Local Revenue Flexibility Takes Center Stage
This week on the Conduit Street Podcast, Kevin Kinnally and Michael Sanderson break down the latest from Maryland’s Local Revenue Task Force...
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A podcast on Maryland policy and politics, covering state and county issues. We’ll cover the General Assembly, Governor, state agencies, and county leaders and how it affects Marylanders and...
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The Briefing Room: The Hemlock Grove Playbook
For the final episode of The Briefing Room's housing finance series, the conversation heads west to Garrett County, where local leaders are...
News or Noise: Blueprint Pressure, AI Surveillance, and College Sports
Summer Conference is in the rearview mirror, but many of the conversations shaping Maryland policy are just getting started. In the latest r...
The Briefing Room: Preservation as a Housing Strategy
Building new housing is only part of the affordability challenge. Counties also need tools to preserve the affordable homes already in their...
Summer MACoCon Is Over but the Conversations Continue
The 2026 Summer MACoCon might be over, but many of the conversations that filled the convention center's halls are ongoing. In this episode...
Special Bonus Episode: Frederick County's Data Center Playbook
Following the response to The Briefing Room's energy series, we're revisiting one of the topics that generated the most listener interest: d...
The Briefing Room: The Office-To-Housing Challenge
Converting empty offices into housing sounds like a straightforward way to address two challenges at once, but the financial and physical re...
News or Noise: Redistricting, Revenue, and NBA Hot Takes
Every month, the Conduit Street Podcast separates the headlines that matter from the stories generating more attention than action. Let's ta...
The Briefing Room: Smith Island Cake Effect
Housing costs rarely rise because of one single policy, fee, or requirement. More often, they build layer by layer until the numbers no long...
Healthy Communities With the American Heart Association
Public Health is about more than hospitals and healthcare; it's also about the policies that help people live healthier lives every day. Thi...
The Briefing Room: Inside the Private Side of Housing Finance
Building affordable housing takes more than public funding. Private lenders and investors play a critical role in turning plans into complet...
The Briefing Room: The State's Role in Solving Maryland's Housing Crisis
Over the first two episodes of our housing finance series, Dom Butchko and Terry Hickey explored how affordable housing projects are finance...
Special Edition: The Briefing Room Talks Data Centers, Fact vs. Fiction
Instead of this week's regular Conduit Street Podcast, we're bringing you a bonus episode of The Briefing Room in response to a high-interes...
The Briefing Room: Why Housing Costs More Than Ever
Housing projects do not rise or fall only on land, design, or political will. They also rise or fall with the cost of capital, aka the capit...
News or Noise: Maryland Primaries, Power Shifts, and What Comes Next
This month’s News or Noise dives into the biggest political developments coming out of Maryland’s June primary elections, and what they coul...
The Briefing Room: Before the Bricks, the Financial Realities of Housing
After wrapping our series on Maryland’s energy future, The Briefing Room turns to another defining challenge for counties: housing. In Episo...
From Maryland to Missouri, County Issues Align
This week on the Conduit Street Podcast, Michael Sanderson is joined by Steve Hobbs, Executive Director of the Missouri Association of Count...
Different States, Similar County Challenges
This week on the Conduit Street Podcast, Dominic Butchko and Kevin Kinnally record from the Conference of Southern County Associations (CSCA...
The Briefing Room Ep 5: The Annapolis Energy Agenda
In the final episode of The Briefing Room energy series, host Dom Butchko turns the conversation to Annapolis and the broader policy choices...
The Briefing Room Ep 4: The Data Center Dilemma
In Episode 4 of The Briefing Room, we continue our five-part energy series with a closer look at one of the fastest-growing and most controv...