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Microsoft is continuing to help more people in rural areas gain broadband access through its Airband Initiative. It’s teaming up with Vermont to expand connectivity there, while offering students access to digital skills and computer science programs. With the help of RTO Wireless, an ISP, Microsoft is building out broadband infrastructure in the state as […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | eccolo74) The nation’s largest broadband industry lobby groups have sued Vermont to stop a state law that requires ISPs to follow net neutrality principles in order to qualify for government contracts. The lawsuit was filed yesterday in US District Court in Vermont by mobile industry lobby CTIA, cable industry lobby […]
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Reuters / John MacDougall On paper, negotiating a UK-USA trade agreement should be easy. The reality is likely to be much more complex. “A trade deal more likely than not, but it’s going to be more complicated than people think,” said Ambassador Charles Ries, a US diplomat who helped negotiate NAFTA, the world’s largest trade […]
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott has signed a bill legalizing the possession and consumption of marijuana for adults over the age of 21. The move makes Vermont the first state to legalize marijuana through a state legislature, rather than a ballot initiative. The bill, however, doesn’t set up a commercial market for the sale of marijuana. […]
OZY is proud to partner with Opportunity Nation to reveal the results of their 2017 Opportunity Index, which measures the economic, educational and civic factors that foster opportunity and economic mobility. It’s the land of sumptuous Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, epic Phish jams, stunning ski resorts and the firebrand liberal politics of Bernie Sanders. […]
Thursday’s Scandal offered a knock-down, drag-out look at the life of Fitzgerald Grant III, chronicling his first 100 days as an average Joe in Vermont. RELATEDLast Week’s Scandal Recap: Foreign Relations Our visit to Fitz-land ended with the former POTUS making an unexpected trip to Washington, where he waited outside Liv’s apartment, inadvertently intercepting her […]
