In early March, what now seems like an eternity ago, two of the primary national organizations for local governments – the National Association of Counties and National League of Cities — held their annual legislative conferences in Washington, DC.

Centralina Executive Director, Geraldine Gardner, and federal relations consultant, Leslie Mozingo, were in Washington DC on February 20th to meet with Congressional offices and federal agencies about Centralina’s 2020 Federal Action Agenda.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has developed a short list of priorities that focuses on a group of energy measures that are being put together in committee, a highway reauthorization bill, and a package of health care measures that have to be done before May 22.