Missouri, Illinois make push for their share of billions in broadband grant money - STLtoday.com

Call it the broadband lottery. Across the land, some 2,200 communities, schools, local governments, nonprofits and businesses are hoping to cash in on billions of free federal dollars aimed at improving the nation's Internet access.

Winning won't be easy, not with $28 billion in requests chasing the $4 billion set aside in the initial round of funding. Missouri and Illinois alone account for some $2 billion worth of those broadband dreams...