Gov. Pritzker Urges Trump Administration to Approve Broadband Expansion Plan
Pritzker says the delay leaves 383,000 mostly rural residents without high-speed internet and keeps schools, hospitals and farms offline.
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Gov. Pritzker Urges Trump Administration to Approve Broadband Expansion Plan
CHICAGO – Today, Governor JB Pritzker urged U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to promptly approve Illinois’ Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Final Proposal, which would deliver $1.04 billion in federal funding to expand broadband access to more than 383,000 Illinois residents, the vast majority living in rural communities. Illinois and California are the only two states awaiting approval.“Service providers are ready to get…
Capitol News Illinois | Pritzker urges feds to release $1B in broadband funds to Illinois
Gov. J.B. Pritzker sent a letter to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday, urging him to approve Illinois’ proposal for federal broadband infrastructure funds. The $1 billion proposal would connect roughly 383,000 people, mostly in rural areas, to high-speed…
Pritzker urges feds to release $1B in broadband funds to Illinois – Capitol News IL
“At this point, it seems unusual and targeted that the U.S. Department of Commerce had the capacity to complete in-depth reviews and approvals for every single state except for Illinois and California,” Gov. JB Pritzker wrote in his letter to Secretary Howard Lutnick. “Illinois families and businesses in rural areas are the ones paying the price.”
Pritzker Urges Secretary Lutnick to Release Illinois’ BEAD Funding
WASHINGTON, May 13, 2026 – Illinois is one of two states still waiting on the Trump administration to approve and fund major broadband deployment projects. And Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, D, is unhappy about it.In a letter on Tuesday, Democrat Pritzker urged Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to promptly approve Illinois’ Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment Final Proposal for funding. The federal funding would deliver $1.04 billion to expand …
Pritzker urges feds to release $1B in broadband funds to Illinois | Illinois State Bar Association
Pritzker urges feds to release $1B in broadband funds to IllinoisGov. JB Pritzker sent a letter to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday, urging him to approve Illinois’ proposal for federal broadband infrastructure funds. Source: Capitol News Illinois
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