The new office will direct hundreds of millions in federal dollars to expand broadband internet access across Mississippi, where some have estimated 40% of the state lacks access.
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today April 13, 2022 Gov. Tate Reeves on Wednesday signed into law the"Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi Act" and appointed former state senator and current Public Utilities Staff Director Sally Doty to run the new BEAM office. The effort has been likened to providing electricity to rural Mississippi in the 1930s.
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