World & Nation
Telecom: It asks the FCC to prohibit firms from cutting off the utility for unpaid bills and promotes subsidized service.
March 30, 1996
Business
Federal and state regulators on Friday began wrestling with the question of whose prices will go up if local telephone companies lose roughly $300 million a year in business from one of their biggest customers, American Telephone & Telegraph.
July 12, 1986
Internet service providers would face tough new restrictions on how they could use the personal information of their customers, including their Web-browsing activity, according to privacy regulations proposed Thursday by a top federal regulator.
March 10, 2016
Politics
There’s some irony for Janice Kerr, a self-described “child of the ‘60s,” in finding herself a champion of states’ rights--the same banner under which segregationists fought the civil rights movement during that tumultuous decade.
Feb. 15, 1987
Deborah Taylor Tate of Tennessee would restore Republicans’ 3-2 edge if confirmed. Michael Copps is renominated.
Nov. 10, 2005
The Federal Communications Commission unanimously recommended Tuesday that telephone charges for low-income subscribers be reduced by $2 a month as quickly as state regulators can act and by $4 from current levels next June.
Dec. 11, 1985
California
In a setback to environmentalists, the California Fish and Game Commission Friday decided not to list the controversial gnatcatcher as a candidate for protection under the state Endangered Species Act, saying the tiny songbird already is adequately protected.
June 24, 1995
Opinion
The semi-public commission that accredits community colleges in California on behalf of the federal government deserves to be upbraided.
Nov. 18, 2015
California regulators have canceled a plan to charge a fee for text messaging on mobile phones.
Dec. 17, 2018
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May 10, 1994