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Internet Association Opens Texas Office And Hires State Government Affairs Southern Region Director

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Hines will also cover Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, which include an additional 1,366,000 American internet sector jobs. The internet sector represents 10.1 percent of the U.S.

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New Battlefront: Same-Sex Spouse Benefits and the National Guard

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Politicians in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Mississippi have worked to block gay and lesbian National Guard members’ spouses from receiving benefits based on state law not recognizing same-sex marriage. Despite this, the Department of Defense says that no spouses have been denied benefits. .”