The industry was active on Capitol Hill the week as industry leaders at IFA & NRA helped usher in new legislation to bring some much-needed certainty to the laws around joint employers. We are joined by our good friend Michael Layman, Chief Advocacy Officer at the International Franchise Association, to bring us up to speed on the new bill and what operators should expect going forward.

And the Governor of Texas put out an Executive Order this week laying out new regulations around the sales of hemp-based beverages. Is the industry going to get into the cvonversation on these products or let retailers and manufacturers box usa in - Again.

We’ll talk about those issues and wrap it up with the legislative scorecard.