SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators deciding how to permit the future rollout of self-driving cars were told Thursday by consumer advocates…
Jan 28, 2016Consumer Watchdog is concerned that driverless car technology is still unproven. John M. Simpson supports the DMV's draft regulations for autonomous vehicles…
Jan 28, 2016SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) - California lobbyists will no longer be allowed to conceal millions in expenditures after state regulators voted Thursday to…
Jan 22, 2016California’s Fair Political Practices Commission, the state’s political ethics watchdog, made a small but significant change to its lobbying rules last week.…
Jan 22, 2016Google has once again proved it is Silicon Valley's biggest lobbying spender, splashing out more than $16m (£11.2m) for the second year…
Jan 22, 2016A coalition of 59 organizations on Wednesday sent a letter to U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler calling on him to…
Jan 22, 2016The Federal Communications Commission acted decisively last year to protect the internet’s open, freewheeling nature, in a landmark victory for public interest…
Jan 21, 2016Amazon dramatically increased the amount of resources it dedicated to trying to influence federal regulations last year. The company spent $9.07 million on lobbying in 2015, an…
Jan 21, 2016Amazon almost doubles its spending from 2014; Facebook 'friends' D.C. Google and Comcast were one and two in federal lobbying spending in…
Jan 21, 2016California's elections watchdog is poised to force groups that hire lobbyists to reveal more about hundreds of millions of dollars spent to…
Jan 21, 2016
By Tracy Seipel, MERCURY NEWS California’s four largest health plans may be on the hook for $10 billion in state back taxes…
Jan 21, 2016Under the Open Internet order issued last year by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), broadband service providers can't block or throttle content…
Jan 20, 2016More than 50 digital rights and consumer groups are pressing the Federal Communications Commission to start drafting Internet privacy rules “as quickly…
Jan 20, 2016Nearly 60 privacy and activist groups and others have signed on to a letter to FCC chairman Tom Wheeler petitioning the FCC…
Jan 20, 2016WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A coalition of U.S. groups on Wednesday urged the Federal Communications Commission to write sweeping privacy protections for the…
Jan 20, 2016The dire warning arrived in a mailer to thousands of state voters from a group called the California Drivers Alliance. "Gasoline restrictions…
Jan 17, 2016Los Angeles — While self-driving cars already are being tested on public roads, newly released safety data support the cautionary view that the technology has many…
Jan 14, 2016As automakers develop their self-driving car technologies, human test drivers still sometimes have to take the wheel. The California Department of Motor…
Jan 14, 2016