A Democratic state lawmaker in Wisconsin wants his state to retain control over its full allocation under the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, including the $363 million not tapped for expanding infrastructure.

The following article appeared on Broadband Breakfast: WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2025 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is telling states that participants in the agency’s $42.45 billion broadband grant program will have to be exempt from certain state broadband regulations, the agency’s top official said Tuesday. NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth said Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program participants would be exempt from state laws mandati

The following article appeared on Broadband Breakfast: WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2025 – Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., would prefer her state funded more fiber under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, she said Thursday. The Trump administration handed down new rules for the $42.45 billion broadband expansion program in June, ending an explicit preference for fiber and requiring another bidding round with an emphasis on lowering deployment costs. It made it easier fo

The following article appeared on Light Reading : At a Glance Sohn's perspective on how the BEAD program is unfolding under the Trump administration's NTIA (03:23) What's happening with BEAD non-deployment funds and why Republicans need to speak up to help retain them (16:10) How communities that are being left behind by BEAD can secure their own broadband futures with public networks (24:24) In this episode, we speak with Gigi Sohn, executive director of the American Associ