Trump Admin Blocking Billions In Already Awarded Broadband Grants To States That Enforce Net Neutrality Or Engage In Telecom Oversight

Oregon sues Trump admin for restricting access to federal emergency grants

The Federal Emergency Management Agency building in Washington, D.C., is pictured on Nov. 25, 2024. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)Oregon is suing the Trump administration for allegedly holding back emergency grants promised to the state for emergency management, disaster-relief and homeland security operations.  Eleven other states joined Oregon in filing the lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Eugene. It lists the U.S.Departm…

Trump Admin Blocking Billions In Already Awarded Broadband Grants To States That Enforce Net Neutrality Or Engage In Telecom Oversight

The Trump administration is promising to block billions in already-awarded infrastructure bill broadband grants to any states that enforce net neutrality or try to impose any sort of meaningful oversight on the country's unpopular, predatory broadband monopolies.That was the promise of Commerce Department official Arielle Roth, a former Ted Cruz staffer now in charge of…