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Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Jun. 28, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Dallas Morning News. June 25, 2021. Editorial: ERCOT shouldn’t be exempt from laws of open government The Electric...

Kentucky seeking input on efforts to expand broadband

Jun. 28, 2021 04:00 AM EDT
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky is seeking input from broadband providers in the next phase of an effort to expand internet access, Gov. Andy Beshear said. ...

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Jun. 21, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Cleveland Plain Dealer. June 20, 2021. Editorial: Fairer Ohio redistricting does not include arming one party at taxpayer expense ...

The Louisiana State Senate is shown on a TV at a House lawmaker's desk on the last day of the legislative session, Thursday, June 10, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
Louisiana steers federal money to infrastructure upgrades

By Melinda Deslatte Jun. 15, 2021 05:11 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 16, 2020, file photo, students and instructors at the STEM Santa Fe engineering camp gather on a video call as seen through the laptop of instructor Esther Lescht in her home in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico education officials are budgeting up to $10 million in pandemic relief money to create internships for high schools students, while nonprofits and school districts are bringing back summer enrichment opportunities to meet rising demand. As many as 2,600 students across New Mexico could participate in the internship program. according to the Public Education Department, which announced the program on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio, File)
New Mexico begins push to improve spotty internet access

By Morgan Lee Jun. 10, 2021 12:02 AM EDT

Santee Cooper is ready to offer broadband on its extra lines

May. 29, 2021 12:09 PM EDT
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) — Santee Cooper is taking applications from companies that want to use its extra fiber and transmission lines to bring broadband...

$750M in virus aid for NC broadband expansion OK'd by House

May. 26, 2021 06:27 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina House unanimously approved legislation on Wednesday that aims to spend $750 million in federal coronavirus relief funds...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper delivers his State of the State address before a joint session of the North Carolina House and Senate, Monday, April 26, 2021, in Raleigh, N.C. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP)
Broadband, education atop Cooper's $5.7B virus aid proposals

By Gary D. Robertson May. 19, 2021 04:34 AM EDT

DeWine signs bill on grant program to help expand broadband

May. 17, 2021 04:53 PM EDT
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation Monday creating a grant program meant to help expand broadband access in underserved and rural...

FILE - In this Tuesday Aug. 4, 2020, file photo, volunteer Wendy Dutler hands out computers during a drive-thru giveaway event in Dallas. Americans can begin applying for $50 off their internet bill on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, as part of an emergency government program to keep people connected during the pandemic. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
Emergency program to give people $50 off internet bill

By Tali Arbel May. 12, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 19, 2020, file photo, Anna Louisa, 18, holds her school-issued laptop at the Lower East Side Preparatory School in New York. About 8% of New York's public school students did not have a laptop or other device to use for remote learning in the first months of the school year, and about 6% lacked adequate internet access, survey results released Wednesday, May 5, 2021, show. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Survey: Many NY students began year without device, internet

By Carolyn Thompson May. 05, 2021 06:40 PM EDT

Judge: New Mexico must give at-home students fast internet

By Cedar Attanasio Apr. 30, 2021 08:29 PM EDT
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge has ordered education officials to provide computers and high-speed internet to students who still don’t have them in...

New Mexico to fund blimp broadband study for rural internet

By Cedar Attanasio Apr. 27, 2021 04:45 PM EDT
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is finalizing a $3.2 million contract to a dirigible manufacturer to study the viability of distributing high-speed internet...

Maine gov: Expanding high-speed internet critical for state

Apr. 27, 2021 11:44 AM EDT
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's governor told a legislative committee on Tuesday that the creation of a new connectivity authority would help bring affordable...

Dane County forms task force to expand internet access

Apr. 24, 2021 09:59 AM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Officials in Dane County have created a task force to explore how to expand internet access for rural residents. The...

First Lady Jill Biden is welcomed to the Navajo Nation on a hotel sign in Window Rock, Ariz., on Thursday, April 22, 2021. The trip is Biden’s third to the vast reservation that stretches into Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)
Navajo students describe pandemic struggles to Jill Biden

By Felicia Fonseca Apr. 23, 2021 02:10 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Tennessee

By The Associated Press Apr. 21, 2021 03:39 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Tennessee newspapers: ___ April 20 The Johnson City Press on continuing...

Karmen Bastyur, a 22 year old Hungarian Roma woman, lifts her daughter Fruzsina after giving her a bath in the family home which lacks running water in Bodvaszilas, Hungary, Monday, April 12,2021. Many students from Hungary's Roma minority do not have access to computers or the internet and are struggling to keep up with online education during the pandemic. Surveys show that less than half of Roma families in Hungary have cable and mobile internet and 13% have no internet at all. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)
Hungary's poor Roma children struggle with digital education

By Justin Spike Apr. 20, 2021 02:53 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 12, 2021 file photo, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer U.S. talks about the statewide COVID-19 vaccination effort during a press conference in Ypsilanti, Mich. A recent spike in coronavirus cases in some states has led one of the nation's top health experts to suggest that governors could “close things down” like they did during previous surges. But that doesn't appear likely to happen — not even in states led by Democratic governors who favored greater restrictions in the past. (Lon Horwedel/Detroit News via AP, File)
Whitmer vetoes GOP broadband bill: Too costly and too slow

By Anna Liz Nichols Apr. 14, 2021 06:31 PM EDT

New Mexico leads US Southwest in broadband needs

By Susan Montoya Bryan Apr. 12, 2021 04:13 PM EDT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has the highest percentage of residents in the U.S. Southwest without adequate broadband internet service, a problem...