Morning Word: Digital Divide Impacts Rural Students

Digital Divide

Access to the internet at home is still difficult in small towns across New Mexico. Only 1 in 3 rural residents has it. Las Cruces Sun-News journalist Damien Willis filed

on the problem, especially for students trying to do their homework, often using a the WiFi signal found in a business' parking lot.

Creative Approach

US Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-NM, ahead of a potential 2018 gubernatorial bid, says

to boost New Mexico’s economy.

Lujan Grisham says private businesses can take the lead, but the government still has a role.

Johnson Gets Airtime

Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson got some airtime on CNN to talk about his bid for the White House and says he’s a legitimate alternative to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

'Feel the Bern'

Bernie Sanders was the winner of Heath Haussamen’s

, easily beating Hillary Clinton.

Tax Refund Delays Questioned, Again

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that Democratic Rep. Debbie Armstrong, of Albuquerque, is demanding Taxation and Revenue Secretary Demesia Padilla

and questioning tax refund delays, especially with seniors ... including her mother.

Captured

The FBI says that

, who is wanted in connection with a prison gang’s death threats against top New Mexico Correction Department officials, was arrested by Albuquerque police on Sunday.

Safe Options for Drug Users

With thousands of Americans dying from drug overdoses related to opiates, including heroin, government officials, according to the Associated Press, are

, like they do in some European cities.

Santa Fe Reporter