
• with a united and passionate and engaged community here in Austin.
• And there is no country in the world, including the United States, that per capita is ahead of Israel
• We have the best governor in the United States when it comes to economic development, and he's a very
• And the United States said we'll take it. So they found a way of just letting it come in.

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• Those are funding units.
• uh what we call two case officer units. uh what we call two case officer units.
• <00:52:53.920> unit<00:52:54.880> in<00:52:55.119> this units.
• And a funding unit in this units.
• case officer unit is $86,700. case officer unit is $86,700.

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Roll Call: 00:00:08 Agency Updates: 00:01:27 Truancy: 00:01:43, 958, all

Summary: The Juvenile Justice Oversight Council met on October 8, 2025, approved the minutes from the August 29 meeting, and then focused its agenda on truancy and chronic absenteeism. Chad Butler, director of pupil personnel for Meade County and president of the Kentucky Department of Pupil Personnel directors, said chronic absenteeism remains a major problem statewide, citing recent Kentucky rates around 28% to 30% and noting that schools are trying to identify best practices to get students back in class. He said causes appear to include post-COVID social-emotional distress and confusion about when students should stay home, and he described a local effort to use a Healthy Kids Clinic model to keep some students in school when possible. In response to questions, he said chronic absenteeism has only been tracked seriously in the last two to three years and that House Bill 611 appears to have increased the number of youth entering the court system for habitual truancy; AOC said it would provide county-by-county data and outcomes later in the meeting. The council then heard from John Tyson of Alabama, a former Mobile district attorney, who described the Helping Families Initiative as a school-community partnership designed to address truancy and related behavior issues without arrest. Tyson said Alabama defines chronic absence as missing 10% of the school year and emphasized that the program is preventive rather than punitive, using warning letters, family engagement, assessments, individualized intervention plans, and referrals to community services. He said the program has operated since 2003, now includes 20 district attorneys and 44 school systems, and served more than 95,000 students, 73,000 families, and 162,000 parents in the most recent year. Tyson reported that in Mobile County the program was associated with a 3.15% attendance improvement in 2023-24 and a 4% reduction in the issue in 2024-25, along with a 50% reduction in truancy and 58% reduction in chronic absenteeism, and he said the program produced a large return on investment. Tyson also stressed that student absenteeism wastes tax dollars and that better attendance improves educational outcomes and community safety. He described the program’s use of a case-management database, real-time data tracking, and more than 1,000 referral agencies, and said the model is intended to be replicated statewide. He closed with examples of students whose attendance and family circumstances required coordinated support rather than punishment, including a teen mother and a disruptive child, to illustrate his view that schools, courts, and social services should work together to address underlying needs and keep children in school.

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• <01:06:08.440> which more than 100,000 housing units which more than 100,000 housing units
• they also have 64 units under construction in Alexandria right now.
• local employers we also have 64 units local employers we also have 64 units under<01:09:22.920><
• than any other state in the United States.
• <01:27:18.639> or the state an estimated 100,000 units or the state an estimated 100,000 units

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The EMPATH unit does that.
• Now, there's 20-plus states in the United States that operate EMPATH units. We didn't create that.
• The empath unit really much preferred. The empath unit does<00:07:14.080> that.
• States that operate empath in the United States that operate empath units.<00:07:17.840> We<00
• <00:07:18.800> Others units. We didn't create that. Others units. We didn't create that.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Health Services Committee heard a presentation from Dr. Steven Stack, Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, on Kentucky’s Rural Health Transformation Program. He said Kentucky received about $213 million in federal funding, among the highest awards nationally, after a fast application and negotiation process. He emphasized that the grant is time-limited, must be used for the specific goals in the state’s application, and cannot be treated as a general bailout or replacement for existing funding. He also noted the state will use a website, ruralhealthplan.ky.gov, to share the full application, award terms, and future opportunities. Dr. Stack outlined five focus areas: maternal health and prenatal/early childhood supports; EMS and trauma response workforce and transfer capacity; behavioral health crisis care through the EMPATH model and mobile crisis services; oral health access through more hygienists, telehealth, and hub-and-spoke models; and rural community hubs for chronic disease prevention and innovation, including food-as-medicine and healthier lifestyle interventions. He stressed that the program is meant to be transformative, not duplicative, and that it cannot pay clinician salaries, fund new construction, replace EMR systems broadly, or duplicate billable services. He said the state will work with community partners, hospitals, universities, and others, including the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, to begin implementation. Members responded positively overall. Senator Berg praised the award and the goal of integrating care across the state, but raised concerns about access to prenatal care and about possible future changes to water fluoridation, warning both could harm children and rural families. The chair and other members thanked Dr. Stack for the update and congratulated him on the award. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during this portion of the meeting.

