{"id":48256,"date":"2025-12-05T14:19:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T21:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=48256"},"modified":"2025-12-18T14:46:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T21:46:21","slug":"state-broadband-director-on-expanding-internet-across-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/state-broadband-director-on-expanding-internet-across-new-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"State Broadband Director on Expanding Internet Across New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"State Broadband Director on Expanding Internet Across New Mexico\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q6d5fuvzY2w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" 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