13 Jul July 10, 2020
Top News
- Mnuchin Expects New Stimulus Deal by End of July. Wall Street Journal
- How the Trump administration backpedaled on its threats to cut school funding. Politico
- Trump Taxes Likely Going to Manhattan D.A., But Maybe Few Others. Bloomberg
- Supreme Court Rules State ‘Faithless Elector’ Laws Constitutional. NPR
- The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico
Energy & Natural Resources
- Is This the End of New Pipelines? New York Times
- U.N. chief urges end to coal financing to spur clean energy shift. Reuters
- Wall Street giants plan more active role in climate fight. Axios
- US localities signed 335 renewable energy deals since 2015: report. SmartCitiesDive
- Trump Administration Seeks to Block Settlement Between Sierra Club and Michigan Utility. Wall Street Journal
Indian Affairs
- Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Affirms Native American Rights in Oklahoma. New York Times
- Judge halts virus relief funding for Alaska Native corporations. Associated Press
- Tribes enter key wildfire time with coronavirus looming large. The Oregonian
Labor
- White House presses railroad pension fund on China investments. Pensions & Investments
- Public Pensions and the COVID-19 Fiscal Dilemma. Governing
- California’s Gig Economy Ballot Measure Fails Workers, Labor Groups Say. Bloomberg CityLab
- U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims Edged Lower in Latest Week. Wall Street Journal
Taxation & Trade
- As Chinese Trade Surpluses Persist, So Will Risk of Trade Wars. Wall Street Journal
- An Unusual Pair, Trump and Lopez Obrador Reboot U.S.-Mexico Relations. Bloomberg
- Trump administration bars international college students if their school’s classes are all online. Politico
- Data Raises Questions About Who Benefited From PPP Loans. NPR
Technology
- Local Rollout of Contact Tracing Apps Can Help Combat Skepticism, Experts Say. Route Fifty
- Uber’s name-your-price feature for drivers hits Bay Area. San Francisco Chronicle
- U.S. government may finalize ban on federal contractors using equipment from Huawei this week. TechCrunch
Transportation & Infrastructure
- ‘Time Is Always Money’: Pandemic Lockdowns Hasten Infrastructure Work. New York Times
- Reeling from the loss of gas tax revenue during pandemic, states are deferring billions of dollars of transportation projects. Washington Post
- To rebuild life after COVID, start with infrastructure. SmartCitiesDive
- The Bay Area’s Transit Dilemma: Too Many Agencies, Not Enough Riders. Bloomberg CityLab
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