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• It's over $3,000 units.
• 01.120> expensive<02:26:01.600> unit marginal unit, the most expensive unit marginal unit
• On a unit, it's a dollar per unit. It's $5 per unit. Another potential avenue.
• <02:55:12.800> It's On a unit, it's a dollar per unit.
• It's On a unit, it's a dollar per unit. It's $5<02:55:13.680> per<02:55:14.000> unit.

Keywords: 916, all

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• are safe and decent units.
• And we have a former HUD unit development that is no longer a HUD unit.
• It is no longer a HUD unit.
• As of February 2nd, 2026, there are 2,197 total vacant units—2,000, and excluding units offline for an
• And so where are these units?

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Ways and Means held a public FY27 budget hearing at Barnstable Town Hall, with opening remarks emphasizing the Cape and Islands’ seasonal infrastructure, housing, transportation, workforce, and digital needs. The hearing began with testimony from the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, which outlined the Healey-Driscoll administration’s budget priorities for job training, apprenticeship, youth employment, reentry programs, and unemployment insurance modernization. The secretary highlighted proposed funding for the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund, Career Technical Initiative, YouthWorks, reentry workforce development, and services for young adults with disabilities, along with a proposal to streamline youth work permits. Members also discussed the unemployment trust fund, the COVID assessment on employers, rising unemployment, and the need to improve DUA customer service and claims processing. Committee members asked about job seeker barriers such as child care, housing, transportation, and out-migration of young workers, as well as how to keep Cape Cod graduates and seasonal workers in the region. The administration said its strategy is to pair training with broader affordability investments and to expose students to career pathways earlier, including through middle school, early childhood STEM, YouthWorks, pre-apprenticeships, and Building Pathways. Senators and representatives also raised concerns about regional funding disparities, especially for Hampshire Franklin MassHire, and the administration said it is reviewing MassHire funding and service equity through a policy committee and statewide workforce board. On unemployment assistance, officials reported major improvements in wait times and claims processing, but said they are still working through backlogs and staffing challenges while maintaining program integrity. The committee then heard testimony from the Executive Office of Economic Development. The secretary described House 2 as a fiscally restrained budget with no new taxes or fees, while preserving core programs and using the Mass Leads Act tools to support competitiveness. EOED’s proposal included funding for the Community One Stop for Growth, rural economic development, social enterprise operating grants, regional economic development organizations, the Workforce Investment Trust Fund, Community Workforce Partnerships, Pathmaker, advanced manufacturing training, life sciences, innovation vouchers, AI initiatives, small business assistance, and tourism and live theater support. The Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation also testified on its FY27 request, focusing on consumer protection, licensing, banking, insurance, and public safety regulation. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• Where are the units? Why isn't it happening? Why is it so slow?
• So, in comparison to 2024, last year we awarded 10,000 more units.
• The second program highlighted is the Community Conflict Resolution Unit.
• As I mentioned, the code enforcement unit...
• I mentioned the code enforcement unit to help mitigate that.

Summary: The subcommittee heard an extensive presentation on the administration’s housing reorganization proposal, which would centralize multifamily affordable housing finance under the new Housing Development and Finance Committee (HDFC) and align it with the Governor’s trailer bill language. Administration officials said the plan is intended to create a one-stop application and award process, reduce duplicative timelines and costs, and pair state subsidy with private activity bonds and federal tax credits more efficiently. They also described proposed changes to the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program, including shifting a larger share of funding toward housing-related awards while preserving a portion for sustainable communities investments. The Legislative Analyst’s Office generally supported the streamlining concept but recommended changes to the proposed bond set-aside timing and urged flexibility for integrated applications and future reporting on demand. Senators, especially Senator Cabaldon, raised concerns that the proposal could weaken the original climate-and-transportation purpose of the sustainable communities program and that the reorganization would be undercut by the lack of new housing production funding in the budget. The item was held open without a vote. The committee then received a report from the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee and the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee on federal and state housing tax credits. Staff explained that the federal H.R. 1 change lowering the bond-financing threshold from 50% to 25% greatly expanded the number of projects able to use the 4% federal tax credit, allowing California to fund many more projects and units. They also described the state low-income housing tax credit as an important gap-filling tool for projects that still need additional subsidy, and noted existing set-asides for rural, homeless, at-risk, and extremely low-income projects. Members discussed rehabilitation as well as new construction, and the item was informational only. Finally, the Civil Rights Department reported on the effects of federal civil rights policy changes and on three programs facing expiration: California vs. Hate, the Community Conflict Resolution Unit, and Investigations and Conciliation Enhancement. Director Kevin Kish said federal cuts and policy shifts have reduced support for fair housing and other civil rights functions, while CRD’s caseload has grown from about 8,700 open matters a year ago to more than 12,000, with a six-month wait for interviews despite overtime triage efforts. Senators expressed strong support for continuing the programs and concern about the broader federal rollback of civil rights enforcement. The department said it is using overtime, intake triage, and outreach partnerships to manage the workload and direct Californians to appropriate state, local, and nonprofit resources.

