Neb. Panel Clears Broadband Grant Rules Update
A Nebraska Legislature panel supported revising the state broadband program established by the 2021 Broadband Bridge Act. The Transportation and Telecommunications Committee voted 37-0 Monday to advance LB-1144 to adjust grant matching and service abandonment requirements. The committee voted 34-0…
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for an amendment on grant conditions and the challenge process and 37-0 for an amendment on mapping and precision agriculture. The bill next goes to the floor. A Democratic commissioner raised concerns about the broadband grant program at a Nebraska Public Service Commission hearing last week (see 2203220078). Monday in Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves (R) tweeted praise for a legislative conference report on HB-1029 to establish an executive branch broadband office.