Hiawatha Broadband Communications pulls out amidst a range of concerns-- The news just keeps getting worse for the troubled Monticello publicly financed telecom system. Recent news reports and events continue to confirm that Mayor Clint Herbst was right when he admitted “we shouldn’t be in the telecommunications business at all”. Following up on the heels of …
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Minnesota's License to Kill (Jobs)
Dozens of job-killing licensing laws identified in new study ST. PAUL—A first of its kind report concludes that dozens of state licensing laws make it harder for low-to-middle income Minnesotans to find a job, forcing them to waste valuable time and resources obtaining a license that may not even be required for the same job in another state. License to Work, a study by the Institute for …
DC Oversight Hearing on Stimulus Broadband Funding Includes Controversial Lake Co. Project
A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee oversight hearing this morning in Washington will focus on “whether taxpayers are getting their money’s worth” out of $7.2 billion in broadband grants and loans under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Two northern Minnesota projects were singled out in the hearing memo for the House Energy and Commerce …