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• Where are the units? Why isn't it happening? Why is it so slow?
• So, in comparison to 2024, last year we awarded 10,000 more units.
• The second program highlighted is the Community Conflict Resolution Unit.
• As I mentioned, the code enforcement unit... ...focusing on specialized program areas.
• I mentioned the code enforcement unit to help mitigate that.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• :31.040> and<03:08:31.279> United Specialist Sarah Beckramm and United Specialist Sarah
• ><03:16:52.720> Air Sarah Westerm and the United States Air Sarah Westerm and the United States
• represent the very best in the United represent the very best in the United States.<03:18:59.200
• These partnerships unite surge.
• didn't have a burn unit was very small. didn't have a burn unit was very small.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, December 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• I now make it my earnest prayer that God would have the United States under His holy protection, that
• the Mayflower with 'God with us,' reflecting their Bible-based beliefs, which is depicted in the United
• the Aitken Bible, or the Bible of the Revolution, was officially approved by the Congress of the United
• States as a publication of the first complete English... ...by the Congress of the United States as
• And whereas beginning in 1800, weekly church services were held in the United States Capitol Building

Keywords: Scheduler, 973, house, all

Summary: The House convened at noon with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, including a reading of George Washington’s prayer in recognition of the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding. The journal for Saturday, June 27, 2026, was postponed until printed. Representative Borowitz then spoke under House Rule 17 on America 250 and House Resolution 579, which designates a day of commemoration for America’s 250th birthday and celebrates the nation’s founding principles. Borowitz’s remarks reviewed a long historical narrative emphasizing the role of religion and divine providence in American history, citing the Declaration of Independence, the Founding Fathers, early colonial worship, the Pilgrims, the Great Awakenings, presidential prayers and proclamations, the Aitken Bible, Capitol church services, the Civil War, World War II, and later references such as the National Prayer Breakfast and Apollo-era Bibles. The resolution was described as reaffirming commitment to the Declaration’s principles, including rights endowed by the Creator and reliance on divine providence. No vote was taken on the resolution during this session. At the end of the remarks, Representative Dockery moved to adjourn, and the House agreed by voice vote. The House adjourned until Monday, June 29, 2026, at 12 noon, unless sooner recalled by the Speaker.

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• I spent an entire school year attending IEP meetings and parent conferences, planning units, grading
• This delays that required deadline by a month. unit value by January 31st.
• SB 19 slows the unit value setting process to ensure the state has adequate time to fully consider the
• We definitely do not want to cut the unit value. 19 forward.
• Thank you. because setting the unit value is supposed to happen tomorrow. So thank you, Senator.

Bills: SB83, SB106, SB107, SB123, SJR1

Keywords: ecological monitoring, sustainability, tribal engagement, education, research funding, graduate scholarship, higher education funding, New Mexico, appropriation, financial aid, out-of-school programming, education funding, youth programs, affordability, nonprofit organizations, defibrillators, public schools, health and safety, emergency response, school elections

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• Um department administrator units park.
• United. It bypasses it entirely. United. It bypasses it entirely.
• > an<00:56:28.799> an Citizens United depended on an an Citizens United depended on an
• Citizens plaintiffs in Citizens United.
• Citizens United said was this plaintiff before us, Citizens United, a Virginia-chartered nonprofit that

Bills: SB2045, SB2354

Keywords: combat sports, boxing, mixed martial arts, health regulations, safety standards, licensing, event regulation, 912, senate, all

Summary: The committees first took up SB 2071 on rent-to-own housing. Testimony was generally supportive from HHFDC and Hawaii Realtors, but Sierra Club of Hawaii and others opposed the bill unless it was amended to exclude ceded lands from the 99-year lease provision. Members discussed the scope of ceded versus non-ceded lands and whether an inventory exists. The committees ultimately recommended passage with amendments, including HHFDC’s proposal to make the fixed-price period flexible by tying it to an option period and Sierra Club’s language limiting the program to non-ceded state or county land. They then heard SB 2191 on limited profit housing associations. HHFDC supported the measure, while the Tax Foundation of Hawaii and the Office of the Auditor urged caution about tax exclusions and asked for clearer, more targeted limits and measurable outcomes. The committees adopted amendments to add a statement of purpose, include measurable metrics, apply the tax provisions to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025, and delay the effective date to allow for administrative changes. SB 2191 was recommended for passage with amendments. The committees also considered SB 2197, which would have replaced the five-year fixed-price period in rent-to-own housing with an option period set by HHFDC, but deferred it indefinitely because its issues were addressed in SB 2071. SB 2180 on deposits of public funds drew comments from the Hawaii Bankers Association questioning definitions and noting banks are already subject to Community Reinvestment Act requirements; decision-making was deferred to the next day in the CPN committee and to a later date for the housing committee. Finally, SB 2210 on housing discrimination received support from disability advocates and the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, which asked for one additional investigator; the committees passed it with amendments adding a blank appropriation for one full-time position and planned to notify Ways and Means for possible re-referral.

