January 12, 2018

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Please be sure to check out the new 2018 Legislative Calendar on the Summit Strategies website!

Top Political News

• Will the government shut down next week? It’s possible. Washington Post
• A division for Democrats: Force a shutdown, or push for a political victory? Washington Post
• Senators Contradict Trump Denial of Using Crude Remark in Immigration Meeting. Wall Street Journal
• CHART: Tracking Retirements From Congress. National Public Radio
• Oprah 2020, explained. Vox
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy & Natural Resources

• Battling Climate Change from the Back Seat of an S.U.V. New York Times
• Interior plans to move thousands of workers in the biggest reorganization in its history. Washington Post
• Trump-appointed regulators reject plan to rescue coal and nuclear plants. Washington Post
• Florida got an exemption to the offshore drilling plan. Now 12 other states want one too. Vox
• With EPA agreement, Port sees Superfund cleanup progress. Portland Business Journal

Indian Affairs

• Indian Tribes Take Opioid Companies to Court. Governing
• Forest land now under tribe control. Coos Bay The World
• Tribes try to exert more influence over federal farm bill. Minnesota Public Radio

Labor

• What does a $15 minimum wage do to the economy? Economists are starting to find out. Washington Post
• ‘Fiduciary Rule’ Poised for Second Life Under Trump Administration. Wall Street Journal
• Kentucky becomes the first state allowed to impose Medicaid work requirement. Washington Post
• Economists Think the U.S. Economy Is At or Near Full Employment. Wall Street Journal

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Survives, but G.M. and Tesla Aren’t Cheering. New York Times
• GOP leaders reject gas tax increase after Trump floats the idea. Washington Post
• U.S. will renegotiate NAFTA or pull out: Mnuchin. Reuters
• GOP Tax Law Could Starve Cities of Revenue. Governing

Technology

• Toyota Joins With Uber and Amazon to Find Its Self-Driving Future. Wired
• GM will make an autonomous car without steering wheel or pedals by 2019. The Verge
• To Measure the ‘Uber Effect,’ Cities Get Creative. CityLab
• Trump infrastructure plan to include shift toward driverless vehicles. Las Vegas Review-Journal
• U.S. Supreme Court to Review Bid to Collect Internet Sales Tax. Bloomberg

Transportation

• Trump Infrastructure Plan Will Limit Regulations, DOT Exec Says. Transport Topics
• Trump’s infrastructure plan may slip to next month. The Hill
• NTSB issues safety recommendations to UP, FRA and AAR. Progressive Railroading
• Bipartisan Report Underscores Hard Truths About Infrastructure Funding. Route Fifty
• FRA proposes delay in safety training requirements. Progressive Railroading
• NS assists in $1 billion worth of industrial development. Progressive Railroading