One of the primary ways consumers have benefitted from the competitive markets is through their ability to choose and voluntarily contract with telecommunications providers. Several bills filed this session threaten competition andthe integrity of contracts in the telecommunications marketby telling consumers and producers what they can andcannot agree to in a contract.
Economy
Don’t Fence Me In: Lianne’s Story
Family, then finances—and opportunity. Those are what brought Lianne Halpern back to tiny Shamrock, a small, dusty stop on the famous Route 66 in the Texas panhandle. Like generations of Americans before, Lianne and her family had traveled west along that route in search of the golden promises of California. Lianne’s father worked in the...
January 29, 2026