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Past Newsletters
April 15, 2024 | Illinois Connected Summit to Feature Local Sucess Stories and National Experts
April 1, 2024 | Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
March 18, 2024 | Illinois Connected 2024
March 4, 2024 | Illinois BEAD Map Challenge Process Underway
February 19, 2024 | A Continental Convo
February 5, 2024 | Illinoisans are Preparing for BEAD Challenge Process
January 22, 2024 | Illinois BEAD Challenge Map Now Available
January 8, 2024 | A New Year, Some New Additions, And Plenty of News!
December 18, 2023 | A Big Year in Broadband Behind Us and a Bigger Year Ahead!
December 4, 2023 | Illinois Publishes its Draft State Digital Equity Plan
November 13, 2023 | Connect Illinois, BEAD, and Digital Equity Act Next Steps Come into Focus
October 30, 2023 | First Wave of Digital Equity Capacity Kickstarter Grants
October 16, 2023 | Renewed Focus on Digital Equity and Inclusion
October 2, 2023 | Digital Inclusion Week, Next Steps on BEAD
September 20, 2023 | Illinois Poised to Open Public Comment Period for BEAD Initial Proposal
August 21, 2023 | Fall Plans for Public Participation Come into Focus
August 7, 2023 | Looking Back and to the Future
July 24, 2023 | Next Steps for BEAD and Digital Equity Planning & Engagement
July 10, 2023 | Statewide Listening Tour Cross the Finish Line
June 26, 2023 | Big Week in the Broadband World
June 12, 2023 | Illinois Broadband Effort Heating Up for Summer
May 30, 2023 | On DECK - The Digital Equity Capacity Kickstart Grant Program
May 15, 2023 | Broadband Breakthrough Highlights Community Partnership
May 1, 2023 | Connect Illinois Round 3 Hitting Stride
April 17, 2023 | Statewide Listening Tour On the Move
April 3, 2023 | Connect Illinois Round 3 Mapping & Merit Review Underway
March 20, 2023 | Connect Illinois Round 3 Open & Accepting Applications
March 6, 2023 | Listening Tour Launch and Connect Illinois Updates
February 6, 2023 | Introducing the Connect Illinois Broadband and Digital Equity Planning Initiative
January 23, 2023 | Mapping, Planning, Engagement & Grants: Big Broadband Year Ahead!
January 9, 2023 | US Treasury Approves State's Capital Projects Funds
December 19, 2022 | Hustle and Bustle Throughout Holidays on IL Broadband Front
December 5, 2022 | Beans & Broadband: Increasing Yields Through Broadband Investment
November 21, 2022 | Calling All Illinoisans: Newly Released FCC Maps Need Public Input
November 7, 2022 | Mapping, Data, and Round 3 of Accelerate Illinois
October 24, 2022 | Preparing for Connect Illinois Round 3...and Future Federal Funding
October 11, 2022 | Digital Inclusion Week: Highlights Across Illinois
September 26, 2022 | Whiteside County a Model for Community-Driven Broadband Expansion
September 12, 2022 | Fall Broadband Kicks Off
August 29, 2022 | Accelerate Illinois Brakes...for Now
August 15, 2022 | A Busy Summer for Broadband
August 1, 2022 | Marking Milestones & Change: A Midsummer Update
July 11, 2022 | Coming Soon: The Illinois Broadband Lab Digital Equity Planning Project
June 27, 2022 | Illinois Connected Communities Round 2 Concludes
June 13, 2022 | How Illinois is Preparing for Federal Broadband Funds
May 23, 2022 | Accelerate Illinois Status Report
May 9, 2022 | Celebrating 50 Editions of Illinois Broadband Connections
April 25, 2022 | Across Illinois Broadband is in Full Bloom
April 12, 2022 | Earth Day Electronics Drive
March 28, 2022 | Illinois Communities Accelerate Toward Better Broadband
March 14, 2022 | The FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program: What People in Illinois Should Know
February 28, 2022 | Accelerate Illinois: Fast Tracking Broadband Infrastructure in Six Communities
January 31, 2022 | Connect Illinois Round 2 Projects Announced
January 10, 2022 | Illinois' Role in Community-Driven Broadband Expansion
December 20, 2021 | Getting it Right: At Last, States Have the Chance to Lead on Broadband
December 6, 2021 | Illinois Universities Apply for Connecting Minority Communities Program Awards
November 22, 2021 | Accelerate Illinois Accepting Applications
November 8, 2021 | Build Back Better with More Historic Broadband Investment
October 25, 2021 | Introducing the Illinois ARPA Accelerator
October 12, 2021 | Introducing the Illinois Broadband Lab
September 27, 2021 | Putting Federal Broadband Funding to Work in Illinois
September 13, 2021 | Illinois Office of Broadband Turns Two!
August 23, 2021 | Novel Local-State-Federal Collaboration to Improve Broadband Outcomes
August 2, 2021 | National Infrastructure Deal Adds to Historic Broadband Moment
July 19, 2021 | Using Data to Drive Better Broadband
July 6, 2021 | Baseball, Fireworks, Apple Pie, and Broadband
June 21, 2021 | Communities Across Illinois Are Expanding Broadband. Is Yours?
June 7, 2021 | Local Governments Gear Up for Broadband Dollars
May 24, 2021 | Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
May 10, 2021 | Illinois Broadband Connections Turns One
April 26, 2021 | Broadband READY, Set, Go!
April 12, 2021 | Illinois Digital Equity Activity in Full Swing this Spring
March 29, 2021 | March Broadband Madness
March 8, 2021 | Federal Emergency Broadband BenefitProgram to Launch by May 1
February 22, 2021 | Amidst Winter Freeze Broadband Programs are Heating Up
February 8, 2021 | Setting the Broadband Agenda
January 25, 2021 | Seizing the Broadband Moment
December 21, 2020 | Illinois Launches New Statewide Computer Equity Network
December 7, 2020 | Connect Illinois Round 1 Breaks Ground
November 23, 2020 | Illinois' Digital Equity Push
November 9, 2020 | Broadband for America, and Illinois, Now
October 26, 2020 | Focus on Broadband Infrastructure
October 13, 2020 | Toward a Comprehensive Approach to Digital Equity
September 28, 2020 | No Rest After Labor Day for the Illinois Office of Broadband
September 14, 2020 | Illinois COVID-19 Response Fund Spotlight on PCs for People
August 31, 2020 | Broadband 101
(see also: Everything You Wanted to Know About Broadband (But Were Afraid to Ask))
August 17, 2020 | Illinois Connected Communities Kickoff
August 3, 2020 | Back to School with Help from Broadband
July 20, 2020 | Illinois Connected Communities Grant Program Announces First Recipients
July 6, 2020 | Connect Illinois Round 1 Projects Announced
June 22, 2020 | Connect Illinois Broadband Grant Announcement Coming Soon
June 8, 2020 | Comprehensive Approach in Illinois Taking Shape
May 26, 2020 | Call for Illinois Connected Communities Grant Applications