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Earlier this month, the SHLB Coalition hosted #BuildWithSHLB, a Giving Tuesday campaign to raise $20,000 in support of our work to close the digital...

Earlier this week, the Senate started to debate the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a $1 trillion package that includes $65 billion for...

Libraries today may be on the brink of a great mobilization to narrow the digital divide. The needs are there, and money is certainly available....

The Federal Communications Commission’s Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) is a $7 billion opportunity that will allow schools and libraries to...

The recently-approved American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocated $7.171 billion to a new Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF), an historic expansion of...

I know, I know. You don’t want to think about 2020 anymore. But the SHLB Coalition just published our 2020 Annual Report last month, and it...

Introduction With nearly everything happening in virtual spaces due to the coronavirus pandemic, broadband access has never been more critical....

By Alicja Johnson, communications manager, SHLB Coalition For this year's Giving Tuesday, SHLB asked our community to help us raise $10,000 for our...

“We should construct broadband policy based on the ways people use broadband, and that has changed drastically,” writes Benton Senior...

We already know that the Federal Communication Commission’s current broadband maps are flawed – they overstate broadband availability,...

By Emily Olson, chief operating officer, SHLB Coalition In 2013, SHLB’s office was based in my living room. We had 32 wonderful member...

Healthcare providers are hurting. As positive coronavirus cases increase in many rural parts of the country, hospitals and health clinics struggle...