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  "description": "With $650 million in unspent BEAD funds, Arkansas says it has a plan for how to use them.\n",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T17:00:35.000Z",
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  "textContent": "May 19, 2026 – A new proposal outlines a phased framework for investing remaining Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment funds beyond last-mile deployment, targeting middle-mile infrastructure, permitting systems, and broadband-enabled economic development.\n\nThe framework, released Thursday**** by **Glen Howie** , Arkansas state broadband director, outlines three sequential phases, or \"dominos,\" that states should work through before expanding into broader investments: first closing remaining deployment gaps, then strengthening core infrastructure, and finally using connectivity to drive measurable economic growth.\n\nThe proposal enters a broader national debate over how states may deploy roughly $22 billion in remaining BEAD funding, after deployment costs fell below initial projections partly due to Trump administration efforts to reduce program spending.\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Arkansas Proposal Outlines Uses for Remaining BEAD Funds",
  "updatedAt": "2026-07-08T09:49:19.424Z"
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