High-Speed Internet

The issue is widespread, but low-income areas often face multiple barriers to adequate internet access.

“I’m sure Gov. Pritzker didn’t think the internet providers would be causing the digital divide, but they are,” said one member of the community who's been pushing for high speed internet for more than a decade.

Almost all Illinois residents have access to basic internet speeds, but it’s expensive and too slow. Will federal money help?

Service finally may begin in Fairmont City in the spring.

Missouri’s senior senator traveled to six small towns to talk about economic development and health care issues facing rural areas.

University of Missouri Extension researchers say expanding broadband will help more prosper, if people use the technology.

A Washington, D.C., think tank suggests connecting rural areas to faster internet service can help bring the country together.

Lynn Weaks doesn’t have internet access at home. A smartphone, she said, “was basically all I had.”Her four children often stayed after school at Ashland…

ROLLA — More than $60 million in grants and low-interest loans is headed to Missouri as part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture program to increase…

Missouri will soon open a state office devoted to helping rural communities get access to high-speed internet.The Department of Agriculture and Department…