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Louisiana’s Office of Broadband Development & Connectivity is trying to make high speed internet more accessible by accepting proposals from local groups and businesses.

Louisiana’s Office of Broadband Development & Connectivity is trying to make high speed internet more accessible by accepting proposals from local groups and businesses.

Plus, Missouri names a new director for the state's Office of Broadband Development, a grant in the San Francisco area aims to expand digital skills training for incarcerated individuals, and more.

MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NAMES NEW DIRECTOR OF BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT

A new director of broadband development in the Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) was named Tuesday morning.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about the structural limits on Black political power that have impacted New Orleans’ Black mayors for decades. And we hear about new efforts to increase high-speed internet access across the state.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about the structural limits on Black political power that have impacted New Orleans’ Black mayors for decades. And we hear about new efforts to increase high-speed internet access across the state.

Nearly $90 million will be granted in the first round of GUMBO funding. Awards will be announced in March with construction starting as soon as May

Louisiana's Office of Broadband Development and Connectivity is running a new grant program called Granting Unserved Municipalities Broadband Opportunities (GUMBO). First-round grant winners will be announced in March.

Hockley County Sheriff Ray Scifres was among the 3 recently appointed to Texas Governor Greg Abbott's Broadband Development Council.