Residents in Michigan's rural areas face challenges with remote learning and work due to poor broadband access

Thousands of rural Michigan residents don't have access to high-speed internet which has been a challenge as they try to work and continue their education remotely during the pandemic. House Bill 4210 would have expanded broadband access in rural areas and made the equipment used for this service tax exempt. Gov Gretchen Whitmer (D) rejected the bill partially because the broadband speeds it called for aren’t high enough. The bill sets the connection speed at 25 megabits per second, but Gov Whitmer said in a letter to the State House explains that speed just doesn’t fit the needs of modern living.