December 20, 2019

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Top News

• Senate Passes Spending Bills to Avert Government Shutdown. Wall Street Journal
• Trump Impeached for Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress. New York Times
• Senate sends massive defense bill for Trump to sign, creating Space Force. Reuters
• 6 Takeaways From The 6th Democratic Debate. NPR
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy, Natural Resources, & Agriculture

• Committees Stuck in Neutral During January Impeachment Trial. Bloomberg Environment
• Low-carbon fuel standard, requirements for ride-hailing companies among Gov. Inslee’s climate proposals. Seattle Times
• California Considers Requiring Zero Emission Truck Sales. Associated Press
• Americans say they’re changing behaviors to help the environment – but is it making a difference? Pew Research Center

Indian Affairs 

• Indian Health Service Effort to Protect Patients From Abuse Needs Work, Report Says. Wall Street Journal
• Wyden and Merkley Tackle Tribal Water Quality. The Corvallis Advocate
• U.S. Supreme Court accepts new Oklahoma case about Indian reservations. The Oklahoman

Labor

• Companies Can Ban Use of Work Email in Union Organizing. Bloomberg Law
• The impact of national ride-hailing regulations: Labor. SmartCitiesDive
• How A California Port is Creating Its Future Workforce. Material Handling & Logistics

Taxation & Trade

• House Passes North American Trade Pact With Bipartisan Support. Wall Street Journal
• Spending bill would extend expired tax breaks. The Hill
• 2 Years Later, Trump Tax Cuts Have Failed To Deliver On GOP’s Promises. NPR
• Trump says he had a ‘very good talk with President Xi’ about China trade deal. CNBC

Technology

• How California’s Consumer Privacy Act Will Become the Digital Law of the Land. Route Fifty
• Forget electric cars — e-bikes will be the top selling EV in the next decade. The Verge
• Share Now Is the Latest Car-Share Service to Fold. Wired
• California opens door to autonomous delivery vehicles. SmartCitiesDive

Transportation & Infrastructure

• Congress Passes Transportation Funding Bill. Transport Topics
• Why Kansas City’s Free Transit Experiment Matters. CityLab
• 8 issues that will define cities in the 2020s. Curbed
• New federal grant expected to improve infrastructure in U.S. military cities. Fox San Antonio

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