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Home » Press Releases » Dept. of Justice: AG Kaul and multistate coalition call on FCC to publish delayed rule on multilingual emergency alerts
MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today joined a coalition urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to publish a delayed rule that would expand language access for government emergency alerts sent to cell phones. The rule was adopted by the FCC in January 2025. It requires Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs) to be available in 13 additional languages, including American Sign Langua...