Tag: politix

Associated PressMarch 5, 2015
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Republican state lawmakers on Thursday blasted President Barack Obama‘s decision to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba, saying it will only serve to empower the communist nation that’s been ruled by a dictatorship since 1959. Republican members of the House Local & Federal Affairs Committee speaking before a nearly empty meeting room gave forceful speeches in […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 26, 2015
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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio today weighed in on net neutrality, panning the Federal Communications Commission decision to implement rules ensuring Internet service providers handle all legal content equally. In a vote Thursday morning, the FCC elected to reclassify broadband as a telecommunications utility under Title II of the Communications Act, which consider ISPs as public […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 6, 2015
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A handful of U.S. senators are asking two federal agencies to investigate Verizon’s use of so-called supercookies that track cellphone users’ habits. In letters to the Federal Trade and Federal Communications commissions today, the lawmakers said the company’s use of supercookies warrants a thorough examination by both agencies.  Among the lawmakers is U.S. Sen. Bill […]


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