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Synergy is Key to Rural Broadbandification
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Co-ops Take a Page from the History Books to Move the Needle on Broadband Expansion, With the Help of Community Partners The plan was only 11 pages long. In 1934, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called for the proposal that led to the creation of the Rural Electrification Administration (REA), aimed at electrifying the rural residents

Wild for Flowers
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Wisconsin’s Woodlands are Brimming with Blooms We’ve had the April showers. Now it’s time for some May flowers! Head for the woods—any woods—for a visual feast as the first really warm temperatures of the year and the sunlight that reaches the ground unimpeded by a full canopy of summer leaves coax forth an abundance of

Reliable. Affordable. Accessible.
Co-op Difference
Most of us only think about electricity three times per month. The first is when we get our bill, the second is when we pay our bill, and the third time is when we flip the light switch, and the lights don’t come on. It would be the rare person who thinks about how the

Please Move Over for Roadside Crews
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Every year, workers along the sides of roads are injured or killed when a car crashes into the crew’s site, even though it’s marked with bright cones and warning signs. There’s an easy way to reduce those incidents that harm police officers and other first responders, road construction workers, and utility crews. There’s a slogan
Biden’s $2.3 T Infrastructure Package | Rep Kind’s $94 B Broadband Legislation | WI Declines Joining Pipeline Lawsuit | Outgoing NRECA President Lauds Charge EV | Foxconn WI May Produce EVs
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Biden Proposes $2.3 Trillion Infrastructure Package President Joe Biden unveiled the details of his proposed $2.3 trillion “infrastructure” plan which includes $621 billion to modernize transportation infrastructure, $400 billion to help care for the aging and those with disabilities, $300 billion to boost the manufacturing industry, $213 billion for retrofitting and building affordable housing, and