A Look Ahead

It’s hard to believe that the year is halfway over, and even harder to believe that it has only been five months since Calkin PA formally launched. We’ve hit the ground running, continuing to grow our team and deliver amazing results for our clients.

As we look ahead to Q3 and beyond, our team will be playing close attention to legislative and budget moves happening in the state, as well as how the national narrative continues to drive policy and business decisions broadly and at local levels. Hot topics to watch in the quarter ahead:

National

• Continued push and investment around immigration and border security, and implications caused by executive orders and policy

• State outcomes from dismantling the Federal Department of Education, including more burden placed on individual states

• A broader push for increased domestic energy production, and how that impacts business, consumer prices and the environment

California

• Implications on NGOs, education, environmental programs, public education campaigns and beyond from budget shortfalls

• Potential policy shifts in areas like energy, where we see power grid and oil and gas top of mind

• Continued focus on hot button issues including housing affordability, homelessness and general cost of living in the state