Broadband Gets Millions

Missouri’s broadband director says the state has distributed more than 22-million dollars in state CARES Act funding to health clinics, libraries, schools, and higher education. Broadband director Tim Arbeiter  testifies that four million dollars have been distributed to 38 health clinics across the state, for thousands of hotspots:

Director Arbeiter testified Thursday before a Missouri House broadband development committee in Jefferson City. He says more than 392-thousand Missourians lack high-speed internet, down from 587-thousand in 2018.