Includes up to $350 million for grants in Tribal and socially vulnerable communities The following was issued by the USDA on November 24, 2021 WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2021 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the Department has begun accepting applications for up to $1.15 billion in loans and grants to help people in rural areas get …
Senator Baldwin’s Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Broadband Access Passes Senate Commerce Committee
Published by the Urban Milwaukee on July 24, 2019 By U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin’s Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability (DATA) Act, led by Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Roger Wicker (R-MS), passed the Senate Commerce Committee. The bipartisan legislation, which now awaits a Senate floor vote, would improve the accuracy of the …
Representative Derek Kilmer Introduces Broadband for All Act
Published by FiberOneNewsRadio on MAy 24, 2019 By Sean Wells WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) and Elise Stefanik (NY-21) reintroduced the Broadband for All Act Thursday, bipartisan legislation to create refundable tax credits for businesses and groups of people who team up to build the infrastructure that connects them to the country’s existing rural broadband service. “Too many rural communities are …