internet access

Officials with Meridiam and the City of Selma pose at the groundbreaking for a $230 million broadband internet project on March 2, 2024, in Selma, Alabama.

Business

This new high-speed fiber internet project aims to close the technology gap in Alabama’s Black Belt

Maya Miller

The $230 million project, which broke ground in Selma in early March, will reach around 53,000 homes and businesses.

A group of people sit and work on their computers remotely. Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi are each set to receive at least $100 million to help expand high speed internet access as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

News

Gulf States will get $100M to expand internet access. Here’s what they’re prioritizing

Bobbi-Jeanne Misick

Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi are set to receive $100 million from the infrastructure bill to expand internet access, but each state will have a different set of priorities.

Coastal Desk

Coastal News Roundup: How Sea Level Rise Threatens The Internet, And More

Travis Lux

This week on the Coastal News Roundup: a newish technology called environmental DNA, how sea level rise threatens internet infrastructure, and what we can…

Features

Poorer communities continue to suffer lack of broadband access — and related opportunity

This is a repost of a Lens story, first published March 23, in light of news that The Times-Picayune will be cutting back to three published newspapers a…