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Michigan, Wisconsin & Maine get additional broadband funding

The White House is announcing $435 million in broadband funding for three states to improve connectivity in rural communities.

U.S. Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow of Michigan says investments in broadband infrastructure are part of a broader vision for the future.

“It’s about opportunity, whether you’re operating your business or your farm, or your school, or your hospital, or your mental health agency, whatever it is that you’re doing, high-speed internet is not some frill,” she says.

Wisconsin Public Service Commissioner Becky Valcq says access to high-speed affordable internet is a necessity.

“We in Wisconsin also have some difficult locations to serve and so the funding just couldn’t come at a better time,” she says.

Projects in Massachusetts, Michigan, and Wisconsin will connect more than 90,000 homes and businesses through the Capital Projects Fund. 

The U.S. Treasury plans to continue announcing project awards on a rolling basis from the $10 billion fund.

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