Appeals court nixes some FCC rules on robocalls
This Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, file photo, shows a call log displayed via an AT&T app on a cellphone in Orlando, Fla.
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Ten years ago, U.S. banks began to falter as the economic crisis…
This month marks the 10th anniversary of the financial meltdown. However, a critical turning point took place on a single night at the Capitol when the banking system was within hours of shutting down ATMs across the country.
Senate bill could allow 2 top banks to hold billions less in…
An internal report by a banking regulator projects how it might help JPMorgan and Citigroup, which owns Citibank. A bipartisan Senate bill quickly moving toward passage could allow two of the nation's biggest banks to reduce the amount of money they must keep on hand as a buffer against collapse by a collective $30 billion, an internal analysis by a top banking regulator has found.
Walmart and Kroger promised to switch to cage-free eggs. This obscure Iowa law could stop them.
Eggs from cage-free hens cost more to buy and produce. That's part of the reason Iowa lawmakers say they want more options for consumers.
Medicaid expansion supporters in Virginia have new hope
Executive Director of the Lackey Free Clinic, Carol Sale, gestures during an interview at the Lackey Free Clinic in Yorktown, Va., Thursday, March 1, 2018. Virginia lawmakers aren't going to pass a budget on schedule this year, the second time in four years that disagreements over Medicaid expansion have led to a stalemate.
Washington Becomes 1st State to Approve Net-neutrality Rules
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, center, speaks before signing a bill Monday, March 5, 2018, in Olympia, Wash., that makes Washington the first state to set up its own net-neutrality requirements in response to the Federal Communications Commission's recent repeal of Obama-era rules. The FCC voted in December to gut U.S. rules that meant to prevent broadband companies such as Comcast, AT&T and Verizon from exercising more control over what people watch and see on the internet.
Washington State Tells Ajit Pai to Suck It
As we likely all are aware, Ajit Pai's FCC voted a few months ago to undo federal Net Neutrality laws, and in that process the FCC also prohibited states from making their own "local" Net Neutrality laws. Washington state has stepped up to become the first to fully thumb its nose to the FCC by passing its own Net Neutrality protections .
We need to demand that our government protect free speech on the internet
In this day and age, it is close to impossible for anyone to get through life without using the internet. That reality is even more true here in Alaska, where larger distances separate us and we have less infrastructure to connect us.
Senate Democrats push for support to reinstate net neutrality
U.S. Senate Democrats launched efforts on Tuesday to win a vote to reinstate Obama-era rules guaranteeing an open internet, suggesting it would be a major issue in the 2018 mid-term elections. Democrats remain one Republican senator shy of winning a majority in the Senate to reverse the Federal Communications Commission's order to undo the 2015 open internet rules.
Senate Democrats Have a Plan To Save Net Neutrality
Republican-led Federal Communications Commission formally published a rule reversing long-standing and vital protections of the internet known as net neutrality . The FCC's new rule would let big corporations restrict how consumers access their favorite websites by forcing them to buy internet access in packages, paying more for "premium" service, as with cable television.
Appeals court says FTC can police telecommunications cos. Source: AP
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Will the FCC overturn net neutrality?
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is expected to publish on Thursday its December order overturning the landmark Obama-era net neutrality rules, two sources briefed on the matter said Tuesday. The formal publication in the Federal Register, a government website, means state attorneys general and advocacy groups will be able to sue in a bid to block the order from taking effect.
FCC reversal of net neutrality rules expected to be published Thursday: sources
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is expected to publish on Thursday its December order overturning the landmark Obama-era net neutrality rules, two sources briefed on the matter said Tuesday. The formal publication in the Federal Register, a government website, means state attorneys general and advocacy groups will be able to sue in a bid to block the order from taking effect.
IG Reviewing FCC Changes That Benefited Sinclair-Tribune Merger
The internal watchdog at the Federal Communications Commission opened an investigation into whether changes made by the agency last year improperly helped to grease the skids for Sinclair's purchase of Tribune, The New York Times reported. At issue is the timing.
FCC chair actions on eve of Sinclair-Tribune deal under scrutiny
The Federal Communications Commission's top internal watchdog has opened an investigation into whether agency chair Ajit Pai and others improperly changed rules governing ownership of TV stations in order to benefit Sinclair Broadcasting. The New York Times reported today that just weeks after Pai spearheaded rule changes last April that resulted in companies like Sinclair being able to own significantly more stations, the broadcasting giant said it had agreed to purchase Tribune Media for $3.9 billion.
Opioid Litigants Get Boost From Senate Report
A report released by Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill points to $10 million of payments flowing from a group of five opioid-producing companies to 15 patient advocacy groups over a five-year period. The hundreds of pending opioid abuse lawsuits likely have just received a jolt from a report from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs linking opioid manufacturers and patient advocacy groups.
Elon Musk’s Boring Company vying for Chicago airport rail contract: report
The man who has brought you electric cars, space rockets, solar shingles and recently, flamethrowers, could be heading underground in Chicago. That man is Elon Musk, head of Tesla and SpaceX.
Congressional Leaders Near Deal to Raise Spending over Two Years
Senate leaders, disregarding President Trump's threats to shut down the government, neared a far-reaching agreement on Wednesday to set spending levels on military and domestic spending for the next two years, breaking the cycle of fiscal crises that have bedeviled the Capitol since last summer. Nevertheless, it sparked immediate opposition from the leader of House Democrats, Representative Nancy Pelosi, who said she could not agree to any budget deal that was not accompanied by a promised debate over legislation to protect the fate of young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children, known as Dreamers.
Winter Olympics: Team USA pays taxes on medals, cash winnings
Stimson Center Chairman Lincoln Bloomfield on President Trump and South Korea's agreement not to conduct any military exercises during the Olympics. As top athletes gear up for the Opening Ceremony of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics in South Korea on Friday, the Internal Revenue Service is waiting at the finish line, ready to tax Team USA's winners.
The U.S. government is set to borrow nearly $1 trillion this year, an 84 percent jump from last year
The National Debt Clock in New York City is shown last November. The total is about $100 billion higher now.