NDIA’s State of Digital Inclusion in the States provides a comprehensive and ongoing assessment and celebration of states’ digital inclusion work. NDIA’s prior efforts to learn about state digital inclusion initiatives (previously titled the ‘Digital Equity Scorecard’) were heavily focused on digital skills.

They look at six indicators:

• Indicator 1: The state dedicates human or financial resources to digital inclusion and found
  39 States have at least one dedicated staff person whose primary role is to advance digital inclusion initiatives
• Indicator 2: The state contributes to the digital inclusion ecosystem and has established a mechanism for ongoing public feedback and found
  7 States participate in a digital inclusion coalition.
• Indicator 3: The state connects residents with digital skills resources for education and training opportunities and found
  33 States share digital skills resources on publicly accessible platforms 33 3.1 . Does the state share digital skills resources
• Indicator 4: The state creates and contributes to pathways for device access or low-cost device ownership and found
  13 States contribute to the supply, preparation, or deployment of devices for public benefit
• Indicator 5: The state supports affordability through competition and consumer assistance and found
  35 States permit public providers, public-private provider partnerships, and cooperatively organized providers to deliver broadband service without imposing significant regulatory barriers
• Indicator 6: The state shares digital inclusion data with the community and uses it to inform its work and found
  11 States host publicly available demographic data or data visualizations related to the social determinants of digital equity

Also, the report mentions Minnesota…

The Minnesota State legislature recently repealed barriers to local governments seeking to provide broadband services to residents. The new law removes requirements for municipalities to obtain supermajority approval via a local referendum to purchase or construct networks. The law also allows municipalities to provide broadband service in areas where other providers offer comparable service, which will promote market competition