January 10, 2020

13 Jan January 10, 2020

Top News

• Pelosi ends standoff with Senate Republicans over impeachment articles. Politico
• White House to Ease Environmental Permits for Major Projects. Bloomberg Environment
• House Votes to Restrain Trump’s Iran War Powers. New York Times
• Marianne Williamson Suspends Presidential Campaign. NPR
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy, Natural Resources, & Agriculture

• How Trump’s Environmental Policy Rollback Affects The Northwest. Oregon Public Broadcasting
• Electric Cars Will Challenge State Power Grids. Pew Charitable Trusts
• The Disproportionate Effects of Air Pollution. Route Fifty
• Enormous ‘Megafire’ In Australia Engulfs 1.5 Million Acres. NPR

Indian Affairs 

• New chief justice, first Native American member sworn in. KOMO News
• Partnership encourages Native Americans to pursue health care careers. Coos Bay World
• Amid shut-off woes, a beacon of energy. Washington Post

Labor

• Gig law doesn’t apply to independent truck drivers, California judge rules. LA Times
• Musicians’ Pension Plan Seeks to Cut Benefits. New York Times
• Is this Las Vegas hospitality workers union the future of American labor? PBS News Hour

Taxation & Trade

• Grassley: Impeachment could delay vote on trade deal by a month. Politico
• Economy in a Nutshell: Manufacturing in Recession. Services Booming. New York Times
• USDOT map identifies ‘opportunity zones’ for economic development. Progressive Railroading
• Tax Incentives Fail to Spur Broad Economic Growth, Study Finds. Route Fifty

Technology

• Feds Are Content to Let Cars Drive, and Regulate, Themselves. Wired
• Moovit and Cubic partner to help commuters pay, plan multimodal trips. SmartCitiesDive
• CES 2020: The Future of Cities, Transportation and Equity. Government Technology
• E-scooter startup Lime shuts in 12 markets, lays off around 100. Axios
• Uber wants to sell you bus tickets on your next trip to Vegas. CNN

Transportation & Infrastructure

• AGs Argue Federal Railroad Law Shouldn’t Override State Permitting Power. Route Fifty
• Banning cars won’t solve America’s bigger transportation problem: Long trips. Brookings
• Buttigieg pledges $1 trillion in infrastructure spending if elected. Reuters

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