Federal broadband program helping more than 300,000 Cook County residents set to expire

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Federal broadband program helping more than 300,000 Cook County residents set to expire

A person works on a laptop. The federal Affordable Connectivity Program is expected to end in April, leaving millions of Americans without access to affordable home internet.Elise Amendola/AP file A federal pandemic-era program that helped millions of households pay less for internet service is expected to go away in the coming weeks, but some service providers are offering their own discounted programs.From December 2021, more than 23 million …