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IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH contributed photo A legislative subcommittee advanced a bill providing grants for companies expanding high-speed broadband service in targeted areas. Some communications companies told state lawmakers Tuesday that Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal to offer state grants to provide high-speed broadband service across Iowa may require speeds that would be hard to provide everywhere. A legislative subcommittee advanced House Study Bill 133. The action came after industry representatives took issue with the broadband speeds the measure requires before special state grants covering up to 75 percent of project costs are approved in areas that have poor or no service. In short, critics of Reynolds’ proposed legislation said the rules would make it harder to get good service to rural areas.

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