Proposed Arkansas crypto mining regulations head to governor’s desk • Arkansas Advocate
This story was updated at 6:13 p.m. with comments from the governor’s office. Two proposed laws to regulate cryptocurrency mining operations in Arkansas will head to the governor’s desk after passing the House Wednesday with little debate or opposition. Senate Bill 78 would place noise limits on crypto mines, prohibit them from being owned by […]
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Proposed crypto mining regulations will be considered by Arkansas House • Arkansas Advocate
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Google-News-Wire
- May 1, 2024
- andrew collins
- Arkansas Data Centers Act
- Arkansas house
- arkansas public service commission
- crypto mining
- Cryptocurrency
- data centers
- david whitaker
- electric grid
- entergy
- foreign investment
- groundwater
- johnny rye
- Joshua Bryant
- Local governments
- missy irvin
- natural resources
- oil and gas commission
An Arkansas House committee approved two bills Tuesday that would regulate cryptocurrency mining operations in the state. The full House will consider sending the bills to the governor’s desk Wednesday, a little over a year after Act 851 of 2023 became law and brought crypto mining to statewide attention. Act 851 limited local governments’ ability […]
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Arkansas lawmakers consider shifting funds from health care data hub to UAMS midwifery program • Arkansas Advocate
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Google-News-Wire
- April 24, 2024
- andrew collins
- appropriations
- Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
- arkansas medicaid
- Dan Sullivan
- Denise Garner
- fiscal session
- health insurance
- jimmy hickey
- Joe Thompson
- Joint Budget Committee
- Mary Bentley
- maternal health
- medical education
- midwives
- pregnancy resource center
- reproductive health
- UAMS
An Arkansas legislative panel on Tuesday approved diverting funds from a state health care data hub to start a midwifery education program at the state’s largest medical school. Rep. Mary Bentley, R-Perryville, proposed removing the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement from a section of a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences appropriations bill and rewriting […]
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