Idaho pays feds $3.5 million to settle FCC broadband claims

Idaho has repaid the Federal Communications Commission $3.5 million to cover federal funds that went to the botched statewide school broadband contract.

State leaders made the payment Sept. 5 as part of a settlement with the federal agency over claims that the state misused more than $14 million in federal money by putting it toward the illegally awarded contract.

Idaho pays feds $3.5 million to settle FCC broadband claims