rural broadband

Congress has authorized trillions of dollars in new spending through the Inflation Reduction Act, the CHIPS and Science Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. In our series “Breaking Ground,” “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal visits communities across the country to look at how this infusion of federal dollars might change the economy in complicated, invisible, even contradictory ways.

Tennessee is set to receive $813 million in federal funds to expand high-speed broadband internet into rural communities.

Information will help determine how much federal funding comes to Kentucky for broadband expansion

Tennessee plans to invest well over $400 million dollars in grant funds to expand broadband internet access in unserved areas.

Leadership of a public-private partnership building more than 3,000 miles of fiber broadband cable to all Kentucky counties says the project could potentially be finished by “mid-fall” after seeing mounting costs, years of delays and strong scrutiny in the past from state lawmakers.

David Meinschein’s teachers, staff and students have sacrificed a lot this year amid the staggering challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. He opens the…

Vivian Livingood is the mayor of Gilbert, a southern West Virginia town of under 500 people that has struggled for years without reliable internet.…

U.S. Senate candidate Phil Bredesen says he would push to get the Tennessee Valley Authority to help expand broadband internet access to rural areas if…

A member of the Federal Communications Commission heard on Tuesday from Ohio Valley residents upset about poor internet service in rural communities. The…

Nearly half of rural Americans don’t have access to broadband internet -- the high-speed connection many of us take for granted. In 65 counties across…