By Patrick Sherrill Bridging the digital divide has long been the talk of politicians and businesses across Texas and the United States. Rural telephone cooperatives like mine have been part of that discussion, strongly advocating for real solutions to ensure all Texans can access reliable broadband.It’s more than talk nowWe’re finally seeing action—and much-needed funding to connect Texans with $3.3 billion from the federal Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program (BEAD).We, as voters, need to do our part to draw down federal dollars by approving Proposition 8 in the November 7 election. This important measure will allocate $1.5 billion already ...