Now that Mardi Gras season has ended across Acadiana, LARC is asking residents not to toss leftover parade beads in the trash, but to donate them instead through its ongoing bead recycling program.

The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program is underway and on track, and the 10-year initiative is expected to continue as planned when a new presidential administration takes over ...

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has been vowing to “revamp” the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program—a federal-state partnership established by Congress in the ...

The federal government announced new rules for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program last week after a monthslong review process; states had been urging U.S. Secretary of Commerce ...

The latest states to announce BEAD program awards include Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and South Carolina where Brightspeed was awarded $181,064,376 to reach an additional ...

PHOENIX (KSAZ) --Children battling cancer are remembering each procedure they've gone through with a symbol of courage: a single bead. The Beads of Courage program is in its 15th year, and the ...