New Mexico Trying To Organize Broadband Efforts - By Cedar Attanasio Associated Press
The New Mexico Legislature is considering a bill that would consolidate the efforts of multiple state agencies to expand high-speed internet.
The effort comes a year into the pandemic that has pushed education and health care online, eroding residents access to public services proportional to how far they are from an internet connection. We watched the collapse of our educational system during the COVID, and during the shutdown. And we all were watching our kids and our grandkids, dealing with this problem, said Rep. Susan Herrera, of Embudo, who represents residents in three surrounding rural counties north of Santa Fe.