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• I would move House File 3474, Agriculture Utilization Research Institute grant funding provided.
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Bills: HF3474, HF3475, HF3508

Keywords: agriculture, funding, research, agricultural institute, state appropriations, education, leadership council, compensation, research institute, dairy assistance, investment, relief initiative, farm support, 1183, house

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• And being there and being able to access the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute in Texas, otherwise
• Shelly Sakayama Albert: And being able to access the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute in Texas
• My research has been funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse through highly competitive peer-reviewed
• But my research, which is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, gives me hope.
• But my research, which is funded by the National Institute for Mental Health, gives me hope.

Bills: SB6321, SGA9245, SGA9247, SGA9250, SGA9252, SGA9253, SGA9254, SGA9259, SGA9260, SGA9261, SGA9262

Keywords: scientific research, innovation, economic growth, Washington Institute, public funding, 904, all

Summary: The Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee held its final meeting of the 2026 session and opened a public hearing on Senate Bill 6321, which would authorize up to $6 billion in general obligation bonds over six years and create the Washington Institute for Scientific Advancement within the Department of Commerce. Staff explained that the institute would be overseen by an appointed administrator and council to award grants for scientific research, development, and related facilities, and that the bond sections would require voter approval. Senator Warnick asked about the financing, including interest rates and tax-exempt status, and staff noted the fiscal note indicated the bonds would not be tax exempt. Prime sponsor Senator Slatter described the bill as a response to instability in federal research funding and argued that Washington should protect its research ecosystem, citing major federal dollars flowing to universities and research centers and the economic value of research-driven innovation. Testimony in support came from representatives of Washington State University, the University of Washington School of Medicine, and several researchers and union members. They said federal cuts and grant uncertainty were harming research jobs, training pipelines, and projects in areas such as cancer, substance use disorder, suicide prevention, forest fire resilience, clean energy, salmon habitat, and climate adaptation. Several witnesses pointed to California and Texas as examples of states using public funding or bond programs to strengthen research capacity and attract talent and investment. After closing the public hearing, the committee moved to executive session. It passed Substitute House Bill 2525 with a do pass recommendation to the Rules Committee and approved a slate of gubernatorial appointments for confirmation, subject to signatures. The chair then thanked staff and members, and the committee adjourned.

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• Dementia is a growing concern. ...problem, and the Dementia Prevention Research Institute of Texas, known
• DPRIT is intentionally modeled after the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, a proven
• This establishes the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas in the Constitution.
• It also harnesses the talent of our research institutions to create life science ecosystems.
• Investing in dementia research through the Dementia Prevention Research Institute of Texas can lead to

Bills: SB5, SJR3, SB 5, SJR 3

Keywords: dementia, research institute, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, funding, grants, state health initiatives, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, district apportionment, legislative rules

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• Pollinator research account and Minnesota grown remain at base.
• Megan Mullenbach, House Research. I'll be walking through the D3 amendment.
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Bills: HF1704

Keywords: Minnesota agriculture budget, Department of Agriculture appropriation, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, farm bill, rural development, agricultural grants, soil health, livestock compensation, crop damage, meat inspection, poultry inspection, county agricultural inspectors, biofertilizer, nitrogen management, commercial nitrogen fertilizer, water quality, farm down payment assistance, beginning farmers

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• One is called the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, or AURI, and the other is MALC, the Minnesota
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Bills: HF3475, SF3832, HF3508, HF3917, HF3404, HF3593

Keywords: agriculture, education, leadership council, compensation, research institute, dairy assistance, investment relief, agriculture support, food production, economic relief, investment, relief initiative, farm support, medication repository, drug donation, healthcare, Minnesota Statutes, pharmacy, public health, controlled substances

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• was notified that it is going to be losing some funding for school food purchasing, child care institution

Bills: HF1704, HF2052

Keywords: Minnesota agriculture budget, Department of Agriculture appropriation, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, farm bill, rural development, agricultural grants, soil health, livestock compensation, crop damage, meat inspection, poultry inspection, county agricultural inspectors, biofertilizer, nitrogen management, commercial nitrogen fertilizer, water quality, farm down payment assistance, beginning farmers

