Maine delegation urges Trump administration to unfreeze digital equity grants

Maine lawmakers urge Trump admin to unfreeze 'essential' Digital Equity Act funds

Legislators from Maine said the Digital Equity Act was "essential" for their state, one of the most rural in the nation.

States Forced To Kill Millions In Rural Broadband Investment After Trump Illegally Kills The Digital Equity Act… Simply For Having The Word ‘Equity’ In It

Last week we noted how Trump illegally declared he was killing the $2.75 billion Digital Equity Act. The law, passed as part of the infrastructure bill, was slated to bring millions in new broadband grants and digital literacy tools to Americans of all kinds long stuck on the wrong side of the digital divide. The…

Maine delegation urges Trump administration to unfreeze digital equity grants

Maine's members of Congress argue that terminating the Digital Equity Act and related grants 'will have an outsized impact on Maine families, small businesses, and communities.'

States Could Be Key in Tackling Digital Equity Act Freeze: Benton's Sohn

The only unconstitutional aspect of the Digital Equity Act is the president trying to end a program authorized by a bipartisan Congress, which also appropriated its funding, said Gigi Sohn, a Benton Institute for Broadband & Society senior fellow, during...

Maine Lawmakers: Reverse Digital Equity Cancellations

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2025 – Maine lawmakers urged the Commerce Department Wednesday to reverse its cancellation of digital equity grants.“Terminating these funds will increase the difficulties for individuals and families to use the internet to improve their lives and fully participate in an increasingly digital world,” lawmakers wrote in a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. “We urge the Department of Commerce to reverse this decision i…

$20 million grant for Benton Harbor terminated by the Trump Administration

A $20 million Environmental Protection Agency grant for the city of Benton Harbor that was rescinded by the Trump administration this year and then later restored has been rescinded again. Speaking to the Benton Harbor City Commission this week, Mayor Marcus Muhammad said he was recently in Washington, D.C. to seek the reinstatement of the funds. “We were advocating for the Inflation Reduction Act, for that money to be allocated toward what it w…