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Affordable broadband is finally within reach Harin Contractor and Christopher Ali, opinion contributors © Getty Images Affordable broadband is finally within reach At the end of 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, a $1.4 trillion budget that included the largest public investment in broadband since the 2009 Recovery Act. Part of this $7 billion injection into broadband was the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, a $3.2 billion program to be managed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to subsidize broadband subscriptions by $50/month and $7...

Drug. >> they want to get it to you to the doctor and have a conversation. and then there in the web of ringing. >> even then it is not clear what you might pay under insurance until now. president trump is proposed that the drug insurance companies have to offer in the doctor's office a prescription drug real-time benefit program that will tell you what you pay for each drug. >> a lot going on. i wanted to pick up on something you said earlier in the context of the drug prices, the competition be more generic. in lowering prices. a lot of people have expressed concern about the lack of compet...

Drug. >> they want to get it to you to the doctor and have a conversation. and then there in the web of ringing. >> even then it is not clear what you might pay under insurance until now. president trump is proposed that the drug insurance companies have to offer in the doctor's office a prescription drug real-time benefit program that will tell you what you pay for each drug. >> a lot going on. i wanted to pick up on something you said earlier in the context of the drug prices, the competition be more generic. in lowering prices. a lot of people have expressed concern about the lack of compet...

So it is like where are the lines. the president made a lot of inflammatory remarks from the campaign trail to the oval office. so it seems like a lot of these areas are dissolving. >> you know what, what one person says never makes what another person says okay. but it is important reporting. thank you. appreciate it very much. >> movie producer harvey weinstein has been indicted by a new york grand jury on rape and criminal sex act charges. these are charges that stem from incidents with two different women in 2004 and 2013. weinstein's attorney says he will plead not guilty and he remains f...

$1 million cash bail last week. harvey weinstein will next be in court july 30th. and going to college just became more affordable for employees at walmart. the company announcing a new benefit program where employees can pay just a dollar a day to go to college. walmart says they'll cover the remaining costs for tuition, for fees and books, employees can pursue their degree at branman university, bellevue university or the university of florida, all three have online accredited programs for working adults. this applies to all part time, full time and salaried employees who have been with th...