Texas library commission awarded $8M for expanded broadband access

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The U.S. Department of the Treasury awarded a nearly $8 million grant to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) to expand broadband access to community libraries.The $7.8 million in funds comes from the Library Infrastructure and Facility Access Improvement Grant and is designed to expand "high-quality modern infrastructure at Texas libraries," per a TSLAC release. TSLAC collaborated with the Texas Broadband Development Office throughout the funding proposa