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Rural Kansas has been left on the wrong side of the digital divide, but some new technology and fresh business models hold some hope for broadband in remote places.
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Governor Parson is allocating nearly $50 million in COVID Relief Funds to expand broadband services, and the election brings notable firsts to the Kansas and Missouri legislatures.
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With COVID-19 forcing schools across the metro to cancel classes and many peole to work from home, the “digital divide" between those with easy and…
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In the 1990s, the near future looked like a place where distance would no longer matter. In an increasingly online economy, location would matter less...
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Swiss Meat and Sausage has been butchering animals and selling meats in a small, unincorporated east-central Missouri town for 50 years. Co-owner Janice…
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Super(natural?) savingsKris Kobach contends that he could cut nearly $2 billion from the cost of Kansas Medicaid budget.The hard-line conservative…
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Bucks from jocksThe University of Kansas is wrestling, as Stephen Koranda puts it, with a $20 million budget cut and whether its well-heeled athletic…
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Boondocks broadbandHow you gonna keep ’em down on the farm if they can’t stream Netflix?The Federal Communications Commission sent seven grants to Kansas…
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Gary Smith has worked at the grain elevator at Okaw Farmer’s Co-op in Lovington, Illinois, for 40 years. On his desk sit two computer screens, where he...
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Google Fiber is scheduled to make a "special announcement" on Thursday, July 26, at 11 am CDT.Google Inc.'s ultra-fast broadband network, Google Fiber,…