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NET NEUTRALITY regulations that barred broadband providers from slowing or blocking internet traffic expired Monday. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/JASON ALDEN

Net neutrality rules expire as backers turn to Congress, courts

Government 06/11/2018

NEW YORK - The Obama-era net neutrality regulations that barred broadband providers from slowing or blocking internet traffic expired Monday, a major milestone in a...

GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO signed an executive order that requires internet service providers to adhere to the repealed federal standards of net neutrality in Rhode Island. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/SIMON DAWSON

Raimondo signs order requiring ISPs that bid with state to adhere...

Government 04/24/2018

PROVIDENCE – “A free and open internet is essential to our democracy and economy,” said Gov. Gina M. Raimondo in a statement on Tuesday...

MARGOT SAUNDERS, senior counsel at the National Consumer Law Center of Boston, says many robocall violations go unchecked. / COURTESY NATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER

Report: R.I. residents received over 59M robocalls in 2017

Technology 03/28/2018

PROVIDENCE – Feel like you are getting more phone calls lately where you answer, there’s a pause and a prerecorded message starts delivering a...

RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC RADIO HAS listed the 1290 AM terrestrial signal for sale after an agreement to transfer ownership to Latino Public Radio was terminated following LPR's inability to secure the funding necessary to complete the sale.

LPR and RIPR end agreement, 1290 AM station up for sale

Nonprofit 03/23/2018

PROVIDENCE – Latino Public Radio and Rhode Island Public Radio terminated their contract to transfer ownership of the WRNI-AM 1290 terrestrial radio station, and...

Controversial Sinclair station sales in NYC, Chicago advance

Economic Activity 03/07/2018

WASHINGTON – Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. said it had executed agreements to sell TV stations in New York and Chicago in order to stay...

SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP Inc.'s plan to buy Tribune Media Co. will likely require the company to sell TV stations in at least 10 cities to satisfy regulators. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/JONATHAN HANSON

Sinclair station sales seen needed as Tribune review wraps

Capital Goods 01/10/2018

NEW YORK - Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. likely will face demands to sell TV stations in at least 10 cities to satisfy regulators who are...

Net neutrality rules swept aside by Republican-led U.S. FCC

Government 12/14/2017

NEW YORK - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission swept aside rules barring broadband providers from favoring the internet traffic of websites willing to pay...

THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION submitted a plan to void net neutrality this week. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/SIMON DAWSON

Open-internet rules fight seen raging beyond FCC rollback

Capital Goods 11/21/2017

NEW YORK - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai took a big step toward his goal of voiding Obama-era net neutrality regulations Tuesday as he submitted...