America's poorer counties are new investment boomtowns: study

Biden-era programs spurred investment surge in low-income counties, study finds

November 15, 2023

Extremist Republicans today shut down House business by refusing to pass a procedural vote to take up a spending bill, as they had threatened to do in retaliation for the passage yesterday of the continuing resolution to fund the government into the new year. This is the fourth time the extremists have defeated special rules in the House this year, and as deputy chief of staff for Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) Aaron Fritschner pointed out, their doing so is highly unusual. In the previous 20 years the House voted down no such measures at all.

Gigabit Infrastructure Act: from Commission proposal to trilogues

The FCC Will Now Offer $75 Off Your Home Internet If You Qualify | Cord Cutters News

Today the FCC announced a measure to offer $75 a month off of home internet services for qualifying customers in high-cost areas through the Affordable Connectivity Program as directed by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Infrastructure Act). This is for customers who qualify for the program but can demonstrate that the standard $30 monthly […]