Bill and Bob Thomas (Principals) Senior Star graciously hosted a meeting in Tulsa, Okla., this week with honored guest Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) and leaders of the senior living industry and Alzheimer’s Association.

Paul Williams, vice president of government relations, Argentum, along with Mike Bivens, Brian Bivens, and Nicole Painter of Bivens & Associates, Argentum’s lobbying team in Tennessee, had a meeting this week with Tennessee State Rep. Greg Vital (R-Harrison) and Morning Pointe Senior Living Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Franklin Farrow.

On Sept. 2, Judy Hackler, executive director of the Virginia Assisted Living Association (VALA), and I had the pleasure of joining with William Fralin, CEO of Retirement Unlimited Inc. (RUI), and Doris-Ellie Sullivan, president of RUI, at their wonderful Paul Spring Retirement Community in Alexandria, Va. There, we shared the benefits and challenges of senior living communities with Virginia delegates and senators, and Virginia’s Commissioner of the Department of Labor, Gary Pan.

Country Meadows of Forks in West Easton, Pa., hosted Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.) recently, where leaders from the Pennsylvania Assisted Living Association (PALA) and other stakeholders joined the lawmaker in a discussion and tour as part of an education and outreach initiative.

Keith Sappington, executive director, Missouri Assisted Living Association, says the state’s assisted living communities scored a victory recently when Gov. Mike Parson allocated $10 million out of ARPA funds specifically for them and related residential care businesses impacted by COVID-19.

The Kentucky Senior Living Association (KSLA) has named Rebecca Pfalzgraf executive director, promoting her from the role of director of communications and member services. The KSLA Board of Directors said Pfalzgraf will succeed Bob White, who recently retired from the organization.