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• <00:23:01.360> States, organizations across the United States, organizations across the United
• K-9 unit, the crime suppression unit, EOD, EOD commander, SWAT, and professional standards and training
• Therefore, on behalf of the United Therefore, on behalf of the United States<00:28:05.840> House
• I the United States Capitol Police.
• reconstruction of the units we need. reconstruction of the units we need.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• . ...by eight existing vacant positions within DIR's Office of the Director Legal Unit.
• Legal is a critical unit that serves DIR across a wide range of functions, representing the director
• Next up, again within Cal/OSHA, a proposal for an emerging technologies unit.
• It also will allow various division programs or units within a division.
• It also will allow various division programs or units within a division, for example, within Cal/OSHA

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I oversee a number of our investigative units, including our Behavioral Health Unit.
• This unit is unique. We employ civilians and law enforcement.
• These are the challenges this unit is working through.
• We have already given those to members of our open space units and some specialty units.
• We swear to defend the Constitution. ...in the United States of America.

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• We're not going to use... it in the United States. We're going to use it in Mexico.
• It's wiped out ash trees all across the United States.
• We found a Honduran in the United States that was contaminated with this fly.
• And if we were going to drop it in the United States, yeah, it would have to.
• We need the same posture here in the United States regarding those products.

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• Matt Schuller, for Finance Capital Unit.
• So right now, those isolation units are remaining vacant.
• It's just that those units right now are remaining vacant for most of the year.
• The reason there's the ability to close down certain units is because you don't have enough staff.
• The ability to close down certain units is because you don't have enough staff to do that job.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health held an informational hearing on the Governor’s May Revision, focusing first on the Commission on Behavioral Health, then EMSA, and then the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). The Department of Finance said the state faces a third consecutive deficit and that the May Revision includes difficult trade-offs, including proposed eliminations or reversions of some behavioral health and public health funds. The LAO echoed concern about the structural deficit and said it was still awaiting some budget details before offering a full analysis. For the Commission on Behavioral Health, Finance proposed eliminating $20 million in Mental Health Wellness Act funds, arguing the money would help offset General Fund costs and noting future Proposition 1 innovation funding. The commission strongly opposed the cut, saying it would eliminate or delay launch-ready grants for early childhood supports, full-service partnerships, and peer respite, and would eventually end ongoing grant programming. Several advocates and commissioners testified that the funds support underserved communities and that Proposition 1 is not a substitute for the existing programs. The chair asked Finance to look for alternatives, but no vote was taken. EMSA presented mostly technical budget adjustments: increased authority for the California Poison Control System, a correction to EMSIS funding, and a reappropriation for enterprise services and data management. CDPH then reviewed a broader set of May Revision proposals, including reversions from the California Reducing Disparities Project, workforce development, STD prevention, hepatitis C prevention, hospice, and extreme heat funding, as well as a new generative AI pilot for health facility survey reporting. Members raised concerns about cuts to CRDP and gender health equity programs, especially because many grants are mid-contract and serve underserved communities; CDPH said the reversions were part of solving the deficit and that CRDP had been successful, while also clarifying that abortion.ca.gov would not be eliminated. Public comment was overwhelmingly opposed to the CRDP and related cuts, with many speakers describing the programs as life-saving and cost-effective. No formal votes or actions were taken during the hearing.

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• I aliance to the flag of the United I aliance to the flag of the United States<00:07:22.880>
• <01:21:57.760> coming units coming units coming together<01:22:00.080> and<01:22:00.400
• the United the United State<01:26:21.920> and<01:26:22.080> then<01:26:22.320>
• that we shed for United that we shed for United State.<01:28:38.159> So<01:28:38.560>
• <01:30:12.000> and special guerilla unit veterans. and special guerilla unit veterans. and

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Clear that unit so that we may continue operating and make it available for paying customers.
• The further the reach, the bigger the chance that we can actually get someone to bid on the unit.
• My dad, myself, um, like Tom, we have really good relationships with our storage units.
• So there's 3 ways to access the information for the storage unit.
• COPA is the last meaningful act that the United States Congress took on the internet.

Bills: HB 186

Keywords: public funds, lobbying activities, political subdivisions, government expenditure, transparency, local government, political subdivision, county, city, municipality, special district, taxpayer-funded lobbying, lobbying restriction, registered lobbyist, government association, county association dues, Texas Legislature, injunctive relief, attorney's fees, Chapter 556