Arkansas Legislature Passes Bill to Ease Local Government Expansion of Broadband Access
February 15, 2021
by John S. Bryant
Arkansas’ 93rd General Assembly unanimously passed legislation amending the Telecommunications Regulatory Reform Act of 2013 last week. Generally, government entities in Arkansas are prohibited from providing “directly or indirectly, basic local exchange, voice, data, broadband, video, or wireless…
State and Local Government Assistance from the CARES Act
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) provides an estimated $2 trillion stimulus package to assist individuals, small and medium-sized business as well as state and local governments during the COVID-19 pandemic. There has been a lot of attention given to the relief…
Employers (Including Municipalities) Still Required to File IRS Forms Despite Changes to Affordable Care Act Individual Mandate
March 3, 2020
by Craig R. Cockrell
If you watch the news, you may have heard that the requirement known as the “individual mandate” under the Affordable Care Act, which generally requires that individuals either obtain health insurance or pay a penalty, was repealed by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Although the “Individual…
Arkansas Natural Resources Commission Accepting Levee Grant Funding Applications
Governor Hutchinson and Arkansas lawmakers have set aside $10 million in available grant funds for the construction and maintenance of levee projects. Levee districts located within the declared national disaster areas resulting from the floods on the Arkansas River beginning in late May 2019 may…
To P3 or Not to P3: American Water Works Association Report Addressing Public/Private Partnership Delivery Models
The American Water Works Association (“AWWA”) and Ernst & Young Infrastructure Advisors, LLC, released a report titled: To P3 or not to P3 – A Water Industry View on the Relevance of Public-Private Partnership Delivery Models (“Report”) The Report presents what are described as “results and…