Efforts to secure a $30 million federal grant to bring high-speed broadband communications to East Texas got a big boost Monday. Gregg County commissioners pledged $117,000 to the East Texas Council of Governments to help match federal grant funds from a $32 billion pot of stimulus money set aside for helping rural communities get up to speed on the internet.

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