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

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This expansion is a significant addition to IA’s 50-state government affairs program and existing offices in California, Illinois, Washington State, and New York. The websites, apps, and services powered by IA’s members have an enormous positive benefit for all Americans, and the southern U.S. The internet sector represents 10.1

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If You’re Looking for a Job, Look Inland, Lists Say

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News and World Report. Sydney Bennet of Apartment List noted that large coastal cities like New York, Chicago, and San Francisco tend to price themselves out of the market, leading smaller markets to be a better bet.

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In By a Nasal Strip: Association Gives Race OK to California Chrome

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A few weeks before the grueling Belmont Stakes, all eyes were on the race’s organizers, including the New York Racing Association, on how they would handle a budding controversy around a 4-by-6-inch adhesive patch worn on rising star California Chrome’s nose. Ultimately, the groups gave in. The group’s Rule 4033.8

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Out of Bloom: Lessons from a Nonprofit’s Demise

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In April 2013, a number of New York City parents, including City Council candidate Jelani Mashariki, loudly pushed back against the program at a town hall. “The people are not going to have it and we are going to fight back.” The result is an idea that’s going back to the drawing board.

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Making Introductions: Landmen Group Launches “Meet Us” Campaign

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The group focused its efforts on markets near major shale plays like Marcellus (New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia), New Albany (Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky), and Haynesville-Bossier (Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas), among others. The early results are impressive: The campaign received over 7.3

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Next Up for Antidoping Regulators: Horse Racing

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That would be a big shift for a sport that’s been governed by patchwork of rules: The New York Times reports that each of the 38 U.S. Horse-racing groups that have previously opposed regulation—including the Jockey Club, the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association, and the Breeders’ Cup—are backing the new bill.

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Horse Racing Groups Denounce Top Trainer Over Animal Mistreatment

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Days ahead of the Kentucky Derby, horse racing is facing a scandal that could change the face of the game forever after a PETA exposé appeared to show trainer Steve Asmussen’s team using inhumane medical treatments to make his horses go faster. The NBA isn’t the only professional sport facing a crisis of conscience at the moment.