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Don t miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   MONTPELIER — How might a bill being drafted in a state House of Representatives committee succeed where other initiatives failed in finally bridging Vermont’s digital divide? The game-changing element, according to the effort’s supporters, comes down to an essential Vermont quality: self-government, in the form of locally chartered, volunteer-staffed Communications Union Districts (CUDs), empowered by state law to behave as municipal utilities in finding solutions to the lack of high-speed service in rural areas. The bill, which is being written by the state House Committee on Energy and Technology, would give a newly-created public authority the ability to lend funds to CUDs — the local government entities authorized by an act of the Legislature in 2019 to tackle a digital access gap affecting about one out of every five Vermonters.

United statesAnn manwaringJim douglasPeter shumlinRick rothammerRoger nishiJill krowinskiTim briglinTim scogginsVermont community broadband authorityCommunications union districts cudsBroadband expansion loan programBroadband innovation grant programDepartment of public serviceHouse energyHouse committee on energy