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A $5 billion investment in expanded Internet availability statewide is one step closer to the November ballot. The Texas House last Thursday overwhelmingly approved House Bill 9, which would ask Texas voters whether the state can spend the money to create the Texas Broadband Infrastructure Fund. The bill now heads to the Senate. The pandemic emphasized the need for Internet connectivity, but almost seven-million Texans don't have reliable broadband service, if they're connected at all.