Wireless welfare

Poor people in Colorado could soon get a free cell phone with that bowl of soup and and bed for the night. If approved by the state Public Utilities Commission, writes David Migoya in the Denver Post, Colorado would become the 17th state to provide free cell service for low income people reliant on public assistance.

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