California Lawmakers Advance LifeLine Bill
California lawmakers advanced a bill that would expand the state's LifeLine program to include stand-alone broadband internet access as an eligible service for the monthly subsidy (see 2506050055). Assembly Appropriations Committee members voted 11-4 on Friday to approve the bill,…
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SB-716, which would also bar the California Public Utilities Commission from increasing the LifeLine surcharge "above the highest rate collected within the previous four years."