internet
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Weist: Rural Colorado counting on legislature for broadband access
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When it comes to broadband access, Colorado has a mountainous challenge – literally. The vast majority of Coloradans live in areas well served by multiple, private-sector, high-speed internet providers. Cable providers alone have invested over $8 billion of their own capital to upgrade their network. Most cable customers in Colorado will have access to affordable, 1-gigabit-per-second…
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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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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…
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Governor Hickenlooper plans policy for e-commerce sales tax
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Gov. John Hickenlooper is developing a strategy for Colorado to capitalize on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month that would allow the state to collect tax from online sales. The Supreme Court upheld Colorado’s “Amazon tax,” which could allow the state to collect taxes on out-of-state internet sales. It requires online retailers to report…
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May: President Obama’s last to-do list
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Some goals he won’t achieve, other goals it would be better if he doesn’t achieve Barack Obama is now in his final days as president but, as he made clear on his visit to Asia last week, there are goals he still hopes to achieve before leaving office. Closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay…
