Can Blue States Force Net Neutrality on Internet Providers?
As it happens, this kid is wrong. But it’s a nice thought.Patrick Gorski/NurPhoto via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn reports that blue states are continuing the net neutrality battle: The battle to restore net neutrality received a huge boost on Wednesday when New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo…
New York Is Standing Up for Net Neutrality in a Big Way
roman_slavik/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The battle to restore net neutrality received a huge boost on Wednesday when New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order directing state agencies to not enter into any contracts with internet service providers unless they follow net neutrality principles. The order comes just days…
The Sierra Club’s New Video Attacks Ford for Playing Along with Trump
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a video made public Wednesday, the Sierra Club denounced Ford Motor Company for lobbying the Trump administration and “#PollutingPruitt” to roll back vehicle efficiency and and emission standards. The environmental organization timed the airing of their new video with the D.C. Auto Show, at which Ford isn’t showing…
Study: Expanding Medicaid Means Patients Get Better Surgeries Sooner
Stephen J. Coddington/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Under the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid was expanded to include everyone who makes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty line. (In 2017, that’s $16,642 for an individual or $33,948 for a family of four.) In 2012, however, a Supreme Court ruling allowed…
Trump Breaks His Glaring Silence on the Kentucky School Shooting
Dominique Pineiro/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A day after a school shooting killed two teenage students in rural Kentucky and injured 17 others, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders balked at questions regarding President Donald Trump’s silence on the matter more than 24 hours later. She accused a reporter…
Obamacare Was on the Ballot Yesterday. It Won Overwhelmingly.
Ralf Hirschberger/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It turns out many Americans are big fans of Obamacare when they get a chance to vote on it. Voters in Oregon like Obamacare so much that they are willing to raise taxes to help pay for it. On Tuesday, Oregonians overwhelmingly approved new taxes on…