Episode 147: Industry Leader Lays Out 2020 Agenda

The Align Public Strategies team is joined by Mike Whatley, Vice President of State & Local Affairs for the National Restaurant Association who will share with us how his team at the NRA is approaching 2020 and the legislative and regulatory challenges coming at us this year. And the industry had a really great run in the news cycle this week with numerous national stories highlighting some important wage and benefit initiatives currently underway, essentially underscoring the message that this is in fact, an industry of opportunity. We’ll discuss how we can translate those headlines into meaningful political capital. We’ll talk about those stories and wrap it up with the legislative scorecard.