Amazon granted $5 million in state funds to build second SE Michigan plant, hire 1,600 full-time

Date: 27 Jun 2017 | posted in: Media Coverage, Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In this piece for Michigan Radio, ILSR co-director and Amazon report co-author Stacy Mitchell was interviewed to detail the plan that Amazon has in bringing jobs to the Ann Arbor metro area and the ways this connects to Amazon’s moves across the county in taking over significant pieces of the economy.… Read More

Amazon Is Trying to Control the Underlying Infrastructure of Our Economy

Date: 25 Jun 2017 | posted in: Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In this op-ed for Motherboard, we look at how Amazon is trying to control the underlying infrastructure of our economy. We also examine how buying Whole Foods would expand Amazon’s control of commerce — and why regulators should block it.… Read More

Cable lobby tries to stop state investigations into slow broadband speeds

Date: 19 Jun 2017 | posted in: Media Coverage, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The largest players in the broadband industry have a vested interest in ensuring that they are not subject to regulations that ensure good Internet service for customers across the United States. In this piece for ArsTechnica Jon Brodkin details this trend and interviews our filings with the FCC.… Read More

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