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A co-chair of the Arkansas Legislature's Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology said that he would like to see a special session called to address issues stemming from digital asset mining -- also known as crypto mining -- in the state, and said that he has drafted legislation to set noise limits and address power grid concerns.
It's often said that we get the Legislature we deserve. Not this time.
The state Chamber of Commerce still opposes the bill; Mike Hernandez, head of the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators, which represents superintendents, is in favor of it.
The House Education Committee advanced a plan Thursday to increase public education funding by $75 million for the next fiscal year, which includes a cost-of-living adjustment for teachers and raises for school staff.
A bill to overhaul Arkansas' computer science requirement for high school students was defeated in committee Tuesday.