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AEDC Division of Rural Services awards nearly $357,000 in community grants
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Asa triangulates on Guard deployment on CNN; thinks state vaccination effort sufficient to prevent third surge
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The governor’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Steering Committee late Wednesday voted to recommend that the governor approve $150 million in federal funding for broadband deployment grants.
The committee also voted to reconvene soon to discuss hiring a consultant to guide the state’s efforts to close the digital divide.
State Commerce Secretary Mike Preston and Steven Porch, executive broadband manager for the Commerce Department’s broadband office, had asked for $300 million.
They explained to the committee that internet service providers and their partner cities and counties had already submitted qualifying Arkansas Rural Connect (ARC) grant applications for a total of $30.7 million. Another $114.7 million applied for could also be awarded as soon as deployment projects are tweaked to meet new ARPA requirements, mostly to do with speeds.
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The Arkansas Senate has passed the appropriation for the state Department of Commerce for the 2021-2022 fiscal year after failing it on three previous votes.
Senators voted 28-2 on Wednesday, gaining one additional vote for the needed 27 to pass it. The Senate failed to pass the appropriation both on Monday and Tuesday.
Senators ultimately voted twice on Senate Bill 132 on Wednesday. The first vote gained 27 votes, but a motion to “sound the vote” by Republican Sen. Trent Garner of El Dorado caused the bill to fail again. Garner has said he would not vote for an appropriation for the department due to a lack of confidence in Commerce Secretary Mike Preston,
Arkansas Workforce Centers Could soon get help from National Guard
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