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07/22/2026
FCC’s Next Fight: The 39% Broadcast Cap
The FCC’s July meeting set the stage for August’s real fight: the broadcast ownership cap.
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07/22/2026
Permitting Reform Bill Heads to Senate
Senate Commerce passed the bipartisan Accelerating Broadband Permits Act on Wednesday, moving it to the full Senate for a vote and renewing hope that the permitting process might get a little easier.
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06/15/2026
INCOMPAS: Broadband the Backbone for Rail Innovation
INCOMPAS CEO Chip Pickering penned a recent blog urging Congress to move the Broadband and Telecommunications RAIL Act forward.
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05/14/2026
Luján Launches Outage Refund Bill
Senate Commerce Ranking Member Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) introduced legislation Thursday to ensure consumers are compensated for outages for services such as cable, internet, DBS and telephone.
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04/20/2026
What’s Next for Nexstar
Late Friday, a federal judge did what most expected and issued a preliminary injunction putting a pause on the $6.2 billion merger of Nexstar and Tegna.
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03/31/2026
Senate Commerce Seeks Nexstar-Tegna Answers
Sens. Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell wrote that the Nexstar-Tegna merger “warranted consideration and a vote by the full Commission.”