RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Governor Glenn Youngkin recently announced that a proposal has been published to help Virginia complete its goal of ensuring all homes, businesses and community centers have access to a high-speed internet connection.

Once approved, the state's Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Final Proposal -- published by the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) -- will grant $613 million in federal funding to provide connection for 133,500 Virginia locations that don't have high-speed internet services, a release from Youngkin's office said.

Back in 2022, 435,924 customers in Virginia were without high-speed internet services. The Commonwealth eventually funded connections to a large group of customers through federal and state resources, leavin

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