Feds throw Washington’s $1.2B broadband program into disarray

Feds throw Washington’s $1.2B broadband program into disarray

Washington utilities, tribes, counties and others have spent years planning how to use the state’s $1.2 billion chunk of a federal program to improve high-speed internet access. But earlier this month, the Trump administration threw this process into flux when it overhauled guidance on how states nationwide should select applicants for the more than $42 billion in funding.