Here we are kicking off Season 3, Episode 1, and in today’s episode we’re unpacking the Maryland Chamber of Commerce’s legislative priorities for the upcoming 2024 session.

This session, the Chamber has identified a robust set of issues addressing core concerns of the business community. From navigating the fiscal challenges the state faces, to long-term transportation funding solutions and comprehensive data privacy legislation, our state is at a crossroads. We will explore military retiree relief, aiming to retain our veterans’ valuable expertise, as well as the importance of increasing affordable childcare options to tackle Maryland’s workforce shortage.

So here is it, the Maryland Chamber’s 2024 legislative priorities.

Here we are in Season 2, Episode 2 – and we are taking it on the road at MACo. The week of August 14, 2023 was the annual Maryland Association of Counties conference in Ocean City. Our colleagues from the Maryland Chamber joined the thousands of local, state and federal government officials, legislators and many of our families for a week of meetings, educational sessions and of course, crabs and cocktails.

We were part of “Podcast Row” on Thursday and Friday at MACo, along with other Maryland podcasters, and we were able to grab various experts to discuss a variety of important issues being tackled at the local and state level. Throughout the conference we spoke with Walter Simmons with Employ Prince George’s to discuss workforce development, Grason Wiggins with Harris Jones & Malone to discuss rent control, Scott Waitlevertch with Columbia Gas to discuss the newly released Climate Pathway Report, as well as Heather Cascone to discuss the Save our Benefits Coalition and health benefits costs.

So here is it, Between Two Chambers, live from MACo.

Hello and welcome to Season 2 of our podcast series, Between Two Chambers. I’m Andrew Griffin, your host and Senior Vice President of Government Affairs at the Maryland Chamber of Commerce. I am so excited to continue this podcast.

One of the hot topics in Annapolis right now is the legalization of adult-use cannabis, coming to our state July 1 following last November’s referendum. Legislators are currently reviewing the lengthy bill to introduce this budding industry – and so are we!

In this episode, I sit down with Warren Lemley, president, co-founder and owner of Peake ReLeaf, a Rockville-based cannabis dispensary advocating for a safe and regulated Maryland cannabis industry.