Former House speaker Kelliher to lead panel on expanding broadband in Minnesota

    Margaret Anderson Kelliher, who now runs the Minnesota High-Tech Association, will lead a group tasked with finding out how to expand access to high-speed Internet across Minnesota. The hope is that improved access to broadband will lead to economic gains for the state as a whole.
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    Margaret Anderson Kelliher, who now runs the Minnesota High-Tech Association, will lead a group tasked with finding out how to expand access to high-speed Internet across Minnesota. The hope is that improved access to broadband will lead to economic gains for the state as a whole.

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