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The $65 Billion Infrastructure Effort to Expand Broadband in America, Explained

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The 2021 White House Infrastructure proposal includes $65 billion for expanding broadband access. The question now is, how to spend it? Republicans want to contract out expanding the grid to private companies while democrats want to fund municipalities to build out publicly owned broadband infrastructure. Here’s what’s happening.

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The Plan to Replace All Lead Pipes in America, Explained

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From Flint, Michigan to many other small towns across the country we haven’t heard about, lead pipes have had a negative impact on millions of households. The infrastructure plan making its way through congress contains $45 billion dollars to replace all lead pipes in America. Here is exactly what’s happening.

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