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A multiyear project by a generator supplier to open a new facility in Galt reached a major milestone Nov. 6 with a groundbreaking ceremony at its planned site in the city’s industrial area.
Rep. David Valadao is facing a tough reelection. He’s also got a potential $53.4 million in local public works projects, funded by federal dollars, that he can brag about when he goes home.
Several telecom-focused congressional leaders told us they’re more seriously considering directly appropriating $3.08 billion to fully close the FCC’s Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program funding shortfall amid the ongoing stall in talks on a spectrum legislative package that top lawmakers long hoped could pay for the additional fu
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., and other backers of his Senate-passed 5G Spectrum Authority Licensing Enforcement Act (S-2787) are resuming their push for the House to pass the measure now that the chamber has resolved the leadership crisis that halted all legislative activity for most of October.
The Biden administration’s Wednesday request for Congress to appropriate an additional $6 billion to fully fund the FCC’s affordable connectivity program (ACP) through the end of 2024 (see 2310250075) is drawing initial skepticism from top telecom-focused Republicans amid their push for the commission to be more transparent about how it has been spending the
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat elected to the Senate in 1992, died Thursday night at the age of 90.
A broadband association asked Congress last week to open the Universal Service Fund to contributions from broadband and Big Tech revenues to allow the umbrella fund to absorb and support the Affordable Connectivity Program.
The FCC's abdicating its internet oversight authority in 2017 largely neutered the agency's ability
to protect online privacy and to require ISPs to address lengthy outages, Chairwoman Jessica
Rosenworcel said Tuesday as she announced the agency was moving to take that authority back.
As the Biden administration pushes to make insurers cover mental health care on par with physical care, there’s a similar push from lawmakers and advocates for electronic health records, Ben reports.
The 2024 presidential election shouldn’t, and likely won’t, deter FCC Democrats from moving forward on their policy agenda now that they're on the cusp of a 3-2 majority well over two years into President Joe Biden’s term, said lawmakers and former commission officials in interviews.