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Capitol Report from Rep. Lewis from week of June 7-11


Capitol Report from Rep. Lewis from week of June 7-11
Missouri 6th District Rep. Ed Lewis
Note: The following Capitol Report is from Missouri House District 6 Representative Ed Lewis for happenings taking place the week of June 7-11. Rep. Lewis can be reached by calling 573-751-6566 or email at: [email protected].

I attended the Northeast Regional Broadband Meeting at Northeast Power in Palmyra on Friday, June 11. Representative Louis Riggs was hosting the meeting and I think of him as the guru of Broadband. His broadband bill (HB1768) in 2020 has moved broadband Internet forward in Missouri and he has recently been appointed by Speaker Vescovo to serve as the chair of the Interim Joint Committee on Broadband Internet. Access to broadband internet is a driver for economic growth and rural community development. ....

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Regional broadband meeting spurs steering committee


PALMYRA, Mo. — Northeast Power hosted their regional stakeholder meeting for broadband internet on Friday, bringing together broadband providers, representatives from different industries, and government officials who shared the goals of increasing broadband access for rural Missourians and improving internet affordability and speed.
Rep. Louis Riggs (R-5) said the variety of people who filled the meeting to capacity reflected the community’s shared goal for improving internet access for rural Missourians. The COVID-19 pandemic “exacerbated, but also educated”, Riggs said, laying bare the fact that 23% of all students in Missouri were studying with less than a 25 megabit download/5 megabit upload speed. The latest goals are to get speeds to a 100/100 download/upload speed, and there are billions of dollars coming down through federal programs to help expand rural broadband access, improve affordability and speeds and address “urban deserts” in Mis ....

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