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Biden wants local governments to provide broadband internet. Could they compete with Comcast and Verizon?


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Mark Arnold, Telecommunications Director for Kutztown, poses for a portrait in front of the historic train station in Kutztown, Pa. on Friday, April 23, 2021. President Joe Biden s $2 trillion infrastructure plan aims to expand internet access by building more publicly-owned broadband networks. Kutztown runs one of 200 city-wide broadband networks across the country that offer internet service. (HEATHER KHALIFA/The Phildadelphia Inquirer/TNS)
Biden wants local governments to provide broadband internet. Could they compete with Comcast and Verizon?
Christian Hetrick, The Philadelphia Inquirer, (TNS)
The rural borough of Kutztown, Pa., couldn’t convince companies to bring faster internet to its community. So the town, about 70 miles northwest of Philadelphia, built its own broadband network. ....

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Mandatory minimum bill makes it to Murphy


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Apparently, after adding a controversial amendment to a bill that stalls it, the best way to get it moving again is to add more controversial provisions.
That’s pretty much what happened with a measure that reached Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk yesterday to eliminate mandatory minimums for all non-violent crimes, including for official corruption. A previous version of the bill modeled on recommendations by the New Jersey Criminal Sentencing Disposition Commission was never controversial. It was only when state Sen. Nicholas Sacco (D-Hudson) added an amen ....

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Why Philadelphia's business community rarely gets its way in City Hall


Why Philadelphia’s business community rarely gets its way in City Hall
Sean Collins Walsh, The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Judith von Seldeneck and Charles Pizzi, former leaders of the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia, stand at Broad and Walnut Streets, where in 2002 the pair organized a protest against the wage tax that became known as the briefcase brigade.
On a sunny, April morning nearly two decades ago, scores of people gathered at Broad and Walnut Streets and marched on City Hall.
The usual trappings of a street protest were present: chanting, homemade signs, a speaker pumping music from a flatbed truck. But the demonstrators maintained a strict dress code, with many in suits. ....

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The Covid relief/spending bill has arrived at Mar-a-Lago. Will President Trump sign it?


Republicans blocked a Democrat measure to do just this on Thursday via unanimous consent and Speaker Nancy Pelosi will bring it up again for a vote on Monday:
Pelosi says House to vote on bigger stimulus payments after GOP blocks increase https://t.co/iPNZD8PGIOpic.twitter.com/dpqQBWixyG
As for the bill that’s now at Mar-a-Lago awaiting the president’s decision, unemployment aid is set to lapse on Saturday without action:
Unemployment Aid Set to Lapse Saturday as Trump’s Plans for Relief Bill Remain Unclear https://t.co/v97t9lOgRy
And it’s likely that even if the bill did get signed, a disruption would still occur: ....

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