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As much as we all love a well-slaved-over Thanksgiving dinner, if you’re like me, what you may love even more are the leftovers.

The Boston waterfront is home to some of the most important policy discussions happening in the region – including around a building boom, rising sea levels, and aging infrastructure. In the midst of this key moment for Harbor planning, not one but two waterfront Boston City Council seats are opening up for the next session.

The Boston waterfront is at the center of some of the most important environmental, land use and transportation conversations happening in the region today. Denterlein’s In the News, an event series focused on critical issues shaping the Commonwealth, recently brought together more than 60 business and civic leaders to discuss the city’s changing waterfront. We asked our panel of experts: In a time of rapid change, how do we keep the waterfront accessible and vibrant, able to rival the best waterfronts around the world? Download our Issue Brief to hear their answers.

I was fortunate to work in Vice President Joe Biden’s press office from 2015 until earlier this year. Each day in the White House was unique and different, and I was honored to be a small part of the Obama Administration. I learned something new every day, but here are my favorite lessons:

The weather forecast may not reflect it, but it’s national Sunshine Week. It’s an annual effort by the American Society of News Editors and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to urge open records and government transparency. It’s also a reminder that Massachusetts has a new open records law. The new statute went into effect January 1 - amending one of the weakest such laws in the country.

While Donald Trump and the media battle it out in Washington, remember that the fight for open records, a free press and government accountability is waged every day on much smaller stages.

For business leaders and owners it’s a perfect storm. A new administration and leadership at the NLRB signals a changing climate for unions – one expected to shift or even reverse decades of pro-union regulations. At the same time, a rallying cry around injustice on both sides of the political aisle has transformed social media from a tactical tool to a powerful megaphone that can disrupt or permanently damage a company’s reputation in a matter of seconds.

What do the handsome Boston office buildings at International Place, 75 State Street, 222 Berkeley/500 Boylston, and State Street’s world headquarters at One Lincoln Street have in common?