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Land Use process changes to City Subsidy Affordable Housing Projects
2016-03-14 18:17:59| PortlandOnline
On March 9, 2016 City Council approved Ordinance # 187616 to authorize design review and historic resource review of certain affordable housing projects in the Central City and the Gateway Plan Districts through a Type IIx procedure.
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Land Use process changes to City Subsidy Affordable Housing Projects
2016-03-12 01:43:05| PortlandOnline
On March 9, 2016 City Council approved Ordinance # 187616 to authorize design review and historic resource review of certain affordable housing projects in the Central City and the Gateway Plan Districts through a Type IIx procedure, rather than a Type III procedure.
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FCC proposes broadband subsidy for low-income Americans
2016-03-09 09:38:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) FCC chairman Tom Wheeler explains why the commission is extending the Lifeline social programme for basic internet service to broadband in the blog post "Broadband: A Lifeline for the 21st Century". Lifeline was launched in 1985 and is used by tens of millions of Americans today. He writes that more than 64 million Americans live on the wrong side of the digital divide. The modernisation re-orients Lifeline for the broadband era and sets minimum service standards for voice and broadband. Lifeline's management and design will be improved by streamling programme rules and a new third-party National Eligibility Verifier platform to fight waste, fraud and abuse, shutting the door on Lifeline's "final remaining vulnerability". Wireless industry association CTIA welcomed the move, but said it was troubled by a proposal to eliminate support for wireless voice services while continuing to fund wireline voice.
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FCC proposes broadband subsidy
2016-03-09 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
U.S. regulator seeks to extend Lifeline programme to provide affordable Internet access to low-income households.
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US lawmakers seek independent review coal cleanup subsidy
2016-03-08 23:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Federal auditors should examine a program that has allowed leading coal companies to lower cleanup insurance costs and could leave taxpayers on the hook if the miners declare bankruptcy, Democratic lawmakers said on Tuesday. Coal companies are responsible for spent mines and they typically use cash, bonds or other financing to cover future cleanup costs. But some of the largest producers use self bonds, which are not backed by concrete collateral, to insure such costs. Regulators worry those...
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