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Republicans Keep Taking Credit For Local Broadband Projects Funded By Federal Bills They Voted Against
There’s an historic $50 billion in broadband subsidies currently heading to the states courtesy of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). There a…
There are plenty of potential hiccups on stuff like mapping that could screw things up, but, any way you slice it, this money should still have an amazing, positive impact on affordable broadband expansion in the U.S.. Republican Governor Ron DeSantis keeps crowing about Florida’s broadband investments made possible via Florida’s “Broadband Opportunity Program.” A significant chunk of those funds ($400 million, page 5) were only made possible via the federal ARPA bill DeSantis and state senators opposed, but good luck finding any mention of that in state press releases on the subject. But given we’ve largely eviscerated what’s left of local news, leaving communities “served” by right wing propaganda mills like Sinclair Broadcasting, that’s almost certainly not happening with any consistency.
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