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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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EVENT Mar 5: MN House Ag Finance & Policy on HF47 certification for broadband installers

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Agriculture Finance and Policy Chair: Rep. Live Video Bills Added HF47 (Schultz) Provisions governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers modified. Happening tomorrow (Mar 5) online and in person… Wednesday, March 5, 2025 , 1:00 PM Time Note: The committee will reconvene at 6:30 p.m.

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

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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. All sizes of farmers, large and small, organic and conventional. It supports urban farming, it supports rural farming, said Rep.

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Can community/public broadband plans help serve unserved areas?

Blandin on Broadband

Standford Social Innovation Review looks at why broadband has not reached some rural areas Broadband deserts exist largely because traditional finance and big-name ISPs do not build for communities too rural or too poor to hit their profit targets. The missing piece is a dedicated capital market that can make these models work.

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MN House Agriculture and broadband finance and bills bill is held over

Blandin on Broadband

Department of Agriculture, the Board of Animal Health, the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, and the Office of Broadband Development budget established; policy and technical changes made to agricultural and broadband provisions; rulemaking authorized; reports required; and money appropriated. Bill was held over.

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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.

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Mobile Bundling Built For Rural Providers

Rural Broadband Association

Under this arrangement, NTCA members have exclusive access to special financing for devices, an activation credit for new mobile subscribers and marketing support to promote their bundled offering and help drive subscribers. Up-front business start-up fees will also be waived for NTCA members.