Armed with about $49 billion that Congress appropriated in 2021, a normally inconspicuous Commerce Department agency is tackling an ambitious goal of giving all Americans access to high-speed internet. At a recent congressional hearing, Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. of New Jersey, the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said the National Telecommunications and Information Administration “may …
To ensure rural communities don’t miss a pending grant deadline from the federal government, the Alaska Senate rushed a bill through on Monday that increases state spending to rural school districts that buy old-school broadband service from companies like GCI. The next stop is the governor’s desk. School districts will qualify for higher speed Internet …
More than 20 million low-income households are at risk of being priced out of internet access unless Congress can reach agreement on funding for a program that provides internet service discounts. Supporters of the Affordable Connectivity Program are pressing for passage of bipartisan, bicameral legislation to keep it afloat past April, when funding is expected to run …
News By Isabel Vincent Published Dec. 28, 2023, 6:00 a.m. ET A Democratic mega-donor who Joe Biden called “one of my closest friends” stands to win from a ban on the latest version of Apple Watches — which has already been upheld by the president. The Biden-backed ban was put on temporary hold by a …