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Arkansas

Arkansas State Broadband Office receives fed approval for digital plan

The Arkansas State Broadband Office has received approval for its Digital Skills and Opportunity Plan from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). In 2022, the NTIA awarded the State Broadband Office $843,673 to develop its Digital Skills and Opportunity Plan. This funding was awarded as part of the Digital Equity […]

Arkansas

Lafayette County anticipates the positives, recognizes the problems of a lithium boom | Lafayette County

LEWISVILLE — This is a year of firsts for Lafayette County Judge Valarie Clark. She is in her first year as county judge, and she is also the first woman to serve in that position in Lafayette County. And this year is bringing an important first for Lafayette County: The possibility of an estimated $500 […]

Alabama

President Biden chides Alabama U.S. Senator over broadband bill he voted against | #elections | #alabama

President Joe Biden took aim at Alabama U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville as he ramped up his reelection effort this week with four fundraisers in the San Francisco area, as his campaign builds up its coffers and lays strategic foundations for 2024. Biden took aim at Alabama Republican U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville for holding up military […]

Arkansas

Biden-Harris administration provide $1 Billion to Arkansas for high speed internet infrastructure

by Cory Evans Mon, June 26th 2023, 6:14 PM UTC FILE – Carl Roath, left, a worker with the Mason County (Wash.) Public Utility District, pulls fiber optic cable off of a spool, as he works with a team to install broadband internet service to homes in a rural area surrounding Lake Christine near Belfair, […]

Arkansas

Arkansas Capitol diary: What we’re watching after week 3

Photo: Worth Sparkman/Axios Arkansas’ new governor continued to issue executive orders as lawmakers worked through their third week of the 60-day general session. Catch up quick: As of Thursday, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced four orders for the week. Here are two of interest: An order repealed former Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s orders establishing the Infrastructure […]

Arkansas

Arkansas Uses Capital Projects Fund to Connect Rural Areas

Wednesday, September 7, 2022 Digital Beat Tepper In 2019, Governor Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) laid out a goal of 25 Megabits per second (Mbps) download and 3 Mbps upload broadband deployed to population centers of 500 or more by 2022. This goal was to be realized with the help of both state and federal funding programs […]

Arkansas

‘We can make Arkansas the most wired state in the country’ says New AR broadband director

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) -The Arkansas broadband director is looking at how the state can surpass others with internet connectivity. Glen Howie recently moved to Arkansas from Louisiana, starting his position as broadband director at the beginning of August. Talk Business & Politics interviewed Howie and says he has three pillars for the broadband expansion: infrastructure, […]

Arkansas

Local organizations strive to close Arkansas digital divide

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (KNWA-KFTA)– More than 15 local organizations have teamed up to expand internet access across the state and locally. Angie Cooper is the chief program officer of local non-profit Heartland Forward, which is part of that coalition trying to make a change. Cooper says “having access to high-speed and reliable internet is crucial for […]

City Council

City Council to hear request from MSSU for ARPA funds | News | #citycouncil

A request by Missouri Southern State University for the city to provide $1.5 million from Joplin’s share of American Rescue Plan Act funds will be heard by the Joplin City Council at a meeting Tuesday night. The request is to be made as part of a presentation on the potential uses for the city’s $13 […]

City Council

Fiber network plan presented to Waterloo City Council | Political News | #citycouncil

MARIA KUIPER WATERLOO — Waterloo is one step closer to establishing a citywide broadband service. Magellan Advisors of Denver, Colo., presented a broadband assessment to the City Council last week. The report said the design of a fiber backbone and fiber to the premises, or FTTP, will be completely finished by August. The broadband study […]