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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Minnesota State Director Colleen Landkamer Thursday announced an investment of $10 million to bring high-speed internet access to people living and working in rural Minnesota.

The federal government is spending $63 million to bring high-speed Internet access to rural areas of four separate states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Thursday.

Connections – they are vital to developing jobs and a workforce, creating stronger communities, and providing health care. That’s why for the last nine years, the Kentucky Highlands Promise Zone

 

Swaths of rural areas lack high-speed infrastructure and many families with access to high-speed options, usually in cities, can't afford to pay for them.

Many rural communities lack that fiber optics backbone and may be eliminated from consideration for federal dollars.

Many rural communities lack that fiber optics backbone and may be eliminated from consideration for federal dollars.

North Dakota Grow Leaders in Precision Ag, ARS-NDSU-Grand Farm Agreement

President Joe Biden dedicated a sacred site for Native American tribes in southern Nevada as a national monument.

President Joe Biden said he is poised to designate Avi Kwa Ame, a sacred site for Native American tribes in Nevada, as a national monument.