The legislation would create a nonprofit organization focused on expanding digital access, skills training, and broadband adoption as federal digital equity programs face policy changes and funding uncertainty. […]

Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Angus King, I-Maine, introduced a bipartisan bill that aims to close the digital divide and promote “digital equity” utilizing $250 million in annual grants, according to a press release. […]