Just six weeks into the job at City Hall, Brandon Scott has felt all of the impact of the pandemic and managing COVID and local businesses. We chatted about the legend of Shorty, reopening restaurants, vaccine distribution and the tragic murder of his friend and Safe Streets leader Dante Barksdale.
Our ElectionPalooza crew has reassembled to discuss the future of America. Don Mohler and Nestor host Lucinda Ware, Tom Coale, Candace Dodson-Reed, Marc Steiner and Damian O’Doherty as we talk through the most turbulent week of our lifetime in this country.
Join us for the inaugural edition of The Lobby- a recreation of the room where it all happens, suitable for today's environment. For our first episode, we invited Keiffer Jackson Mitchell Jr., Chief Legislative Officer for the Office of Governor Larry Hogan, and Delora Sanchez Ifekauche, Esq, Principal at Cornerstone Government Affairs to get their sense of the state of play in Maryland politics, a reading on the legacy of Maryland Senate President Emeritus Thomas V. Mike Miller, and the top three issues to watch this session.
Partner at KO Public Affairs, Beth Levine has a unique resume with 16 years leading communications efforts for U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley and the Senate Judiciary Committee. Levine's career with the Senate Judiciary was capped off with her at the helm of communications surrounding the Gorsuch nomination.
The chasms between rural and urban districts have widened. How are state legislators bridging the divide to find common ground and keep the train on the rails?
Join us for a discussion with the Vice President of Economic Development for Johns Hopkins University and Medical system and stalwart community advocate, Alicia Wilson.
In episode five, Distinguished Fellow at the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy and Benton Senior Fellow, Gigi Sohn explains the digital access divide as framed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our first four conversations with medical professionals, we talked about the current crisis and the tool kits being utilized by caregivers to meet the current need. Telehealth, often requiring stable access to broadband, has been critical in flattening the curve and isn't easily attainable in communities without widespread access to broadband. That's where Sohn comes in.
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