June 19, 2020

21 Jun June 19, 2020

Top News

• Supreme Court blocks Trump’s bid to end DACA, a win for undocumented ‘dreamers.’ Washington Post
• Civil Rights Law Protects Gay and Transgender Workers, Supreme Court Rules. New York Times
• 2020 Electoral Map Ratings: Biden Has An Edge Over Trump, With 5 Months To Go. NPR
• What is Juneteenth? 4 things you should know. PBS NewsHour
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy & Natural Resources

• EPA Chief Spreads Trump’s Environmental Message in Swing States. Bloomberg Law
• Emissions Are Surging Back as Countries and States Reopen. New York Times
• Electric vehicles to set new market share record in 2020. S&P Global
• Lyft pledges all-EV fleet by 2030. SmartCitiesDive

Indian Affairs

• Judge: U.S. must release $679M in tribal virus relief funds. Associated Press
• Pandemic Adds Urgency To Census Effort On Tribal Lands. Oregon Public Broadcasting
• A Native American tribe plans to build an opioid treatment center, but neighbors have vowed to block it. Washington Post

Labor

• Kudlow says $600 additional unemployment checks will end in July. Politico
• Virus is Squeezing State and Local Public Workers’ Personal Finances, Survey Finds. Route Fifty
• 1.5 Million File For Unemployment, But Continuing Claims Decrease Slightly. NPR

Taxation & Trade

• Debate rages over new lifeline for small business as loan program ends. Politico
• Trump Trade Official Defends China Deal and Criticizes the W.T.O. New York Times
• Mnuchin Declares Global Corporate-Tax Talks at an Impasse. Wall Street Journal
• With Tax Deadline Looming, IRS Faces Backlog As It Transitions Out Of COVID-19 Crisis. NPR

Technology

• Securing critical infrastructure in the smart city. SmartCitiesDive
• The Economy Is Reeling. The Tech Giants Spy Opportunity. New York Times
• Uber enters first SaaS partnership in Marin County, CA. SmartCitiesDive

Transportation & Infrastructure

• House Democrats’ surface transportation bill ready for $1.5T infrastructure plan. Politico
• U.S. House Democrats unveil $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan. Reuters
• Transit agencies, airports and Amtrak will receive nearly 100 million masks to give to passengers. Washington Post
• How 2020 Remapped Your Worlds. Bloomberg City Lab

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