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Join Emily & Kelsey as they walk us through the last days of this 88th Texas Legislative Session, and the wins coming to the industry.

Emily & Kelsey coming to you live from the Capitol on April 19, 2023 after a lengthy floor discussion and vote on the critical Regulatory Consistency bill. Hear the latest from the House Floor, and what happens next.

Emily & Kelsey come to you live from the Texas State Capitol with an update on the 88th Texas Legislative session. This week is critical to our agenda, with hearings on regulatory consistency, the restaurant clean up bill, and swipe fees.

Hear more about what's happening in Austin, and lend your voice to ours on these critical issues by completing the below calls to action!

Contact your Legislator via our P2A platform and let your voice be heard:

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In the second of our special episodes celebrating Women's History Month, we welcome to the table Dawn Lafreeda, President & CEO of Den-Tex Central Inc., one of Denny's largest franchisee operators, and Shoshana Vernick, Managing Director of Avathon Capital. Dawn appears in an upcoming documentary, "Show Her the Money", that brings awareness to the fact that less than 2% of venture capital backed businesses are women-owned.

We are thrilled to have two such incredible women of industry, entrepreneurs, and passionate advocates joining us on this episode where we discuss "Show Her the Money", as well as how this impacts women-owned restaurants and the future of our industry.

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Another in a special series of epsiodes where we leave the table and take you to the Texas State Capitol live with TRA President & CEO, Emily Williams Knight, and Chief Public Affairs Officer, Kelsey Erickson Streufert, with the latest happenings in the 88th Texas Legislative Session.

In this update, hear about several hearings happening this week on bills ranging from swipe fees to regulatory consistency and public nuisance preemption. Several of our members testified today or will this week to support bringing your voice to the conversation, ensuring legislators understand what we need for our industry.

We will continue to bring you updates regularly throughout the Legislative Session on what is happening with our agenda and efforts to protect and advance the Texas restaurant industry.

Learn more about the TRA's TX Lege Session Agenda and how your can get involved here: www.txrestaurant.org/advocacy.

Join us At the Table as the TRA kicks-off celebrating Women's History Month with a special candid conversation with our President & CEO, Emily Williams Knight. Ben and Joe talk with Emily about her career, early days at the TRA, what it was like to fight for Texas' restaurants throughout the pandemic, where we are headed as an industry, and a few behind the scenes details about the Association's leader. Emily is a staunch and passionate advocate for women, children, and veterans. Learn more about the TRA's advocacy plans for this 88th Texas Legislative Session and how we will continue to champion the needs of restaurant operators and their employees across the State.

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