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Expect net neutrality to become a Colorado legislative issue next session
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The Colorado legislature will take up net neutrality in the session that begins in January, as some lawmakers try to shield the state from federal rules that give Internet service providers more say in the speed allowed for some websites over others. That’s a big advantage to big companies that can afford to pay more.…
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Coloradans weigh in on the future of self-driving vehicles at Senate hearing
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WASHINGTON – A congressional hearing Wednesday implied broad changes are coming soon for Colorado’s highway transportation industry from self-driving truck technologies. Driverless trucks are part of the automated vehicle technology being developed by government agencies and private companies. They use computerized sensors to steer, throttle and brake vehicles, usually without human intervention. Senators at the…
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Rein in the federal government on regulating the Internet like a public utility
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For more than two decades, the Internet has changed our lives. Less government interference allowed free-market forces to work and drove investment and innovation. Then in 2015, the Obama administration decided the federal government should essentially seize control of the Internet by declaring it a public utility like electric or sewer services. In the meantime,…
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Robo-comments run amok for Coloradans who never signed on
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You can add a new hashtag to the list spawned by #FakeNews: #FakeComments. Denver Fox31-TV’s Emily Allen reported over the weekend that some 7,000 Coloradans posted a comment – the same comment, in fact – to a federal government website in favor of ending the rules on “net neutrality.” Only, none of them knew about it.…
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Colorado progressive group wants to purchase, reveal Cory Gardner’s internet browsing history
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ProgressNow Colorado says it plans to buy U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s internet browsing history once it goes on the market and share it with the public in response to the Yuma Republican’s vote last week to allow internet service providers to sell customers’ data without their permission. The progressive advocacy organization said in an email to supporters…
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Rural phone bill passes House
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A bill to strengthen telephone connectivity in rural communities across the United States has passed the House for the second straight year. U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colorado, has supported the Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act that passed the House unanimously both times, most recently on Jan. 23. “In cities and suburban areas, many…
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In State of the State, Hickenlooper digs back into fiscal thicket
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Gov. John Hickenlooper likely had to rewrite the State of the State speech he delivered Thursday, or at least rethink it. He surely thought he would be addressing a Legislature controlled by Democrats working in concert with a Clinton administration in Washington. Things didn’t turn out that way. Instead, the governor as speaking to the…