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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves will start searching for someone new to lead the state's economic development agency. The governor's office announced Friday that John Rounsaville of Madison will step down as Mississippi Development Authority director on Aug.
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In 2001, House Speaker Tim Ford of Baldwyn supported the plan of fellow Democrats to place much of suburban Jackson in a congressional district with northeast Mississippi. Explaining the congressional redistricting effort featuring the Tupelo to Jackson district, Ford off-handedly dubbed it âthe tornado planâ because of the way it looked on the map. Fordâs intent was not to sabotage the plan, and most likely opposition to the plan would have been intense regardless of what it was called, but the âtornadoâ moniker stuck and not in a good way. Indeed, the moniker helped...
Gig companies seek to sway pro-union task force Presented by CTIA With help from John Hendel and Leah Nylen Editor’s Note: Morning Tech is a free version of POLITICO Pro Technology's morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers each morning at 6 a.m. The POLITICO Pro platform combines the news you need with tools you can use to take action on the day’s biggest stories. — Organizing labor: Gig companies are trying to figure out a way to influence President Joe Biden’s new pro-union task force. — Egging on Elon: A coalition is forming to lobby against Elon Musk’s Space...
What the Biden administration means for the future of Silicon Valley CNN 1/26/2021 © Brendan Smialowski/David Ryder/Ramin Talaie/Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images The biggest tech companies spent much of the last four years in Washington playing defense: Answering to threats of regulation and repeatedly being called before congressional committees; serving as former President Donald Trump's foil on social media moderation; and protesting his approach to immigration and tariffs. Now, with President Joe Biden in the White House, Big Tech may be hoping to turn a page. The industry's trade groups...