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C Spire announced the completion of its allocation of the Mississippi Capital Projects Fund. Through this initiative, the company provided home fiber access to more than 14,000 residences and 18,530 undeveloped lots from Amite to Lincoln to Lamar to Madison to Desoto and Hinds counties. It also positively impacted some of the most underserved communities in Mississippi. C Spire was awarded the grant from the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Capital Projects Fund.

Spectrum announced the expansion of its fiber broadband network to bring Spectrum Internet, Mobile, TV, and Voice services to nearly 700 additional homes and businesses in previously unserved or underserved areas of Cheboygan County (MI), including in the townships of Aloha, Burt, Koehler, Mullett, Munro, and Tuscarora. The expansion was funded in part by a Realizing Opportunity with Broadband Infrastructure Networks Broadband Grant, a joint effort between Spectrum and the Michigan High-Speed Internet Office to deliver high-speed internet to unserved communities. This project is supported,

State and local leaders joined the Louisiana Office of Broadband Development and Connectivity (ConnectLA) , community stakeholders and Optimum—a local provider of fiber internet, mobile and TV services—to mark the completion of a broadband expansion project delivering reliable, high-speed internet access across Sabine Parish, Louisiana. The project brings connectivity to more than 3,000 homes and businesses, expanding access in areas that previously faced limited or unreliable service.

The agency I lead, the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) is the major grant-making entity for our state. ADECA is at the eight-year mark of implementing massive broadband grant programs—innovative in their scale and complexity—to address rural broadband gaps and create new economic opportunities. These programs are delivering value not only for unserved homes and businesses, but also for institutions such as universities, public safety agencies, rural hospitals, and other critical parts of the broader economic and community fabric in the state of Alabama.

Louisiana state and local leaders joined ConnectLA, community members, and Optimum at Jonesboro-Hodge Elementary School to celebrate a broadband expansion project bringing reliable, high-speed fiber internet to communities across Jackson Parish. The project has expanded broadband availability to over 2,000 homes and businesses, strengthening digital infrastructure in areas that previously lacked dependable connectivity and supporting greater access to education, healthcare, workforce participation, and economic opportunity.

Brightspeed announced that its fiber network build is nearly 75 percent complete in South Carolina. Now, more than 47,000 homes and businesses in the Palmetto State have access to the country’s fastest internet service. Construction crews remain active in Beaufort, Greenwood, Hampton, Jasper, Laurens, Orangeburg and Saluda counties. Construction of the company’s fiber network in the community of Ninety Six is well underway.

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The Department of Treasury has proposed maintaining an extensive database of private personal information and sharing that information with other government agencies and some select corporations. The proposal, contained in a dry “Systems of Record Notice,” would allow Treasury to collect, maintain, and share information, including bank account information, social security numbers, and employment and income information, from eight separate Treasury-run programs.

The Healey-Driscoll Administration and Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s (MassTech) Massachusetts Broadband Institute awarded a combined $7,581,940 to 37 housing organizations in support of digital skills training, device access and other services that help residents secure access to and benefit from the internet.

The Oregon Broadband Office has launched the American Rescue Plan Act Capital Projects Fund (CPF) Digital Connectivity Technology Program, making $6.8 million available to expand access to internet-enabled devices and public Wi-Fi infrastructure across Oregon. Funded through the U.S.