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Democracy & Technology Blog Michigan adopts statewide video franchise relief

Hance Haney
December 22, 2006
Broadband, Competition



HB 6456 — the bill which would streamline video franchising in Michigan — was signed into law by Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who noted that she expects it to create 2,000 jobs.
Michigan becomes the 11th state to reform video franchising.

Hance Haney

Director and Senior Fellow of the Technology & Democracy Project
Hance Haney served as Director and Senior Fellow of the Technology & Democracy Project at the Discovery Institute, in Washington, D.C. Haney spent ten years as an aide to former Senator Bob Packwood (OR), and advised him in his capacity as chairman of the Senate Communications Subcommittee during the deliberations leading to the Telecommunications Act of 1996. He subsequently held various positions with the United States Telecom Association and Qwest Communications. He earned a B.A. in history from Willamette University and a J.D. from Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon.