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For the first time, Arkansas election officials have added artificial intelligence to their list of concerns while preparing for a general election.

The Arkansas Board of Corrections on Friday voted to initiate a contract with a California-based construction management company to oversee the development of a new prison of up to 3,000 beds.

State Senators and Representatives of the Arkansas Legislative Council (ALC) and Joint Budget Committee came together for the first day of budget hearings which was held on Tuesday.

The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) reminds candidates for political office and their supporters that it is unlawful to place campaign signs on highway right of ways in Arkansas.

After a week, the days were washing together for Kristi Pukansky. Even before Hurricane Helene started pouring rain onto Watauga County, N.C., the county’s emergency management planner was helping respond to flash floods just three days prior to Helene’s arrival. “We had actually an EF 1 tornado touch down in the Blowing Rock area on Wednesday night (Sept. 25), so we really have been reeling from weather from that point forward,” she said. “We’re going nonstop — working, sleeping, working, sleeping.

Washington County showed off renderings of its new Department of Emergency Management building on Sept. 30. Washington County currently operates its Department of Emergency Management out of Lincoln, which is approximately a 40-minute drive from Fayetteville

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved the second volume of Arkansas’ initial proposal for the BEAD [Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment] program, according to a release from the Biden Administration and Gov. Sarah Sanders.

On September 9, the U.S. House passed the bipartisan Confirmation of Congressional Observer Access (COCOA) Act of 2023 (H.R. 6513) unanimously by voice vote. The U.S. Senate passed the measure with unanimous consent on September 24. The bill codifies the existing Election Observer Program, which sends trained congressional staff to monitor the casting and counting of votes in congressional elections.

Gov. Sarah Sanders recently announced several appointments including the appointments of three new justices of the peace.