Melissa Sevigny

Melissa Sevigny

In Arizona, the rural-urban divide manifests itself in multiple ways — including when it comes to voting.

An effort known as the Rural Utah Project has teamed up with Google to improve the situation in our Four Corners’ neighbors, and it’s planning to bring the service to Arizona later this year.

Melissa Sevigny, science and technology reporter for KNAU in Flagstaff, has reported on it. She joined The Show to explain “Plus Codes”  and why are they a key to the project.

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