Free Press: KY

Judge Allows Kentucky to Seize Domain Names

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:04:56 -0700

Mesh Network Creates Low-Cost Muni Wi-Fi for Kentucky Town

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:20:58 -0700

Wi-Fi on a Budget: Prestonsburg’s $8500 Muni Wi-Fi Network

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:46:10 -0700

Wi-Fi on a Budget: Prestonsburg's $8500 Muni Wi-Fi Network

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:18:52 -0700

Kentucky Settles Internet Censorship Suit, Agrees to Lift Ban on Blogs

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:31:30 -0700

The Commonwealth of Kentucky has settled a lawsuit with a political blogger whose critical comments of then-Gov. Ernie Fletcher resulted in the state “blacklisting” all blogs on state-owned computers.

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear Killing Telecom Subsidy Connect Kentucky?

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:31:11 -0700

I've written a fair amount about corruption and the telecom lobby. One of the nastiest tricks the telecoms use is the notion of universal buildout to grab subsidies and then not do the buildout, which of course creates the need for more subsidies to do universal buildout.

Connect Kentucky Disconnected at Home

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:12:48 -0700

While Connected Nation is expanding around the country, it hit a big snag at home. Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (D) Monday let the world know what his administration thinks of the controversial Connect Kentucky program. He vetoed $2.4 million in funds for the organization, which was founded under his predecessor, Republican Ernie Fletcher.

Lawmaker Attempts to Criminalize Anonymous Internet Posting

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:15:50 -0700

Kentucky lawmaker Tim Couch has proposed a bill that would criminalize anonymous Internet posting.

Connect Kentucky Update: Broadband Tax Plan Ditched

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:31:54 -0800

Connect Kentucky has suffered a rare legislative setback, deciding not to go ahead with a bill that would have redirected tax receipts from the state treasury to telephone companies as a way of paying

ConnectKentucky Wants Your Tax Dollars

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:44:02 -0800

This is sort of a "rerun" post. I first commented on this topic back in August when I was first experimenting with the creation of this site.