FCC Chair Orders NPR, PBS Investigation That Could Undermine Case for Public Funding
I do not see a reason why Congress should continue sending taxpayer dollars to NPR and PBS,’ Brendan Carr, the FCC chairman, ...
What Historians Hope to Learn From Trump Releasing JFK, RFK, and MLK’s Assassination Files
What experts on John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr and Bobby Kennedy assassinations hope to learn from files expected to ...
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Trump's FCC chief opens investigation into NPR and PBS
Brendan Carr, the new head of the Federal Communications Commission under President Trump, says the public broadcasters are ...
FCC chair launches investigation into NPR, PBS
The chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is launching an investigation into NPR and PBS over their alleged ...
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma
February 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, ...
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FCC Proposes Significant Fine Against Broadcaster for Several Emergency Alert System Violations
On January 8, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL) proposing ...
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ALA files U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief affirming universal service, E-Rate Program and essential roles of libraries
This week the American Library Association (ALA) filed an amicus brief affirming the FCC's essential Universal Service Fund ...
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Public or private? Hidden boundaries in our cities signal the quiet erosion of open spaces
These innocuous little markers are all that stand between what’s truly public and what’s privately owned, yet they govern what you can and cannot do in these pseudo-public spaces, or POPs. Who knew?
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Criminal convictions sealed for estimated 500,000 criminal cases
Anyone convicted of a misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor or non-violent felony will have their criminal record sealed from the public. State Rep. Jamie Long (DFL-Minneapolis) co-authored the bill ...
11 Arkansas schools, libraries, consortia selected to participate in cybersecurity program
On January 16, 2025, 707 participants comprised of school districts, libraries and consortia will participate in the Federal ...
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Outgoing FCC chair rejects high-profile TV petitions as attempt to ‘weaponize’ government
“For the past 18 months, the Biden FCC has maintained that it would serve the public interest to consider ... While the complainants could re-file once Carr takes charge next week, Rosenworcel ...
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Bruce Willis thanks LA first responders in rare public appearance
Bruce Willis’ wife, Emma, shared video of the iconic actor thanking first responders as they work to protect the public from deadly Los Angeles area wildfires. It’s potentially the first time Willis ...