Video & Transcript Research : 'rural broadband'
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NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 18th, 2026 at 09:43 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 17th, 2026 at 08:07 am
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- in New Mexico to some of our more rural parts, our most rural parts.
- The bill also supports rural broadband with operations and maintenance in our most rural areas in New
- in rural New Mexico.
- The NMECG is New Mexico's rural broadband telecom group, consisting of 10 rural broadband telecom companies
- . 100% of it has to go to broadband.
Keywords:
general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> supports Urban farming it supports rural supports Urban farming it supports rural farming<00:02:
- </c> $68,000 line 191 is a Center for Rural $68,000 line 191 is a Center for Rural policy<00:09:53.040
- Minnesotans to broadband.
- </c> enacted last year gave Broadband enacted last year gave Broadband companies<00:45:21.960><c> and
- </c><00:46:25.640><c> uh</c> con connecting motans to broadband uh con connecting motans to broadband
Bills:
HF1704
Keywords:
Minnesota agriculture budget, Department of Agriculture appropriation, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, farm bill, rural development, agricultural grants, soil health, livestock compensation, crop damage, meat inspection, poultry inspection, county agricultural inspectors, biofertilizer, nitrogen management, commercial nitrogen fertilizer, water quality, farm down payment assistance, beginning farmers
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- handled in labor or workforce, not in this bill, and that the reason it is in the A bill is because broadband
- </c><00:14:06.519><c> this</c> Chair Anderson said the reason this bill is in the A bill is that broadband
- is</c><00:15:57.959><c> now</c><00:15:58.160><c> under</c><00:15:58.360><c> the</c> bill is that Broadband
- is now under the bill is that Broadband is now under the jurisdiction jurisdiction jurisdiction of<00
- Chair Anderson responded that the reason this bill is in the A bill is that broadband is now under the
Keywords:
Minnesota agriculture budget, Department of Agriculture appropriation, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, farm bill, rural development, agricultural grants, soil health, livestock compensation, crop damage, meat inspection, poultry inspection, county agricultural inspectors, biofertilizer, nitrogen management, commercial nitrogen fertilizer, water quality, farm down payment assistance, beginning farmers
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs Feb 10th, 2026 at 09:01 am
House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome to Rural Development, Land Grants and Cultural Affairs. Caitlin, can you go in call room?
- economies and rural economic development plans that look for something more proactive and sustainable
- And, you know, this is a rural committee, and I think most of us here are family people.
- These are small rural areas, and you don't want them to become ghost towns because...
- Small rural areas, and you don't want them to become ghost towns because we eliminated their jobs.
Keywords:
museum, cultural affairs, lowrider, Espanola, appropriation, feasibility study, broadband access, low-income, rural areas, Indian nations, affordable internet, employment opportunities, detention centers, immigration, economic development, repurposing facilities, job transition, rural development, housing, affordable housing
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> been given the purview over uh Broadband been given the purview over uh Broadband funding<00:13:
- </c> funding so the office of broadband funding so the office of broadband funding<00:13:59.519><c> uh
- He said broadband is very important and should be moving now.
- He also said broadband deployment is critical and he is glad it got to the committee.
- </c> moving uh again the uh the uh Broadband moving uh again the uh the uh Broadband deployment<00:30
Keywords:
Minnesota agriculture budget, Department of Agriculture appropriation, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, farm bill, rural development, agricultural grants, soil health, livestock compensation, crop damage, meat inspection, poultry inspection, county agricultural inspectors, biofertilizer, nitrogen management, commercial nitrogen fertilizer, water quality, farm down payment assistance, beginning farmers
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- understanding that federal rural grant...
- And Charles, how much is in the rural health care fund? I need to check.
- There was additional money on line 67 for that fund, for the Rural Libraries Fund.
- For that fund, for the Rural Libraries Fund.
- How are we going to address the $224 million for the rural health fund?
Keywords:
telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion, rural internet, broadband infrastructure, eligible telecommunications carrier, ETC, tribal consent
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- The Office of Broadband Access and Expansion.
- In 2017, we updated the New Mexico Telecom Act, the Rural Telecom Act, and put broadband local infrastructure
- NMECG is New Mexico's rural broadband and telecom group, consisting of 10 rural broadband telecom companies
- tribal areas had access to broadband.
- tribal areas had access to broadband.
