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Arkansas broadband office requests public input on draft plan

The Arkansas State Broadband Office is seeking feedback on a draft plan to expand broadband access across the state.
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Arkansas to receive $1 billion for broadband build-out under Biden infrastructure bill

The bipartisan infrastructure bill signed by Biden in 2021 delivers a huge chunk of cash for high-speed internet in Arkansas.
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Pulaski County asks residents for broadband verification as federal funding awaits

Broadband funding is on the horizon, despite six 'no' votes from Arkansas's congressional delegation in 2021.

Hutchinson announces Arkansas will refuse $146 million in federal housing assistance money

Arkansans don't need federal rental assistance, the governor says, because there are jobs aplenty.
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Senate panel OKs bill to allow cities to provide broadband service

Senate panel opens a crack in private monopoly on broadband services.

Arkansas opens up options for municipal broadband

CityLab highlights a rare piece of good news from this year's legislative session — the bill from Sen. Breanne Davis (R-Russellville) to allow local governments to build broadband infrastructure, overturning a previous legislative ban that gave phone and TV companies a monopoly on the broadband business.
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Republican women announce legislative agenda UPDATE

Republican women in the legislature announced a package of legislation today. My attention was caught by a potential expansion of broadband competition.

Report on K12 broadband further muddies the waters, except on one issue: DIS is price gouging

The Education and Information Technology committees received a report this morning from CT&T Inc., which was hired to conduct a comprehensive study of the Internet capacity of Arkansas K-12 schools. It brings little clarity to the confusing issue, but it does illustrate the Department of Information Services has given a very bad deal to schools
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K-12 broadband report says DIS stiffs schools, recommends change

A long-awaited report on K-12 broadband recommends using an "aggregated statewide network for Internet access" in the long run — like ARE-ON. Its short term recommendation: Stop using the Department of Information Services.

Hometown proud: Tom Cotton and the local phone company

The latest Yell County Record emphasizes that Anna and Tom Cotton live in Dardanelle. And Cotton is button-popping proud of a $24 million low-cost USDA loan to a local phone company run by a big campaign contributor. Too bad Cotton voted against the legislation that provided the money his pal and many others got.
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BloombergView reports on broadband access for Arkansas schools

Here's a little national coverage on the fight between broadband providers and education advocates (joined by other business interests) who want to allow K-12 schools to access the public fiber optic network for colleges and universities, ARE-ON.

The big-dollar broadband battle

The Walton billions and the telecom industry are in a heavyweight battle in Arkansas over a law that prevents the state from providing broadband services to public school districts.
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