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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.

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Counseling Groups Partner to Fight Bill They Say Allows For Discrimination

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The American Counseling Association has partnered with other organizations to oppose a Tennessee bill they say would permit discrimination against LGBT people based on a service provider’s personal beliefs. The Tennessee bill is among many that associations, along with corporations, have recently spoken out about.

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Game Theory: How the NBA Decided to Move the 2017 All-Star Game From Charlotte

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After careful consideration, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver made the call to move the 2017 NBA All-Star Game out of North Carolina, in protest of the state’s controversial HB2 law. I think they realize that we very much would like to play next year’s All-Star Game in North Carolina, as I’ve said before.”

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Associations Advise Public After Gas Shortages Arise

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For example: Don’t change your gas-buying habits: Gary Harris, executive director of the North Carolina Petroleum & Convenience Marketers Association, says that although there’s a serious problem that is affecting the gasoline pipeline, it’s being made worse by people who are responding by changing their gas-buying habits. .

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NCAA Tightens Rules Against LGBT Discrimination

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The strategy arose in response to a set of recent laws in North Carolina, Mississippi, and Tennessee that have been seen as discriminatory against gay and transgender individuals. Last year in Indiana, a religious-freedom law similar to North Carolina’s passed but was later revamped.

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A Wiring Challenge: Municipal Broadband Pits Cities Against Telecom Giants

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The Federal Communications Commission is considering whether to override Tennessee and North Carolina law and allow two cities to expand their super-fast internet service. But telecom giants and a governors’ group are urging the FCC to stay out of the states’ business.

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Meet You in Nashville: Where to Eat during #ASAE14, part 2

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We shared a bunch of dishes including a few pizzas featuring their house-cured meats and cornmeal-crusted North Carolina catfish with a tasty slaw of Savoy cabbage, rhubarb, Vidalia onion and an orange dressing. Charred Tennessee pork belly appetizer at Bound’ry (photo by Bound’ry/Instagram). 900 Rosa L. Parks Blvd.,

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