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Posts tagged Rural Broadband
A computer in every home
Pritzker praises public-private partnership to provide recycled computers to 1.1M Illinois households
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Rural Broadband, Connect Illinois, Computer Equity Network, PCs for People, Illinois COVID-19 Response Fund, Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Board, Jewish United Fund, Council on Digital Equity, Casey Sorensen, Erin Guthrie, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
COVID relief is not a shell game
It’s absurd to use stimulus funding to simply pay off debts, for states as well as individual taxpayers
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, Federal Reserve, J.B. Pritzker, Municipal Liquidity Facility, Susana Mendoza, Joe Biden, Illinois Policy Institute, Rebuild Illinois, Janet Yellen, Jerome Powell, Steve Mnuchin, Rural Broadband
Climate change in the heartland
Rep. Bustos urges rural broadband, improved river transportation, insists farmers play key role
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Ted CoxCheri Bustos, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Climate Change, House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Rural Green Partnership, Mississippi River Locks and Dams, Mississippi River Infrastructure, Rural Broadband, Telehealth, Donald Trump, Trump Tariffs, Amtrak, Amtrak Chicago-Moline, Amtrak Chicago-Quad Cities
Pritzker boosts broadband across state
First round of $50M grants more than doubled by matches; guv says need ‘has never been more urgent’ in pandemic
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Ted CoxRural Broadband, Illinois Rural Broadband, J.B. Pritzker, Connect Illinois, Geneseo Communications, Olson Acres Farms, Illinois Farm Bureau, Richard Guebert Jr., Mike McClain, Michael Negron, Andy Manar, John Connor
Teachers pad digital skills, helping earn recertification
IEA sees teachers get credit for online techniques they’ve had to adapt
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Farmers hog-tied by bad broadband
United Soybean Board study finds ‘slow, unreliable internet is the norm’
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Ted CoxUnited Soybean Board, Illinois Soybean Association, Rural Broadband, Farm Internet, Steve Pitstick, J.B. Pritzker, John Sullivan, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Capital Bill, Cheri Bustos, Green Rural Partnership
Bustos presents Rural Green Partnership
Congresswoman recruits farm communities to take on climate change
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Ted CoxCheri Bustos, Climate Change, Global Warming, Sonny Perdue, Illinois Farmers, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Corn Growers Association, Rural Broadband, Richard Guebert Jr., Rodney Weinzierl, Callie Eideberg, Environmental Defense Fund, Howard Learner, Environmental Law & Policy Center
Bustos urges U.S. reps. to 'stay local'
Head of powerful Dem campaign committee presses issues over impeachment and ‘making sure we do more town halls than tweets’
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Ted CoxCheri Bustos, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Illinois Health Care, Illinois Infrastructure, Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi, City Club of Chicago, Lauren Underwood, Sean Casten, Rural Broadband, William Barr
Ag director commits to rural broadband
Sullivan follows through on Pritzker pledge, sees opportunity in capital bill
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