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Broadband proposals advance in the Montana Legislature

April 20, 2021/

Montana State Legislature

Expanding broadband infrastructure has emerged as a top priority for both Democrats and Republicans in the 67th Legislature, and several bills, along with hundreds of millions of federal COVID relief dollars, are poised to potentially remake access to high-speed internet in Montana.

Sen. Jason Ellsworth, a Hamilton Republican sponsoring legislation to create a massive program to subsidize broadband expansion in the state, said his interest in the subject grew out of his own business experience.

 

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