Stuff you need to know, 6.27.23

“NM awarded $675M from White House high-speed broadband internet initiative”
by Ashley Murray for Source New Mexico
June 27, 2023

The Biden administration’s “Internet for All” program will distribute $42.4 billion across the country. New Mexico’s share will help to bring broadband coverage to roughly 23 percent of the state that is still without reliable internet access, according to New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.

Click on the above link to read this free-access article. Be sure to also read two sidebar stories on workforce issues that may affect broadband expansion in the New Mexico and errors in federal mapping of each state’s internet deserts that will be used to determine local allocations.

“MLG Sets Up Abortion Hotline”
The Associated Press, reposted in The Paper
June 26, 2023

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says her administration has set up a new telephone hotline for women seeking access to abortion clinics plus transportation and other assistance.

Click on the above link to read this free-access article.

“Virgin Galactic sets date and announces crew for first commercial SpaceShipTwo flight”
by Jeff Foust, SpaceNews
June 26, 2023

Full details of the research mission of the launch set for Thursday at Spaceport America.

Click on the above link to read this free-access article.

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Diana Tittle
Diana Tittle

Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.

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