February 7, 2020

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Top News

• Not guilty: Senate acquits Trump of impeachment charges. Associated Press
• Buttigieg narrowly wins Iowa caucuses: state party results. Reuters
• What We Learned From Trump’s State Of The Union Address. NPR
• Tonight’s Democratic Debate: Familiar Faces, New Dynamics. New York Times
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy & Natural Resources

• U.S. House Democrats want to create nationwide EV charging network. Reuters
• Lime pledges zero-emission operations fleet by 2030. Smart Cities Dive
• Climate Models Are Running Red Hot, and Scientists Don’t Know Why. Bloomberg Green
• Trump Administration Finalizes Plans To Allow Development On Downsized Monuments. NPR

Indian Affairs

• Kennedy testifies before Congress, seeking solution to 26-year-old mistake. Smoke Signals
• Tribal leaders call Bears Ears opening an ‘unlawful action.’ Bears Ears
• The Census Already Started in Alaska. Native Translators Are Working to Prevent Undercount Repeat. Route Fifty

Labor

• House passes bill to rewrite labor laws and strengthen unions. Washington Post
• U.S. Economy Added 225,000 Jobs in January. Wall Street Journal
• AB5 may ease caps for writers, photographers; more gig-law changes coming. San Francisco Chronicle

Taxation & Trade

• China Cuts Tariffs on $75 Billion in U.S. Goods. That Was the Easy Part. New York Times
• How 2020 candidates plan to tax wealthy Americans more. PBS
• How Fines and Fees Reform Became a Priority for Cities Across the Country. Route Fifty

Technology

• Vancouver Wants to Avoid Other Cities’ Mistakes With Uber and Lyft. Wired
• U.S. Pushing Effort to Develop 5G Alternative to Huawei. Wall Street Journal
• Uber gets permit to restart testing its self-driving cars in California. Automotive News
• Nuro’s new delivery R2 bot gets the first driverless vehicle exemption from feds. TechCrunch

Transportation & Infrastructure 

• House Lawmakers Propose $2.5 Billion Over Five Years for Bike, Pedestrian Projects. Route Fifty
• House Lawmakers Agree on Infrastructure Investments, but Lack Funding Proposals. Transport Topics
• Rep. Lipinski: Grade crossing safety a priority for FAST Act reauthorization bill. Progressive Railroading
• The 2028 Olympics has sparked a transportation revamp in LA. Smart Cities Dive

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