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Senator moves to protect Broadband Bridge contracts after planned sweep of lapsed funds
Summary
Senator DeBoer offered AM 14‑10 to limit a planned sweep of Broadband Bridge carryover funds so the Public Service Commission can honor existing broadband build contracts; discussion focused on timing and whether $4 million or $5 million would lapse.
Senator DeBoer on the floor of the Nebraska Legislature urged colleagues to adopt an amendment, AM 14‑10, to adjust a planned sweep of lapsed funds from the Broadband Bridge program so that existing broadband build contracts would not be canceled. DeBoer said the item is “a kind of complex question” and explained that the budget “murder sheet” listed a $5 million lapse but the Public Service Commission could only provide $4 million because about $2.2 million of earlier…
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