As the private and public sectors are pushed further into the digital age, lawmakers at every level of government are searching for ways to expand internet infrastructure.

Soon, the federal government will begin distributing $42 billion across the country to aid in the mission of closing the digital divide.

But advocates and state officials say the data they plan to use to determine who gets what could mean the Rio Grande Valley doesn’t see its fair share.

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Perla Talamante, 37, calls her neighbor while outside her home Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Salineno. Talamante lives atop a hill overlooking the road winding down through Salineno just 2 miles from the river dividing the U.S. from Mexico. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
The Starr County sky seen during sunset Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Salineno. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
Perla Talamante children doing schoolwork at home Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Salineno. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
On the roof top of Perla Talamante’s home is the internet and satellite dish Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Salineno. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
Perla Talamente’s home seen Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Salineno. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
Internet billboards line the main street to town of Salineno on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
Lyanna, 12, lies comfortably on her mother’s Perla Talamente’s bed and looks over her school work at her home in Salineno on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected]
Samuel,11, sits outside his home on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Salineno. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
Perla Talamente and her children seen Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Salineno. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])

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