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FILE - In this Tuesday Aug. 4, 2020, file photo, volunteer Wendy Dutler hands out computers during a drive-thru giveaway event in Dallas. Americans can begin applying for $50 off their internet bill on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, as part of an emergency government program to keep people connected during the pandemic. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
Emergency program to give people $50 off internet bill

By Tali Arbel May. 12, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee delivers his State of the State Address in War Memorial Auditorium, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
$200M broadband push ahead, Tennessee mulls new coverage map

By Jonathan Mattise Feb. 24, 2021 02:06 PM EST

FCC awards $25M to expand internet in rural New Hampshire

Dec. 12, 2020 03:30 PM EST
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Internet providers in New Hampshire will receive more than $25 million in federal funding over 10 years to expand broadband access across...

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2017, file photo, the seal of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seen before an FCC meeting to vote on net neutrality in Washington. The Senate has narrowly approved President Donald Trump’s lame-duck nominee, Nathan Simington, on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, to become a member of the Federal Communications Commission. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Senate OKs Trump pick for FCC, adding hurdle to Biden plans

By Marcy Gordon Dec. 08, 2020 05:27 PM EST

US grants broadband licenses to Native American tribes

By Cedar Attanasio Oct. 23, 2020 07:32 PM EDT
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission has granted broadcast licenses ideal for high-speed wireless internet to rural tribal governments...

Deadline extended for tribes to seek broadband licenses

By Felicia Fonseca Jul. 31, 2020 04:16 PM EDT
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission is giving tribes another month to apply for a band of wireless spectrum that would help them...

FILE - In this June 26, 2014 file photo, an inmate uses a phone at the Cook County Jail in Chicago. In July 2020, incarcerated people and their families said they are closely watching congressional debates about the next COVID-19 relief bill for proposed legislation that would drastically push down the cost of prison and jail phone calls. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Incarcerated people look to Senate to cap prison phone rates

Jul. 22, 2020 07:20 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2019 file photo, a man uses a cell phone in New Orleans. Federal regulators will vote in July 2020 on whether to make “988” the number to reach a suicide prevention hotline. The Federal Communications Commission says phone service providers will have until July 2022 to implement the new number, if the measure is approved in July, as expected. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
FCC to vote in July to make '988' the suicide hotline number

By Tali Arbel Jun. 23, 2020 10:57 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Jun. 17, 2020 10:47 PM EDT
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania’s newspapers: Ebensburg flag flap regretful ...

Update on the latest in business:

Jun. 17, 2020 03:49 AM EDT
FINANCIAL MARKETS Asia stocks lower after Wall Street gains on recovery hopes BEIJING (AP) — Major Asian stock markets...

Stocks head for third gain...Insurers expected to cover vaccines with no copay...FCC to investigate T-Mobile outage

Jun. 16, 2020 02:13 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is heading for its third straight gain after U.S. retail sales rebounded last month by much more than economists were expecting....

Update on the latest in business:

Jun. 16, 2020 01:36 PM EDT
FINANCIAL MARKETS Stocks rally on Wall Street, but markets remain skittish NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rallying...

King, senators call for improved broadband in tribal areas

May. 30, 2020 08:43 AM EDT
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — Maine's independent senator has joined a group of colleagues in calling for the Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for...

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a formal group portrait to include a new Associate Justice, top row, far right, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Seated from left: Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr. Standing behind from left: Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Elena Kagan and Associate Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
AP Courtside: Who flushed? Phone arguments' unresolved issue

May. 06, 2020 08:15 AM EDT

Ashley Bullard, left, sits on the porch of her family's rural home in North Sandwich, N.H., as her daughters Raven, center, a senior in high school, and Willow, right, a freshman at Brandeis University, try to complete their classwork from home during the virus outbreak on a very limited internet connection, Thursday, March 26, 2020. In the town of 1,200 best known as the setting for the movie “On Golden Pond," broadband is scarce. Forget streaming Netflix, much less working or studying from home. Even the police department has trouble uploading its reports. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Those without broadband struggle in a stuck-at-home nation

By Tali Arbel And Michael Casey Mar. 31, 2020 08:45 PM EDT