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R2R

Colorado and Oregon Pass Right to Repair Laws

Our friends at Repair.org tell us that Governor Polis of Colorado has officially signed the state’s third Right to Repair bill into law, setting…

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iFixIt Ends Samsung Collaboration

iFixit has announced they are ending their collaboration with Samsung. The program was launched 2 years ago, and according to the post on their…

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Apple to expand repair options with support for used genuine parts

with a h/t to friend of NWIDA – Kyle Wiens of iFixit and Repair.org, today we find out that Apple is planning to extend…

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Oregon Passes Right to Repair

As we mentioned a few weeks ago the Oregon Senate had passed a R2R bill. Now the state House has passed the bill (SB…

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Oregon Senate passes Right to Repair Act

The Oregon Senate passed Bill 1596, getting Oregonians one step closer to being able to fix our personal electronics and household appliances. The bill…

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NY Looks to Beef Up R2R Law

NY Assemblymember Patricia Fahy introduced Assembly Bill 8955 on Jan. 30, which would amend New York’s Digital Fair Repair Act. The bill would modify…

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PIRG Delivers over 56000 Petitions to FTC

On Thursday, US PIRG (led by NWIDA friend Nathan Proctor) delivered over 56,000 petition signatures to the FTC in Washington, DC. We want to…

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NWIDA Public FTC Comment

US PIRG and iFixit have recently filed a petition with the FTC regarding Right to Repair.  YOU have the ability to comment – which…

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More CES soon, but first…

We need your help on Right to Repair (R2R) Our friends at repair.org are collecting signatures on a petition that will be sent to…

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2023 In Review

Hey there!  Want to see what we did in 2023? Click here or… NWIDA NWIDA members, contact us today if you need our assistance.…

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