January 21, 2022

24 Jan January 21, 2022

Top News

• Senate Democrats fail to advance voting rights legislation and changes to filibuster. USA Today
• Lessons From the Winning Cities in the Global Mayors Challenge. Bloomberg CityLab
• Acknowledging hurdles, Biden ready to split up budget package. Roll Call
• Infrastructure Update: $6B Federal Bridge Funding Boost Arrives for Small Localities. RouteFifty
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy & Natural Resources

• Biden administration unveils plan for addressing wildfires. The Hill
• Splitting up Biden’s Build Back Better package could save Dems’ climate agenda. Axios
• EPA Must Strengthen PFAS Reporting Requirements, Lawsuit Says. Bloomberg
• Manchin: Biden spending plan talks would start ‘from scratch’ The Hill

Indian Affairs

• Native Americans want to ditch the name Squaw Valley. A county supervisor says context matters. Los Angeles Times
• Chan, Zuckerberg fighting Native American vaccine hesitancy. Associated Press
• Mortgages boom for American Indians, but national share declines. Tribal Business News
• Repatriation Delays A Matter of Priorities, Not Funding, Experts Say. Native News

Labor 

• Carhartt blowback shows the tightrope companies face over vaccine mandate decisions. NPR
• The business case for union busting is eroding. Forbes
• Starbucks Union Campaign Spreads Online Beyond Buffalo. Wall Street Journal
• Burned Out Health-Care Workers Get $103 Million Boost From HHS. Bloomberg Law

Taxation & Trade

• U.S., UK launch talks to resolve steel, aluminum dispute; U.S. producers wary. Reuters
• White House forms council to oversee ‘Made in America’ push. The Hill
• ‘No SALT, No Deal’ as Some Democrats Demand Higher Cap in Biden Bill. Bloomberg
• With U.S. focused on defense, China’s trade and infrastructure sweep Southeast Asia. NPR

Technology 

• Can AI-powered Congestion Pricing Improve Transportation Equity? RouteFifty
• Big Tech lobbies hard against looming antitrust bill. Axios
• FTC Chair Lina Khan says agency won’t back down in the face of intimidation from Big Tech. CNBC
• Intel to Invest at Least $20 Billion in Ohio Chip-Making Facility. Wall Street Journal

Transportation & Infrastructure 

• White House urges states to name infrastructure coordinators. Smart Cities Dive
• AT&T, Verizon delay launching 5G near some airports after airlines ask Biden to intervene. CNN
• The Difficult Push to Build More Housing Near Transit. RouteFifty
• FTA awards 36 Tribal governments $10.3 million in grants. Mass Transit

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