(Getty Images) Texas voters approve new broadband expansion fund A new $1.5 billion broadband fund in Texas will go toward matching grants for BEAD projects and allow it to leverage funds through the American Rescue Plan… Nov 8, 2023 By Skylar Rispens
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo speaks during the annual North Americas Building Trades Unions Legislative Conference at the Washington Hilton Hotel on April 5 in Washington. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images) 34 states and territories have already signed up for the $45B broadband fund Nearly two-thirds of states and territories signaled their intention to apply for the broadband fund within a week of the program's launch. May 20, 2022 By Benjamin Freed