On Thursday, the Arkansas State Legislature's Joint Budget Committee approved the state Department of Commerce's request to use $53.3 million in federal
The Legislature s Joint Budget Committee has approved the state Department of Commerce s funding request for broadband projects in Ashley, Baxter, Chicot, Clark, Columbia, Hot Spring, Logan and Lonoke counties.
Department of Finance and Administration spokesman Scott Hardin said Arkansas has a total of $442 million in unallocated American Rescue Plan funds following Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ executive order repealing former Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s executive orders that created the Arkansas American Rescue Plan Steering Committee and the Governor’s Infrastructure Planning Advisory Committee. The department’s total amount of unallocated ARP funds was incorrect in an article in Thursday’s edition.
The state Department of Commerce s request to use $53.3 million in federal American Rescue Plan funds for eight broadband grant projects and $2 million for broadband administrative expenses stalled in a legislative panel Wednesday.
The bulk of the IIJA money will flow first to the states, so cities need to be organized and ready to work with governors, White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu told the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
Today I'd like to talk about how Arkansas has grown stronger over the last year and my plan for continuing that growth into the future. Thanks to the people of
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Executive orders that Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed on Monday will provide recommendations for use of federal infrastructure funds, align