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

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His more than two decades of advocacy experience in Texas and the Southern Region makes him an excellent fit to lead IA’s newest office and to further impact the growing economy.” 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.

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COVID-19 Expected to Fuel the Next Wave of Innovation

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“Engineers, software designers, factory owners and self-taught sewers around the world have been racing to devise products they hope can help keep critically ill coronavirus patients alive and health care workers safe from infection,” wrote Andrew Jacobs and Rachel Abrams for The New York Times.

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Add Chapters to Make an Old Association Feel New

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So far, six local affiliates have been announced in Austin, Texas; Birmingham, Alabama; Detroit; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Dallas-Fort Worth; and the Piedmont region of North Carolina. There’s no denying that we’ve been fairly New York City-centric in terms of programming since we were founded in 1922,” she says. “We

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Associations Size Up Harvey’s Economic Impact

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With flooding from Hurricane Harvey still inundating southeastern Texas, it will likely be weeks or longer before its devastation is fully understood. As Hurricane Harvey continued to soak the Texas coast Tuesday, it was hard to come by official estimates of the storm’s impact. Greg Abbott said, according to The New York Times.

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Tiny House Group Ramps Up Knowledge-Sharing, Advocacy to Boost Tiny Living

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The foundation I built for my home here in Texas is a different foundation than would be required for a home in Florida or California or Minnesota,” he said. Not to mention the political atmosphere is different: We don’t have townships in Texas, but they’re all over New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.”.

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Supreme Court Ruling Halts “Forum Shopping” in Patent Suits

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Kraft Foods Group Brands , a Supreme Court ruling decided Monday, has nothing to do with the Eastern District of Texas on the surface. The Texas district has historically tended to favor patent holders, becoming a popular venue for patent lawsuits as a result. Many business and tech groups support the ruling. TC Heartland v.

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Meet You in Nashville: Where to Eat During #ASAE14, Part 3

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Jonathan Waxman was one of the chefs responsible for the American food revolution and is known in the food world for his tenure at Chez Panisse, Michaels in Santa Monica, Jams and his own restaurants in New York. The owner, Pat Martin, is cooking this week at the James Beard House in New York  quite an honor.

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