Biden slow-walks Cuba action
Officials from both sides of the aisle want Biden to offer Cuba internet access now. It’s caught up in a review.
People participate in a rally outside the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 13, 2021, in support of the protesters in Cuba. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo
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MIAMI Cuba’s dictatorship quickly shut down the internet across the island and then blocked social media apps after demonstrators shared images of protesters across the island chanting for liberty, calling for an end to the 62-year-old regime and being beaten and arrested by authorities.
In the U.S., President Joe Biden’s administration has been slow to react. But Republicans haven’t stopped talking since the protests began on Sunday.
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State Roundup: Some GOP lawmakers prefer Schulz over Steele for governor
A view of the offshore wind farm from Block Island, RI. The windmills are 3.8 miles off shore; those just approved off of Martha s Vineyard will be three times further out in the ocean, 12 miles. Photo by Val Stori, Clean Energy Group with Flickr Creative Commons License
GOP LAWMAKERS SAY THEY’d BACK SCHULZ OVER STEELE FOR GOV: Several of Maryland’s Republican lawmakers said that they would back state Commerce Secretary Kelly Schulz’s campaign for governor in a prospective primary contest between Schulz and Michael Steele, Maryland’s former lieutenant governor and the former chair of the Republican National Committee, Bryan Renbaum reports for Maryland Reporter.
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Does America Want to Invest in Broadband?
Submitted on April 9, 2021
Friday, April 9, 2021
Does America Want to Invest in Broadband?
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Round-Up for the Week of April 5-9, 2021
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On March 31, President Joe Biden traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to unveil his American Jobs Plan, and what he touts as a once-in-a-generation investment to rebuild the country s infrastructure. The plan calls for investing $100 billion to ensure everyone in America has access to high-speed broadband infrastructure. In a White House fact sheet outlining the American Jobs Plan, the Biden administration recalls the national effort to bring affordable access to electricity to all through the Rural Electrification Act of 1936. In 1936, nearly 90 percent of farms lacked electric power becau