Headline: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick asking him to expedite the review and release of updated guidance for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program and urging that West Virginia not have to redo significant portions of its application.
Article: The BEAD program, which was created through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that Senator Capito helped craft, is a federal grant program that aims to get all Americans online by funding partnerships between states or territories, communities, and stakeholders to build infrastructure where we need it to and increase adoption of high-speed internet. In June 2023, Senator Capito announced that West Virginia would receive a significant portion of this funding.
Date: May 7, 2025
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