State & Local Government Policy, Business and Technology

MN: Governor Dayton’s Supplemental Budget proposal includes $100 million in broadband grant funding

MHTA: MHTA — Governor Mark Dayton and Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith unveiled their supplemental budget proposal, which includes $100 million in funding for the the Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant Program.

Over the last two years, the legislature and governor have allocated over $30 million to the program, leveraging more than $41 million in private investment. The state currently has a $900 million budget surplus.

Margaret Anderson Kelliher, President & CEO of the Minnesota High Tech Association and chair of the Governor’s Task Force on Broadband, released a statement on the broadband funding in Governor’s Dayton’s proposed supplemental budget.

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