04 Jan December 23, 2020
Top News
- Congress passes COVID stimulus without state, local aid. Smart Cities Dive
- Trump threatens to not sign COVID-19 bill, wants bigger stimulus checks. Reuters
- One-Month Eviction Moratorium, $25 Billion in Rental Aid in Covid Bill. RouteFifty
- Moderna’s Coronavirus Vaccine Begins Arriving at Strained Hospitals Across the U.S. New York Times
- Nearly twice as many Americans are hospitalized right now with COVID-19 than in spring. Fortune
- Trump pardons 15, including people convicted in Mueller probe. CNBC
Energy & Natural Resources
- Congress takes aim at climate change in massive relief bill. Associated Press
- A Plan by Eastern States to Cap Tailpipe Emissions Gets Off to a Slow Start. New York Time
- Cruz asks Trump for Senate vote on Paris Agreement. E&E News
- The U.S. will soon rejoin the Paris climate accord. Then comes the hard part. Washington Post
- With Climate Change Focus, Biden Filling Environmental, Interior Posts. U.S. News
Indian Affairs
- Biden: Federal government ‘has long-broken promises to Native American tribes’. The Hill
- COVID-19 is crushing Native American reservations. But distrust of the government makes vaccines a hard sell. Los Angeles Times
- For Native Americans, Rep. Haaland’s Nomination Signals A Relationship Shift. NPR
- U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Case Involving Crow Nation. Native News
- It’s 2020. Indigenous Team Names in Sports Have to Go. New York Times
Labor
- AAPI lawmakers ramp up pressure on Biden to nominate Julie Su for Labor secretary. Axios
- Wave of Attempted Fraud Hits State Unemployment Claims Programs. Wall Street Journal
- Uber fined $59 million for dodging questions about sexual assaults. The Verge
- Amazon Workers Near Vote on Joining Union at Alabama Warehouse. New York Times
- Companies lobby to get their workers first in line for vaccine. NBC News
- Environmental groups line up behind Levin for Labor. Politico
- Weekly initial jobless claims rose to 885,000 last week. NBC News
Taxation & Trade
- Tucked into Congress’s massive stimulus bill: Tens of billions in special-interest tax giveaways. Washington Post
- U.S. publishes list of Chinese and Russian firms with military ties. Reuters
- Federal stimulus includes wind, solar tax credit extensions, adds first US offshore wind tax credit. Utility Dive
- U.S. trade deficits continue to grow. Axios
- $600 second stimulus checks could be coming. Here’s who’s first in line to get them. CNBC
- Some automakers want more time to meet new trade rules, Mexican official says. Reuters
Technology
- Two Years into the Government’s National Quantum Initiative. Nextgov
- Dozens of US organizations also used software targeted by Russian hackers: analysis. The Hill
- The Antitrust Case Against Big Tech, Shaped by Tech Industry Exiles. New York Times
- Facebook highlights small businesses as it ramps up Apple criticism. Tech Crunch
- Twitter to wipe Trump’s followers before Biden handover. BBC News
Transportation & Infrastructure
- For Public Transit, the Stimulus Is a Lifeline — But a Short One. Bloomberg CityLab
- Where transit stands with COVID-19 relief bill and FY21 omnibus legislation. Mass Transit
- Traffic fatalities dropped slightly in 2019: NHTSA. Smart Cities Dive
- Public Transit Has to Come Back. The Atlantic
- A race to become the Tesla of delivery trucks and vans. The New York Times
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