November 29, 2018
US News, Diane Bartz, November 28, 2018- California Attorney General Xavier Becerra warned on Wednesday that the U.S. Congress should not pass a relatively weak online privacy bill to protect consumer data and use it to take precedence over a new California law. Big tech companies are pushing for a …
November 12, 2018
Reason, Baylen Linnekin, November 10, 2018- This week’s midterm elections, in case you missed the news, were the most important election of your lifetime. While the president, control of the House of Representatives, and Bigfoot erotica dominated national headlines during this ostensibly crucial election season, food-policy issues—my focus—were at the heart of several ballot measures and other …
October 31, 2018
The Hill, Avery Anapol, October 24, 2018- A federal court has ruled against the Trump administration in a lawsuit over funding for “sanctuary cities.” U.S. District Judge Richard Jones wrote in a Wednesday judgement that part of President Trump‘s executive order to end federal grant funding for sanctuary cities is unconstitutional. Jones, an …
October 31, 2018
Forbes, Larry Downes, October 29, 2018- Well that was fast. With only minutes to spare, California Gov. Jerry Brown decided late on a Sunday night in September to sign into law SB 822, California’s state-level net neutrality law. Before the hour was up, however, the Department of Justice sued to block …
October 24, 2018
Ars Technica, Jon Brodkin, October 23, 2018- The Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of net neutrality rules has received support from the Republican attorneys general of Texas, Arkansas, and Nebraska. The three states filed a brief Friday in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, urging judges to reject …