Bills: SB 623, SB 1266, SB 1310, SB 1373, SB 1580, SB 1952, SB 2032, SB 2269, SB 2544, SB 2653, SB 2796

Keywords: pharmacist, vaccine administration, COVID-19, exclusive authority, healthcare, Medicaid, provider enrollment, credentialing, administrative burden, Texas Health and Human Services, senior retirement communities, emergency response, residential safety, contract provisions, health and safety regulations, medical staff privileges, hospital administration, healthcare regulation, Texas Health and Safety Code, consistency in privileges

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• And then, Senate Bill 204, Funding for Terminated Research Projects, which I'm carrying.
• You also play the Institute and you play the junior college from Hobbs.
• We are working with our institution.
• Institutions.
• And so, The funding for the Terminator Research Projects will get rolled over to Friday.

Bills: SB194, SB200, SB203, SB204, SJR3

Keywords: appropriation, higher education, sports facilities, community college, Luna Community College, KANW, educational radio, rural news, public education, funding, education, documentary, historical figure, Padre Antonio Jose Martinez, cultural heritage, research funding, federal funding, New Mexico, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University

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• This calls for a steady and clear research-based Good morning, Mr. Chair, members of the committee.
• classrooms are navigating rapid changes in instruction technology without sufficient New Mexico-specific research
• Impacts to younger brains—that's where a lot of the cognitive research seems to be.
• They're celebrating 80 years of their research and contributions to innovation, national security, and

Bills: SB194, SB200, SB203, SB204, SJR3

Keywords: appropriation, higher education, sports facilities, community college, Luna Community College, KANW, educational radio, rural news, public education, funding, education, documentary, historical figure, Padre Antonio Jose Martinez, cultural heritage, research funding, federal funding, New Mexico, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University

Bills: HF1704, HF1722

Keywords: Minnesota agriculture budget, Department of Agriculture appropriation, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, farm bill, rural development, agricultural grants, soil health, livestock compensation, crop damage, meat inspection, poultry inspection, county agricultural inspectors, biofertilizer, nitrogen management, commercial nitrogen fertilizer, water quality, farm down payment assistance, beginning farmers

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• I was not aware of all the research and all the things that have been implemented in the last year in

Bills: HF2446

Keywords: agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant

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• I was not aware of all the research, all the things that have been implemented in the last year, um,
• I was not aware of all the research, all the things that have been implemented in the last year, um,
• I was not aware of all the research, all the things that have been implemented in the last year, um,

Bills: HF2446

Keywords: agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant

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• It's $250,000 each fiscal year research.
• on avian influenza, grants to male sea potato research, Forever Green, wild rice, North Central Research
• D is for pollinator research account.
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• forever green wild rice north research forever green wild rice north central<00:23:50.640><c> research

Bills: HF2446

Keywords: agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant

Bills: S0774, S7028, S7024, S7026

Keywords: mental health, first responders, employment benefits, 911 telecommunicators, nervous injuries, retirement, elected officials, Deferred Retirement Option Program, DROP, cost-of-living adjustment, trade secret, public records exemption, public meetings exemption, open government, sunset review, agency confidentiality, proprietary business information, proprietary confidential business information, confidential records, Florida public records law

Summary: The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability met and first heard Senate Bill 774, which would extend workers’ compensation medical benefits for employment-related mental or nervous injuries to 911 public safety telecommunicators, even without a physical injury. The sponsor and several dispatchers, a clinician, and communications directors testified in support, describing repeated exposure to traumatic calls, chronic understaffing, and the need for mental health treatment and retention support. Senator DiCeglie and Chair Mayfield praised dispatchers’ work, and the bill was reported favorably by committee vote, with Senator McClain later recorded as voting yes on the bill. The committee then took up SPB 7028, a retirement bill that sets Florida Retirement System employer contribution rates beginning July 1, 2026, leaves the 3% employee contribution unchanged, allows certain elected officers to receive a DROP payout under specified conditions, and provides a 1.5% alternative cost-of-living adjustment for eligible special risk retirees. Firefighters, police, sheriffs, and chiefs’ groups spoke in support, emphasizing recruitment and retention. The committee voted to submit the proposal as a committee bill and reported it favorably. Finally, the committee considered SPB 7024 and SPB 7026, both open-government-related bills. SPB 7024 would repeal the current public records and public meeting exemption for cybersecurity information and consolidate agency-specific cybersecurity exemptions into one agency-wide exemption. SPB 7026 would repeal the current public records exemption for trade secrets held by an agency and similarly consolidate specific trade secret exemptions into one agency-wide exemption. Neither bill drew testimony or debate, and both were submitted as committee bills and reported favorably. The meeting then adjourned.

