August 7, 2020

10 Aug August 7, 2020

Top News

• White House, Dem leaders make one last try on coronavirus relief deal. Politico
• 300,000 Deaths By December? 9 Takeaways From The Newest COVID-19 Projections. NPR
• Trump, Facing Headwinds in Ohio, Talks Up Economy in Campaign Swing. New York Times
• Biden VP race is highly fluid days before expected pick. The Hill
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy & Natural Resources

• Trump Signs Landmark Land Conservation Bill. New York Times
• Congress under pressure as states lift electricity shut-off bans during coronavirus crisis. Washington Post
• Biden’s clean energy push resonates in Senate battlegrounds. Axios
• Dakota Access Pipeline Staves Off Shutdown in Mixed Ruling. Bloomberg

Indian Affairs

• A Historic Supreme Court Ruling Upends Courts in Oklahoma. New York Times
• Native American Family In Oregon Survives COVID-19 Battle. WBUR
• Mississippi’s only federally recognized Native American tribe bears brunt of state’s outbreak. PBS NewsHour

Labor

• Lapse in Extra Unemployment Benefits to Hurt U.S. Recovery, Economists Say. Wall Street Journal
• New Unemployment Claims Decline, but Remain ‘Alarmingly High.’ New York Times
• ‘We’re Risking Our Lives’: Front-Line Federal Workers Sue For Hazard Pay. NPR
• Public Pensions Rally in Chaotic Stock Market, But Bigger Bills Still Coming for Governments. Route Fifty

Taxation & Trade

• Trump Reinstates Tariff on Canadian Aluminum. New York Times
• Growth in Container Port Capacity to Contract as Trade Declines. Wall Street Journal
• Democrats introduce bill to give the Federal Reserve a new mission: Ending racial inequality. Washington Post
• Short on Money, Cities Around the World Try Making Their Own. Bloomberg CityLab

Technology

• The Problem With ‘Mobility as a Service.’ Bloomberg CityLab
• Uber Ridership Fails to Recover as Pandemic Drives Another Big Loss. Wall Street Journal
• Trump signs order aimed at boosting rural health care, telehealth. Politico
• Contactless Transit Fare Systems Are in High Demand. Government Technology
• Trump Executive Orders Target TikTok, WeChat Apps. Wall Street Journal

Transportation & Infrastructure

• Key Democrats pledge support for more federal aid for transit. Washington Post
• As Transit Systems Brace For Cuts, the Last Recession Is a Warning. Bloomberg CityLab
• Highway work at risk as Congress considers next recovery bill. Roll Call
• High-Speed Rail’s True Barrier Isn’t Money. It’s Space. Governing
• TRB Webinar: Public Transit Ridership Trends. TRB

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