Keywords:
telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion, rural internet, broadband infrastructure, eligible telecommunications carrier, ETC, tribal consent
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband May 2nd, 2025
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband
Transcript Highlights:
- Members of the public, the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Broadband will come to order.
- House Bill 2964 relates to the provision of broadband service in certain rural counties.
- It really did... to be sort of a blueprint for a small-town broadband project.
- That's what the Monahans Broadband Project has sought funding for.
- With the Broadband Development Office, he's the director.
Keywords:
broadband, internet access, digital equity, tax reduction, government funding, rural counties, fiber-optic, state funding, infrastructure, digital divide, economic development, fiber-optic cable, excavation, utilities, civil penalties, municipal regulations, video services, regulation, public right-of-way, franchise authority
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband May 2nd, 2025
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband
Transcript Highlights:
- And lastly, members, it provides tax relief to support broadband expansion by exempting internet service
- The chair recognizes Shelly Botkin, Executive Director of the Texas Broadband Association.
- Legislation, are we changing speeds for broadband service? I can take that.
- This is necessary because eligibility for federal subsidies are tied to that definition of broadband,
- Do broadband providers pay that franchise fee too? No. And there currently is a lot...
Keywords:
broadband, internet access, digital equity, tax reduction, government funding, rural counties, fiber-optic, state funding, infrastructure, digital divide, economic development, fiber-optic cable, excavation, utilities, civil penalties, municipal regulations, video services, regulation, public right-of-way, franchise authority
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agriculture Committee Meeting - 2025-04-09
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm well aware that we do have broadband.
- broadband in rural areas.
- Broadband, in and of itself, doesn't have jurisdiction. Over locates.
- It's a side entity that broadband...
- to make sure that our rural areas are covered.
Bills:
HF2446
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We have a that's very rural in nature.
- And I'm well aware that we do have broadband, where the reason we have broadband is because we were given
- the responsibility of the department as far as implementing the rural areas of broadband.
- well aware where the reason we broadband well aware where the reason we have<00:32:36.000><c> broadband
- implementing the rural areas of broadband.<00:32:42.559><c> Broadband</c><00:32:43.039><c> in</c><00
Bills:
HF2446
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Line 217 is the broadband... benium and then $46,000 in the benium and then $46,000 in the tales.<00:
- Line 217 is the broadband installation study, $100,000 in the first year.
- </c><00:13:17.760><c> Um</c><00:13:18.000><c> but</c> office of broadband development.
- Um but office of broadband development.
- Section 2 appropriates money to DEED for the Office of Broadband Development. 20,000.
Bills:
HF2446
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/05/2026 - House Rural Economic Development
Rural Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- So one of the things that we're going to do in red is I would like to highlight our rural areas.
- In rural Arizona, we are desperately in need of affordable housing.
- In rural communities... Hardest to finance in rural Arizona.
- And I would like to see it come to these real rural tribal nations... ...tribal nations.
- Rural-adjacent. Vice Chair Lopez? Yes. Chair Martinez. I'm going to explain my comment.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Government Modernization and Technology Feb 9th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Government Modernization and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, House Bill 2293 extends the sunset on the Oklahoma Broadband Office until December 31, 2030.
- for them to administer the final and largest of the grant monies to the BEAD program, which is a Broadband
- So this legislation ensures that the Oklahoma broadband is kept intact as is until December 31, 2030.
Keywords:
broadband, Oklahoma Broadband Office, broadband access, statewide broadband plan, internet connectivity, funding, grant programs, expansion council, termination plan, Oklahoma, Gas Hub, artificial intelligence, national laboratory, public-private partnerships, aerospace, high-performance computing, economic development, state agencies, high-risk AI decisions, deepfakes
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Technology and Telecommunications 2ND REVISED Apr 16th, 2026 at 08:45 am
Technology and Telecommunications
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 2293, as adopted by the committee sub, would extend the sunset for the Oklahoma Broadband
- extension and then also put into statute some of my conversations that I have had with the Oklahoma Broadband
- So what we're asking is for the Oklahoma Broadband Office to develop a plan, kind of their window plan
- So, was the broadband office consulted about this new provision that was going to be enacted?
- broadband.
