More than halfway into the Biden administration, Democrats don’t have a majority at a key agency. The likely nominee to end that has plenty of experience but a corporate past.
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Tennessee Republicans Step Up Attacks on Democratic Cities
GOP lawmakers have used state preemption tactics to prevent localities from passing laws that don’t align with their ideological beliefs, or even to reduce the size of local councils.
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Gigi Sohn: Round Two
She has been renominated as a commissioner for the FCC, which would break a partisan deadlock at the agency and give Democrats the majority.
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Democratic Majority at the FCC Still Blocked
The nomination of Gigi Sohn for the fifth commissioner’s slot has languished for over a year. Numerous policies affecting telecom interests are at stake.
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The Rural Turnaround
Democrats have only begun to do better in rural America—but the road map is there.
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Heidi Heitkamp Lobbies Against a Democratic FCC
The former Democratic senator is running misleading ads claiming that FCC nominee Gigi Sohn would be bad for rural America.
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What’s Next for the Infrastructure Program
The battle shifts to implementation, where success will be won or lost.
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Infrastructure Summer: Bipartisan Bill Boosts Corporate Giants
In broadband and other areas, the corporate dominance that has been an impediment to progress emerges unscathed.
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The Poor Aren’t Getting the Help Democrats Want to Give Them
Pandemic relief measures are hobbled by serious failures of program design and implementation.
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The Infrastructure Success Story in Chattanooga
Some of the fastest broadband speeds in the world come from this Tennessee city’s public network. It could be replicated across the country.