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• of these institutions.
• at least a 25% match for research.
• They can afford the match with institutional reserves, institutional bonds, and in accordance with the
• Neither institution meets that graduation rate, and that graduation rate, by the way, is neither institution
• Two-year institutions, tribal colleges, projects, except providing the design phase, two-year institutions

Bills: SB234, SB210, SB243, SB244, SM16, HB8

Keywords: foster children, school transportation, education funding, public education, child welfare, New Mexico Highlands University, soccer field, women's sports, infrastructure improvement, funding allocation, student athletes, appropriation, New Mexico State University, nutrition, travel support, funding, education, university support, financial assistance, parenting students

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• Finland took advantage of our six decades of research on how kids learn to read.
• Deeply influenced by the research and practice of what an indigenous language is versus what an English
• Our research has been out for a few decades.
• Institutions of higher education, Mr. Chair, because I believe it's something like 95%—or, Mr.
• “For institutions of higher education, because it’s not an automatic change.

Bills: SB234, SB210, SB243, SB244, SM16, HB8

Keywords: foster children, school transportation, education funding, public education, child welfare, New Mexico Highlands University, soccer field, women's sports, infrastructure improvement, funding allocation, student athletes, appropriation, New Mexico State University, nutrition, travel support, funding, education, university support, financial assistance, parenting students

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• In fact, I think some drug policy experts at Rice's Baker Institute have warned us that outlawing hemp
• As one researcher notes, we need to treat the cannabis policy that started in 1937 the same way we treated
• the badge and the gun, and provide public safety in the court system thereafter, is not a racist institution

Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB5, SB11, SB12

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity

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• State College Port Arthur and the Lamar Institute of Technology and what the higher education and the
• The famed institution is in need of repair, is that right? It's in need of... Major repair, sir.
• This school is an educational institution that notably accepts a number of students from the University
• It was a cultural institution. families across Texas and beyond gathered around their televisions to
• These specialists work tirelessly. to improve patient outcomes, advance medical research, and ensure

Bills: SJR3, SB5, SJR36, SJR3, SB616, SB565, SB384, SB5, SB21, SB72, SB140, SB262, SB370, SB372, SB495, SB627, SB703, SB764, SB842, SB971, SB790, SB767, SB480, SB1066

Keywords: dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, research institute, funding, grants, state health initiatives, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code

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• The institution already has 8 ready to go for the stadium.
• The institution already has 8 ready to go for the stadium, and then they have the opportunity to apply

Bills: SB190, HB247, HB8

Keywords: cancer treatment, revenue bonds, Gila Regional Medical Center, Nor-Lea General Hospital, healthcare funding, capital outlay, capital projects, appropriations, reversion, encumbrance, reauthorization, reappropriation, general fund, capital development and reserve fund, tribal infrastructure project fund, Department of Finance and Administration, DFA, state board of finance, severance tax bonds, tax-exempt bonds

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• Chair, Senator Trujillo, so state agencies and higher education institutions already tie their capital

Bills: SB190, HB247, HB8

Keywords: cancer treatment, revenue bonds, Gila Regional Medical Center, Nor-Lea General Hospital, healthcare funding, capital outlay, capital projects, appropriations, reversion, encumbrance, reauthorization, reappropriation, general fund, capital development and reserve fund, tribal infrastructure project fund, Department of Finance and Administration, DFA, state board of finance, severance tax bonds, tax-exempt bonds