States Weighing Response to Trump’s Cancellation of Digital Equity Funding
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2025 – State broadband offices and nonprofits received notice on Friday that digital equity grants had been canceled. States are weighing their next steps. Toni Hamburg Clithero,
Reactions to President Trump’s Attack on the Digital Equity Act
Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) said, “On the same day Senate Republicans voted to strip internet access from students and educators, President Trump is illegally attempting to end a program
Senator Murray Blasts Trump’s Attack on Resources to Close Digital Divide: “Republicans Will Have to Explain Why Middle Schoolers in Rural Districts Shouldn’t Get Laptops”
Murray first authored and introduced the Digital Equity Act in 2019 and got it passed into law as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Patty