Keywords:
artificial intelligence, education reform, innovation, funding, advisory council, broadband, Oklahoma Broadband Office, broadband access, statewide broadband plan, internet connectivity, grant programs, expansion council, termination plan, Oklahoma, Gas Hub, national laboratory, public-private partnerships, aerospace, high-performance computing, economic development
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Technology and Telecommunications 2ND REVISED Apr 16th, 2026
Technology and Telecommunications
Transcript Highlights:
- And so what we're asking is the Oklahoma Broadband Office to develop a plan, kind of their wind-down
- And so what we're asking is Oklahoma Broadband Office to develop a plan, kind of their wind down plan
- obviously as they Oklahoma Broadband Office to develop a plan, kind of their wind-down plan, obviously
- So was the broadband office consulted about this new provision that was going to be enacted?
- ... ...joint committee that is overseeing all the transformational role broadband.
Keywords:
artificial intelligence, education reform, innovation, funding, advisory council, broadband, Oklahoma Broadband Office, broadband access, statewide broadband plan, internet connectivity, grant programs, expansion council, termination plan, Oklahoma, Gas Hub, national laboratory, public-private partnerships, aerospace, high-performance computing, economic development
Summary:
The Senate Technology and Telecommunications Committee considered several House bills focused on artificial intelligence, data infrastructure, broadband, and education technology. House Bill 3176 would create an Oklahoma Gas Artificial Intelligence and Space Research Hub under the Department of Commerce and a National Laboratory Development Program to help Oklahoma pursue federal research designations; members questioned the fiscal impact, public reporting, and agency placement, and the bill passed 7-1. House Bill 3544 would prohibit minors from accessing AI social companions and authorize civil penalties; supporters cited research and safety concerns, and it passed 8-0. House Bill 3619 would modernize state geographic data collection and mapping for census and boundary purposes; members raised concerns about county boundaries, costs, and possible impacts on property and taxation, and it passed 6-2.
The committee also advanced House Bill 3546, which bars artificial intelligence and other non-human entities from being granted legal personhood under Oklahoma law, passing 8-0 without debate. House Bill 1782 would create an Oklahoma AI Education Innovation Act with an advisory council and grant fund; members asked about funding formulas, membership, and dual office-holding, and it passed 8-0. House Bill 2293 would extend the Oklahoma Broadband Office sunset while requiring a wind-down plan and legislative review; members discussed the office’s consultation and termination process, and it passed 8-0.
Finally, House Bill 4358 would limit screen time for pre-K through fifth grade students to one hour per school day. After questions about enforcement, classroom logistics, and special events, the author struck the title to continue working on the measure, and the bill passed 8-0. Throughout the meeting, members generally expressed support for the policy goals of the bills while flagging implementation, fiscal, and jurisdictional concerns.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Foods in central rural Foods in central rural Minnesota<00:48:18.280><c> Sprout</c><00:48:18.880
- </c> homes and businesses namely in rural homes and businesses namely in rural areas<01:01:03.240><c>
- The DEED Digital Opportunity Plan focuses on broadband connections for veterans, people living in rural
- The DEED Digital Opportunity Plan focuses on broadband connections for veterans, people living in rural
- thinks broadband deployment is.
Keywords:
HF44, Casey Jones State Trail, Pipestone Trailhead, Currie Loop, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, trail rehabilitation, trail reconstruction, recreational trail, bike trail, hiking trail, infrastructure, state trail, Pipestone, Currie, bonding authorization
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 5th, 2026 at 04:18 pm
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- The impact on rural health care is significant.
- So we both represent rural New Mexico, and rural New Mexicans deserve access to this type of care.
- in the Rural Telecommunications Act.
- The Office of Broadband, in combination with the broadband programs at the Public Regulation Commission
- telephone broadband companies throughout the state.
Bills:
SB190, SB152, SB77, SB150, SB151, SB156, SB172, SB182, SB185, SB212, SB170, SB133, SB174, SB163
Keywords:
cancer treatment, revenue bonds, Gila Regional Medical Center, Nor-Lea General Hospital, healthcare funding, telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Investments in Information Technology Improvement & Modernization Proj. Oversight Board (12-11-23)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRcDOc9U-Bk, 2026-06-21T07:17:05+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start 00:00:00
Roll Call 00:00:21
Discussion on Governance Structures in Other States 00:01:27
Discussion with Property Valuation Administrators 00:21:04
Broadband Deployment 00:34:47
Infrastructure Construction 00:52:15
Charter Communication 01:04:55
LG&E/KU 01:20:50
Rural Electric Cooperatives 01:54:36
Public Service Commission 02:01:50, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47