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On Monday, Montana became the first to reinstate some of the rules the FCC repealed. The question of whether states have the right to do that, however, will likely end up in court.

AT&T’s legislative campaign aims to head off what many analysts say could be another swing of the regulatory pendulum against broadband providers.

Attorneys general for 21 states and the District of Columbia also have sued to block the repeal of the federal policy, which had banned companies from interfering with web traffic or speeds to favor certain sites or apps.

"There is a package of immigration reform, which includes dealing with DACA. We have to do that. But at the same time, if we don’t secure the borders and deal with chain migration, which allows immigrants to bring all of their family and friends over, and finally we have to deal with this diversity lottery."

Through an executive order, Gov. Steve Bullock will declare that any internet service provider with a state government contract cannot block or charge more for faster delivery of websites, two core aspects of net neutrality, to any customer in the state. Governor Bullock said in an interview that he expected to sign the order on Monday.

Internet providers pushed back Thursday against legislation that would require them to continue offering accessible and open Internet service in Washington.

Internet activists just got some unexpected good news from an unexpected source.

The US has been underfunding infrastructure maintenance for years.

The challenges of conveying such a complex topic and how Montana became, as Reed puts it, the canary in the nation’s dark-money coal mine.

Others may file suit as well, and a major tech-industry lobbying group has said it will support litigation.