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  • FCC grants no-cost broadband spectrum licenses to 11 Arizona tribes

    Calah Schlabach, Arizona Public Media|Updated Dec 8, 2020

    WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has granted broadband spectrum licenses to 11 Arizona tribes in what FCC Chairman Ajit Pai called "a major step forward in our efforts to close the digital divide on Tribal lands." The awards, announced last week, were the result of a "first of its kind" Rural Tribal Priority Window that gave tribes the chance to apply for and receive spectrum licenses at no cost. Those licenses – which can be used for high-speed wireless b...

  • System could help tribal members past one voter registration hurdle

    Calah Schlabach, Cronkite News|Updated Oct 13, 2020

    WASHINGTON, D.C-Advocates said a new policy that lets Arizona residents without traditional street addresses register to vote online is not perfect-but it's a vast improvement over the old process. "It's critical," Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said of the change this month by the Arizona Secretary of State's office. "This is a very important election, I think, across the country, and we want our votes to be counted." The change allows prospective voters with...