{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/news/press-releases/baldwin-announces-over-13-million-for-broadband-expansion-in-wisconsin", "Baldwin Announces Over $13 Million for Broadband Expansion in Wisconsin", "2024-11-01", "2024", "2024-11", "Democrat", "Senate", "WI", "Tammy Baldwin", "B001230", "www.baldwin.senate.gov", "baldwin", "https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "WISCONSIN \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced Wisconsin will be receiving $13.2 million to help connect more Wisconsin families with high-speed broadband. The funding, from the Baldwin-backed Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will help implement Wisconsin\u2019s Digital Equity Plan, a comprehensive roadmap for the state to expand access to high-speed internet and close the digital divide.\n\n\u201cAccess to reliable, high-speed internet is no longer a luxury \u2013 it\u2019s a necessity for our small businesses, family farms, and neighborhoods throughout Wisconsin,\u201d said Senator Baldwin. \u201cI am proud to bring home this investment so all communities across Badger state can get online \u2013 moving our economy forward and creating good-paying jobs in the process.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe know that having access to reliable, high-speed internet is necessary for how we work, learn, and stay connected in today's day and age, and I\u2019m proud we\u2019ve been able to make significant investments to ensure more than 410,000 homes and businesses will have new or improved high-speed internet,\u201d said Governor Evers. \u201cThanks to the Biden-Harris Administration and Senator Baldwin, these State Digital Equity Capacity grant funds are going to build on that work and bring Wisconsin another step closer to closing the digital divide in our state and ensuring folks and families have the reliable, affordable, high-speed internet they need and deserve.\u201d\n\nThe Baldwin-backed Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) created the Digital Equity Act (DEA) to ensure that all communities can access and use affordable, reliable high-speed internet to meet their needs and improve their lives.\n\nIn October 2022, NTIA allocated Wisconsin more than $950,000 under the DEA program to conduct outreach and engagement activities to develop the state\u2019s Digital Equity Plan. In March, NTIA accepted Wisconsin\u2019s Digital Equity Plan, making them eligible to receive Digital Equity Capacity Grant funding.\n\nThe Wisconsin Digital Equity Plan is designed to align with and complement BIL\u2019s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program to fund broadband infrastructure deployment and achieve high-speed internet access for all. In 2023, Senator Baldwin announced $1.05 billion in BEAD funding for Wisconsin.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:07:06Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/news/press-releases/baldwin-announces-over-13-million-for-broadband-expansion-in-wisconsin"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5603890642523766, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}