{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.justice.senate.gov/press-releases/senator-justice-applauds-west-virginia-internet-growth", "Senator Justice Applauds West Virginia Internet Growth", "2025-10-28", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "Senate", "WV", "James C. Justice", "J000312", "www.justice.senate.gov", "justice", "https://www.justice.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Senator Jim Justice released a statement following a report listing West Virginia as the state with the highest increase of internet connected households between 2023-2024:\n\n\u201cPushing to connect more of our people to the rest of the world is a game changer in every way: Jobs, industry, education \u2013 you name it. We face unique challenges in getting connected and online, and there is still work to be done, but the progress we\u2019ve made so far is nothing short of amazing. I worked hard to modernize our state as Governor, and it is great to see that work pay off as more and more West Virginians gain access to the world wide web,\u201d said Senator Jim Justice.\n\nBACKGROUND:\n\nData released from the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s American Community Survey shows West Virginia is leading the nation in closing its digital divide.\n\nThe data shows the state achieved the largest percentage point increase in household internet connectivity between 2023 and 2024.\n\nThe study notes that while some states are trailing others, West Virginia is \u201cmaking steady improvements year over year,\u201d showing the digital divide is closing rapidly.\n\nIn 2021, Senator Justice announced a billion-dollar broadband strategy to expand internet across the state.\n\nRead more from WVNews\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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.justice.senate.gov/press-releases/senator-justice-applauds-west-virginia-internet-growth"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0669790208339691, "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"}