RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia General Assembly passed legislation in an effort to expand broadband internet access to low-income students across the commonwealth.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Maryland state lawmakers aim to amend inequities in broadband internet access that the coronavirus pandemic has accentuated.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Maryland state lawmakers aim to amend inequities in broadband internet access that the coronavirus pandemic has accentuated.

RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi-based technology company plans to install more than 33 miles of underground fiber infrastructure that will help offer ultra-fast broadband internet access to...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Hospitals are taking over community-based testing for the new coronavirus, and broadband internet service is being expanded to help with remote learning and at-home work...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is receiving more than $16 million in federal coronavirus relief money to provide broadband access to rural parts of the state, officials announced Tuesday....

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — Maine's independent senator has joined a group of colleagues in calling for the Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for tribal communities to get access to...

DENVER (AP) — A fiber network built to provide broadband internet access to 14 mountain communities across northwest Colorado has gone online.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has extended a deadline for funding requests by rural communities and businesses seeking to improve high-speed broadband internet...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Legislature is considering an investment of $15 million in broadband internet in underserved parts of the state.

GROTON, Vt. (AP) — More than 40 Vermont communities will be considering on Tuesday's Town Meeting Day whether to join a communications district intended to bring broadband internet services to...

COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi electric utility cooperative is considering whether to provide its customers with broadband internet more than a year after a state law allowed co-ops to offer...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Kristi Noem on Thursday continued her push for expanding broadband internet access in the state.

She said that some rural communities do not have access to...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $9 million on high-speed broadband internet projects in 10 rural Tennessee counties.

ROLLA, Mo. (AP) — The federal government is providing more than $60 million in grants and low-interest loans to Missouri as part of a program to increase broadband internet access in rural areas....

WESTFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts utility has received more than $10 million in federal funding to expand fiber-optic broadband internet access to thousands of households in rural western...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Lee and Comcast say a $2.4 million fiber network expansion will bring high-speed broadband internet to a rural West Tennessee county.

BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A groundbreaking has been held on Facebook’s plan to expand broadband internet in West Virginia.

Gov. Jim Justice, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and others attended a...

BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A groundbreaking is set on Facebook’s plan to expand broadband internet in West Virginia.

Gov. Jim Justice says he will attend a ceremony Monday in Beckley.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A group of New York state lawmakers are gathering in Albany to look at ways to expand access to broadband internet access in rural and remote parts of the state.

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Slow internet speed in rural areas does more than stop farmers from buying Netflix subscriptions, and it could be robbing their communities of a chance at financial...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Microsoft Corp. and an Ohio-based provider of telecommunications services announced an agreement Tuesday to extend broadband internet access to underserved rural areas of...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission has proposed giving rural Native American tribes a priority filing window for licenses that could expand internet access on their...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Charter Communications will expand broadband internet access upstate under a tentative deal with New York regulators.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a bill designed to help rural communities get access to high-speed internet, considered key to economic...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — If you want internet service in the rural hamlet of Honaker, in far Southwest Virginia, Cable Plus is the only game in town. With internet speeds of 3 megabits per second,...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Facebook says it's going to help expand broadband internet in West Virginia.

The social media company announced a plan Monday to build a high-capacity fiber optic...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana is launching a $100 million program to expand broadband internet services across rural parts of the state.

Gov. Eric Holcomb says the Next Level Broadband program...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia House of Delegates has passed legislation aimed at expanding high-speed wireless and broadband internet development in the state.

The bill approved 97-2 Monday now moves to the state Senate. One delegate did not vote.

The bill would allow broadband providers to install updated technologies on existing rights-of-way and utility poles, resulting in a saving of capital costs.

LINDEN, Ind. (AP) — An electricity cooperative is expanding broadband internet services in rural parts of northern Indiana, setting the stage for possible economic growth in the region.

Tipmont REMC is rolling out high-speed internet services in Tippecanoe County and the rural towns of Romney, New Richmond and Linden.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Northeast Mississippi resident John Henson is among the people who are hoping that a measure allowing the state's electric cooperatives to offer high-speed internet service will bring improvements.

The Senate voted unanimously Wednesday for House Bill 366 , which had earlier passed the House, and Gov. Phil Bryant said in a statement that "I look forward to signing it at my earliest opportunity."

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Legislation aimed at expanding high-speed wireless and broadband internet development in West Virginia has advanced in the House of Delegates.

The House committee on technology and infrastructure approved the bill Wednesday and forwarded it to the House judiciary committee.

The bill would allow broadband providers to install updated technologies on existing rights-of-way and utility poles, resulting in a saving of capital costs.

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A U.S. Census Bureau study ranks Maine last in New England for broadband internet access but finds the state is on par with national averages.

SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Broadband Advisory Council has released a draft of its plan to improve high-speed internet access across the state.

The legislation that created the advisory council allocated $10 million for broadband improvement projects, and the plan outlines strategies the advisory council formulated to make the most of that funding.

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Microsoft Corp. and an Ohio-based provider of telecommunications services have announced an agreement to extend broadband internet access to 110,000 unserved people in rural Ohio over the next four years.

Microsoft and Canton-based Agile Networks announced the agreement this week. They say it will help address a need for reliable broadband access in rural Ohio and provide access to digital advances in agriculture, telemedicine, and education.

Microsoft and RTO Wireless are partnering to expand broadband internet service to more than 290,000 people in New York and Maine.

A spokeswoman said Monday that the project will roll out over a seven-year period, reaching 165,000 people in New York state and 125,000 people in Maine.

Shelley McKinley, Microsoft's head of technology and corporate responsibility, said the partnership will bring broadband to students, farmers, educators and business owners in upstate New York and western Maine.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — U.S. Senate candidate Phil Bredesen said Tuesday he would push to get the Tennessee Valley Authority to help expand broadband internet access to rural areas if elected.

Bredesen is a Democrat and a former Tennessee governor. He is seeking to replace Sen. Bob Corker, a two-term Republican who is not seeking re-election.

HAMILTON, Ala. (AP) — Maybe it seems laughable, maybe certainly unthinkable.

A world without internet? That sounds as crazy as a home without electricity.

Which was exactly the point U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt made while speaking recently in Hamilton in rural northwest Alabama. And it's why Aderholt invited U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to visit his Alabama congressional district and bring a big check.

HAMILTON, Ala. (AP) — Communications company Tombigbee has received a $3 million federal grant to expand broadband internet access to a rural community in northwest Alabama, the company's president announced Thursday.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — More than half of Kansas residents aren't using broadband internet despite the availability of the service to nearly everyone in the state.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers were considering ways Thursday to improve internet speed in rural areas.

Gov. Mark Dayton is seeking another $30 million to improve high-speed internet in rural areas. Republicans, who control the Legislature, say they'll support about half that.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York will receive millions of dollars in a newly signed federal spending measure for railways, highways, drinking water and broadband internet.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer highlighted the funds in an interview last week with The Associated Press. Republican President Donald Trump signed the $1.3 trillion spending bill into law last month.

DENVER (AP) — A bill to accelerate construction of high-speed broadband internet service in rural Colorado is now law.

Gov. John Hickenlooper signed the bill Monday. It is one of his top priorities for the 2018 legislative session.

The law is designed to bridge the economic divide between rural and urban parts of Colorado.