June 15, 2018

20 Jun June 15, 2018

Top Political News

• 3 Key Takeaways From Tuesday’s Primary Results. New York Times
• DOJ Clinton Report Blasts Comey, Agents, but Finds No Bias in Conclusion. Wall Street Journal
• New York sues Trump and his charity over ‘self-dealing.’ Reuters 
• Paul Manafort ordered to jail after witness-tampering charges. Washington Post
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy & Natural Resources

• Senate panel OKs Interior-EPA bill without new riders. E&E
• Senate agriculture panel passes farm bill with hemp legalization. CNBC
• Climate change is moving fish around faster than laws can handle, study says. Washington Post
• Trump Wants to Bail Out Coal and Nuclear Power. Here’s Why That Will Be Hard. New York Times
• Trump’s Pick to Lead Weather Agency Spent 30 Years Fighting It. Bloomberg Businessweek

Indian Affairs

• Oregon Delegation Expands Inquiry Into Chemawa Indian School. Oregon Public Broadcasting
• Supreme Court Gives Tribes A Victory Over Washington State In Salmon Case. KUOW
• NW Tribal Members To Appeal Religious Freedom Case. Oregon Public Broadcasting

Labor

• Supreme Court Turns Aside J.B. Hunt on Truck Driver Suit. Wall Street Journal
• Liberal groups, unions urge lawmakers to oppose second round of Trump tax cuts. The Hill
• Trump’s attacks on federal employee unions, pay and benefits draw bipartisan rebukes. Washington Post
• Will pending Supreme Court decision weaken unions’ political power in Oregon? Oregonian

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• What Happened in the Trump-Kim Meeting and Why It Matters. New York Times
• China Issues Retaliatory Tariffs as Trade Fight Heats Up. Wall Street Journal
• EU nations back retaliating against U.S. steel tariffs. Reuters

Technology

• Spokane, Washington Will Use Drones to Inspect Infrastructure and Monitor Construction. The Drive
• If the Robots Come for Our Jobs, What Should the Government Do? New York Times
• Tesla Cutting About 9% of Global Workforce. Wall Street Journal
• Will Uber and Lyft Become Different Things? The Atlantic

Transportation

• Oregon on the road to freeway tolling. Portland Tribune
• Why I let Domino’s fill my city’s potholes. Washington Post
• The Bike Share War is Shaking Up Seattle Like Nowhere Else. Wired
• The Very Good Math of Electric Buses. Route Fifty
• We Need to Talk About the Far-Out Future of Cities. CityLab