net neutrality

Washington lawmakers passed over 300 bills during the 2018 legislative session in Olympia. This week, hundreds of new laws take effect, including several to address sexual misconduct in the workplace. With over 200 laws taking effect this week, here are a few highlights.

Your internet service should be free of slow lanes and corporate favoritism if legislation just signed in Washington state and awaiting the governor's signature in Oregon works as intended. The states' objectives were to block a federal rollback of Obama-era net neutrality rules.

Washington lawmakers have passed legislation intended to restore net neutrality. Under the measure, internet providers are prohibited from blocking content or impairing traffic.

Washington lawmakers vowed to protect net neutrality after the Federal Communications Commission rolled back the Obama-era regulations. Now that effort is making progress.

While Washington lawmakers have vowed to protect net neutrality, thousands of people in rural communities still lack access to high speed internet. That may change if a big budget proposal goes through this year.