20 Apr April 17, 2020
Top News
- Trump Says States Can Start Reopening While Acknowledging the Decision Is Theirs. New York Times
- States Announce Regional Efforts to Restart the Economy. Route Fifty
- McCarthy signals progress being made on small business relief. Politico
- The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico
Energy & Natural Resources
- Shell unveils plans to become net-zero carbon company by 2050. The Guardian
- More Logging in National Forests on Trump Anti-Virus Agenda. Bloomberg Environment
- North America’s Oil Industry Is Shutting Off the Spigot. Wall Street Journal
- E.P.A. Weakens Controls on Mercury New York Times
Indian Affairs
- Tribes sue Treasury over recovery money for for-profit corporations. Politico
- How Native Americans Are Fighting a Food Crisis. New York Times
- A U.S. tribe’s uphill battle against climate change. Reuters
- Tribes press judge to halt US-Canada pipeline as work starts. Associated Press
Labor
- U.S. now has 22 million unemployed, wiping out a decade of job gains Washington Post
- Rail labor groups seek federal oversight on temporary waivers. Freight Waves
- Democrats press Labor secretary for broad distribution of unemployment benefits. The Hill
- Straggling in a Good Economy, and Now Struggling in a Crisis. New York Times
Taxation & Trade
- Counties Say They Need More Federal Money To Stay Solvent Amid Coronavirus Shutdowns. NPR
- States Are in a Quandary as Taxes Evaporate and Virus Spending Soars. New York Times
- The Paycheck Protection Program has already run out of money. Vox
- China’s Export Restrictions Strand Medical Goods U.S. Needs to Fight Coronavirus, State Department Says. Wall Street Journal
Technology
- How GM and Ford Switched Out Pickup Trucks for Breathing Machines. The Verge
- Anyone Feel Like Saving Electric Scooters? CityLab
- The Pandemic Could Be an Opportunity to Remake Cities. Wired
Transportation & Infrastructure
- Highway fund’s shortfall deepened by plunge in gas tax revenue. Roll Call
- More than one-third of U.S. bridges are in disrepair, infrastructure group says. NBC News
- On America’s Busiest Highways, the Virus Leaves an Open Road. New York Times
- Wary of public transport, coronavirus-hit Americans turn to bikes. Reuters
- Cities Are Taking Advantage Of Less Traffic To Rethink Their Roads. NPR
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