Episode 194: First Days of 2021 Present Political Challenges For Industry

It’s 2021 - thankfully - and with it brings a new Congress and the start of the state legislative sessions. We’ll talk to Mike Whatley who heads the state and local government affairs shop at the National Restaurant Association and get his perspective on the issues the industry will be tackling in 2021. And the last two weeks have been a pivotal time in the nation’s history. We’ve seen a dramatic increase in the spread of the coronavirus, a change in leadership in the U.S. Senate and an armed assault on the Congress of the United States itself and all it represents. We discuss what this potentially means for the industry and more importantly, for key industry leaders. We’ll discuss those issues and wrap it up with the legislative scorecard.