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DependsRural Americans Wait After Judge Delivers Mixed Ruling on Digital Equity Dollars
What the article says. KFF Health News published “Rural Americans Wait After Judge Delivers Mixed Ruling on Digital Equity Dollars.” In the piece, they put it this way: A federal judge in July gave digital equity advocates a partial victory against President Donald Trump, stopping his attempt to unilaterally kill a multibillion-dollar grant program Congress created. But U.S. District Judge John D. Bates, in a 35-page opinion , also agreed with the administration that it was unconstitutional for the government to use race or ethnicity as the basis to award money under a program created to expand internet skills and access. “It was definitely disappointing,” said Angela Siefer, executive director of the National Digital Inclusion…
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