Iowa to grant $150 million for rural internet projects
Funding will target high-need Broadband Intervention Zones.
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Funding will target high-need Broadband Intervention Zones.
Local Iowa House representatives predict the Iowa legislature will continue to chip away at property tax reform and start to look at reducing state income tax collections.
Local Iowa House representatives predict the Iowa legislature will continue to chip away at property tax reform and start to look at reducing state income tax collections.
The Iowa Department of Management last week announced $150 million in grants to connect more than 12,000 Iowans to high-speed internet. The funding is the latest round of the Empower Rural Iowa Broadband program. The funding focuses on “Broadband Intervention Zones” the state has identified as having the highest need for high-speed internet.
Traffic fatalities in Iowa have reached a five-year high, but Wapello County is seeing a different trend.