Crypto regulations, lectern audit become the talk of the Arkansas fiscal session • Arkansas Advocate
Last week Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the first of many appropriations bills for her proposed $6.3 billion state budget that will head to her desk in the coming weeks. Sanders signed a general appropriations bill for the judicial branch, the legislative branch and the state auditor, as well as a separate bill setting […]
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Arkansas lawmakers advance proposal to double state-funded pregnancy resource center grant • Arkansas Advocate
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- April 18, 2024
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- Clarke Tucker
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- Denise Garner
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- john payton
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- nicole clowney
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- Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- Trend – Abortion
An Arkansas legislative panel on Thursday approved the doubling of a taxpayer-funded grant to support pregnancy resource centers, which are often religiously affiliated and discourage abortion while encouraging birth. Republican leaders statewide have held up pregnancy resource centers as critical since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022 and Arkansas subsequently […]
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Legislative panel OKs $25 million for Arkansas water systems • Arkansas Advocate
The Arkansas Agriculture Department’s Natural Resources Division will distribute more than $25 million in loans and grants to public water systems throughout the state, pending further legislative approval. The Arkansas Legislative Council’s Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) subcommittee approved the money Tuesday for the third year of a five-year, federally-funded program, the Drinking Water State […]
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Killeen City Council will have citizen petition on homeless shelter | Local News | #citycouncil
Tuesday’s Killeen City Council meeting will include a citizen’s petition on concerns over the expected closure of the city’s homeless shelter, which was first reported Friday. Friends in Crisis is expected to close by February. The cause of the closure is federal funding drying up. The 78-bed homeless shelter, 412 E. Sprott St. in north […]
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Lancaster City Council OKs grant applications for street improvement projects | Community News | #citycouncil
When: Lancaster City Council meeting, Aug. 8. What happened: Council passed resolutions allowing city administrators to apply for grants that would help pay for two major street improvement projects: the Water Street Bike Boulevard and changes along South Duke Street. Water Street details: This request will be for a $1.8 million multimodal transportation fund grant […]
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Denver City Council considers $6 million grant for affordable homeownership | #citycouncil
DENVER — High housing prices are making homeownership a distant dream for more Coloradans. But on Monday, Denver City Council debated a $6,220,000 grant proposal that would go toward acquiring at least 62 homes over the next three years to be available for affordable homes. The most recent Cato Institute 2022 Housing Affordability National Survey […]
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Kalispell City Council weighs new shared-use and bike paths | #citycouncil
Kalispell City Council held a work session discussing potential investment in pedestrian, bicycle and shared-use paths Monday evening. City Manager Doug Russell led the Jan. 9 discussion and read from the bicycle and pedestrian system chapter of Kalispell’s broader transportation plan, which was completed in 2021 by engineering firm KLJ. The report proposes a variety […]
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Arkansas, Missouri to receive $1.3 million to improve healthcare facilities
LEBANON, Nh. (KAIT) – Four healthcare facilities between Arkansas and Missouri are looking to get some much-needed support, thanks to the federal government. On Wednesday, Oct. 12, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development announced the USDA is awarding $110 million in grants to improve healthcare facilities in rural towns across the nation. Officials said […]
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Kalispell Council examines grant request | #citycouncil
Two manufactured home communities are asking the City of Kalispell to serve as the host for a grant that could provide funds to help them connect to city infrastructure. Morning Star Community and Green Acres Cooperative are requesting the city assist in their submission of Community Development Block Grant public facilities and housing grants for […]
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