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Howard Lutnick
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testifies during a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on fiscal year 2026 budget requests for the Department of Commerce, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 5, 2025. (Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images)

Commerce Sec. Lutnick releases new BEAD guidance, with ‘tech-neutral approach’

As promised, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has released new guidance for the nationwide broadband overhaul, rescinding final approvals in several states.
Howard Lutnick
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick delivers remarks during the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Annual Days of Remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on April 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

BEAD uncertainty has state broadband chiefs advancing slowly, cautiously

In the face of looming changes to BEAD, several state broadband chiefs said their offices were slowly moving ahead with the program.
Susan Collins
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, questions U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Capitol Hill on May 14, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Maine lawmakers urge Trump admin to unfreeze ‘essential’ Digital Equity Act funds

Legislators from Maine said the Digital Equity Act was "essential" for their state, one of the most rural in the nation.
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