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How the restaurant industry fared in the State of the Union address

Working Lunch: This week's political podcast looks at whether the president's annual address this year offered anything for restaurants.

In this week’s Working Lunch, Joe Kefauver and Franklin Coley of Align Public Strategies give their take on President Trump’s State of the Union address last week. Outside of the predictable antics, was there anything substantive for restaurant operators?

And Washington state has rolled out a Golden Oldie: taking another run at “Fair Share” health legislation, which is another way of saying a “per-employee head tax.”

And, the streets of Minneapolis are much calmer now. But has the local pushback on ICE abated as well?

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