Senate Bill Would Improve Rural Broadband Investment NSimages/iStock.com email The bipartisan legislation would give local and state governments new financing options for broadband projects. Senate legislation introduced Tuesday would provide states, cities and towns new ways to finance rural broadband projects and new tools to ensure all Americans have access to broadband internet. The Rural Broadband Financing Flexibility Act, introduced by Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-VW, and Maggie Hassan, D-NH, would permit state and local governments to issue tax-exempt bonds to fin...