$1B for WA broadband gets Trump administration approval

By: Jake Goldstein-Street

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: February 27, 2026

Words: 553

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

More than $1 billion to bring high-speed internet to more than 166,000 homes and businesses will soon flow in Washington.

The federal government approved the state’s plans for spending the money this week, a final hurdle to accessing the funds.

Washington was one of the last states to get the OK from the feds for the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment, or BEAD, program.

Most of the money, $736 million, comes …

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