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MN Conference Committee meet on omnibus agriculture and broadband development policy and finance bill

Blandin on Broadband

MN Conference Committee met on Friday (May 9, 2025) to move forward toward reconciliation of the omnibus agriculture and broadband development policy and finance bill. But this one is lopsided in the policy differences, which was made clear when nonpartisan staff did a walkthrough of House- and Senate-only provisions at their first meeting.

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Wisconsin GOP Cuts $750 Million from State Broadband Budget

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, September 9, 2024 – Efforts to expand high-speed internet access in Wisconsin have hit a political roadblock, stalled by partisan infighting, according to Democratic Assembly members. If important provisions are cut from the budget, we’ll continue pushing to restore them through separate bills.”

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MN House Ag Bill proposes $17 million – $2 million for broadband development

Blandin on Broadband

The MN House reports The chair of the House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee unveiled a committee budget bill Monday that he said supports all kinds of agriculture here in Minnesota. That office is charged with supplying border-to-border high-speed Internet access across the state. Paul Anderson (R-Starbuck).

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Advancing Cybersecurity in Australia

Paloalto Networks

This data and the systems that they process underpin some of the most fundamental functions in modern society, from the provision of food, water, power to the management of welfare, finance and national security information. Looking to industry, one of the largest attack vectors will occur in the internet browser.

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National Conference of State Legislatures’ Broadband Policy Toolkit

Blandin on Broadband

MN S 1063 2024 Sales and Use Taxation Status: Failed – Adjourned – Senate Taxes Committee Date of Last Action: 1/31/2023 Author: Westrom (R) Topics: Funding and Taxes, Infrastructure Summary: Relates to taxation, relates to sales and use, provides an exemption for fiber and conduit used in broadband and internet access services, appropriates (..)

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Digital Infrastructure Investment 2024: 'All-in' on Open Access

Broadband Breakfast

GFiber started in 2010 as a Google-driven experiment to catalyze the gigabit internet ecosystem, and has since pioneered the gigabit and multigig internet future. Their network provides blazingly fast Internet speeds, phone, and television services. What, if anything, have states been doing to prioritize open access fiber?

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Bill introduced in MN House: HF844 getting more data on broadband deployment from providers

Blandin on Broadband

844, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; modifying provisions governing broadband workforce plan data; modifying investigative authority; modifying provisions governing underground telecommunications infrastructure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116J.395, 395, subdivision 9; 216B.17, 17, subdivision 9; 326B.198,