How States Are Fighting to Keep Towns From Offering Their Own Broadband
North Carolina and Tennessee are the latest states to side with telecoms, which have long lobbied against allowing cities to become Internet providers.
Leticia Miranda
Leticia Miranda is a reporting fellow at ProPublica. She is a recent graduate of New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, where she was a dean’s fellow. Her work has appeared in both national and local outlets including the Nation, Colorlines, and City Limits.
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