Autonomous Freight in Arkansas: PepsiCo and Gatik announced a multi-year rollout of fully driverless Class 8 trucks on a fixed corridor across Texas, Arizona, and Arkansas—moving autonomous trucking from tests to revenue routes. Water Infrastructure Update (Central Arkansas): Central Arkansas Water picked a route for a new large-diameter pipeline from Lake Maumelle to its Jack H. Wilson Water Treatment Plant, with route choices balancing cost, construction impacts, and community effects. Public Health Policy: Final Medicaid work requirement rules are out, with states scrambling to update IT systems and enforce requirements without losing coverage for eligible people. Healthcare Tech in Arkansas: CARTI is integrating Flatiron OncoEMR with SHARE HIE to share oncology records in real time across Arkansas hospitals and alert care teams to ER visits and admissions. Local STEM & Learning: University of Arkansas Dean’s List honors were awarded to Crystal Lake student Joseph Fiorenza and Cary student Colton Faulkner. Community Science & Safety: Arkansas heat illness prevention guidance urges hydration, cooling breaks, and recognizing heat cramps, exhaustion, and heatstroke early. Science in the Sky: A bright green fireball was reported across the Mid-South, including Arkansas, with observers describing a vivid streak and possible breakup. STEM Governance Watch: Pulaski County judge candidate Wendell Griffen renewed calls for a data center moratorium, citing water and electricity impacts and demanding more transparency. Science Meets Policy Debate: Republican attorneys general, including Arkansas’, urged EPA to classify mifepristone as a water contaminant, while health and environmental experts say there’s no proof of harm to water systems.