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Serving Whitman County since 1877
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Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, has been namedthe next FCC chairman by President-elect Donald Trump. Based on his past and current statements, a large change in the direction of the FCC should be expected. A few key takeaways: Net Neutrality Carr was part of the initial repeal of the net neutrality rules in 2017, and has continued to decry their reinstatement. As I’ve argued in the past, the FCC would be wise to avoid reinstating these rules as they overstep the scope of the FCC and create worse o...
In 2021, the Biden Administration passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which included a provision to give $42.5 billion to the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program to provide under-served and rural areas with internet access. To date, it has connected nobody. The plan required U.S. states and territories to submit plans for investment and deployment by the end of 2023, which all have done. Expected roll out won’t occur until 2026 by most optimistic deadlines. It’s better than nothing, right? Maybe not. When you loo...
The 2023-2024 K-12 Report Card has been released by OSPI, and the results continue the pattern of the past few years. Based on Smarter Balanced standardized testing, only 50.3% of students were considered on track in English, 39.7% in Math, and 43.5% in Science. Last year, the scores were 50.7% in English, 39.1% in Math, and 42.9% in Science. These scores indicate there hasn’t been any serious improvement for public school students since the learning loss from school closures during the pandemic. Superintendent Reykdahl has been critical of S...
As my colleague Paul Guppy detailed in a blog post last week and discussed on WPC on the Go, the Supreme Court's recent decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo et al. weakens regulatory powers from unaccountable bureaucrats. While this has widespread implications, one potential outcome could be reigning in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and their ability to classify the internet as a Title II communications service. Reclassifying the internet from an information service...
