Commentary: Texas Lege should invest in broadband, water

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Commentary: Texas Lege should invest in broadband, water
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Broadband expansion and certainty of water are both long-term, high impact investments for Texas.

Texas has an opportunity to invest some of the $32.7 billion revenue surplus into broadband expansion and certainty of our water future, according to Texas 2036.Broadband internet service is equivalent to the creation of the farm-to-market road of the 21st century.

To realize that promise, though, depends a lot on what lawmakers accomplish this legislative session, now entering its final weeks. Tools are coming online, though, to facilitate closing the digital divide in Texas and we need to be agile to reap the benefits.encourages the expansion of high-speed internet access by providing funding for planning and deployment of broadband infrastructure nationwide.

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