Allegations of favoritism have been made against the state office responsible for expanding rural broadband in Texas. The office, which distributes billions of dollars, is accused of offering sweetheart deals to certain companies. These companies provide low earth orbit satellite broadband, a technology used by Elon Musk's Starlink.

The Texas governor's office has asked for broadband rules that would benefit this type of service. Further details on the allegations and the state office's response are available from Houston Public Media.