May 20, 2022

22 May May 20, 2022

Top News

• Biden administration addresses the affordable housing crisis with new plan. Smart Cities Dive
• White House turns focus to youth mental health. Roll Call
• Senate ships $40B Ukraine aid bill to Biden for signature. AP News
• Even as gas prices rattle economy, Americans can’t stay off the road. Washington Post
• As abortion ruling nears, state and federal lawmakers rush to prepare. Roll Call
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy & Natural Resources

• Gas prices cross $4 in every state for first time. The Hill
• Time running out on the ‘one opportunity’ for a climate bill. Roll Call
• In West Virginia, the clean-energy transition rests on Joe Manchin. Washington Post
• Energy Secretary says administration is working on relief for solar industry amid tariff investigation. CNN

Indian Affairs

• Report finds little progress reducing violence against Native American women. MPR
• Native Americans are reshaping the narrative at one of America’s most famous museums. USA Today
• After Roe, can states stop abortions on Native American lands? Yahoo News
• Opening of Chicago Field Museum’s Native Truths Exhibition Marks a ‘New Beginning.’ Native News

Labor 

• Beltway Buzz, May 13, 2022. National Law Review
• ‘A magnet for rip-off artists’: Fraud siphoned billions from pandemic unemployment benefits. Washington Post
• Senate Confirms Stalled Pick for Labor Department Hill Liaison. Bloomberg Law
• How U.S. Soccer and Its Players Solved the Equal Pay Puzzle. New York Times

Taxation & Trade

• Yellen Looks to Get Global Tax Deal Back on Track During Europe Trip. New York Times
• Joe Biden’s IPEF economic pivot seen as ‘cold war strategy’, bringing China ‘sharp challenges’. South China Morning Post
• White House slams Bezos criticism of Biden tax comments. Axios
• Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk Tax Data Leaked Out a Year Ago. IRS Leaders Still Wait for Answers Wall Street Journal

Technology 

• Uber increases EV incentives to achieve its all-electric by 2030 goal. Smart Cities Dive
• Fewer Americans think Big Tech should have more regulations. Verge
• Big Tech Takes Texas to the Supreme Court. New York Times
• Inside the race for a car battery that charges fast — and won’t catch fire. Washington Post

Transportation & Infrastructure 

• U.S. Traffic Deaths Surged to a 16-Year High in 2021. Wall Street Journal
• With Complaints Rising, Transit Agencies Search for Alternatives to Police. Route Fifty
• Here’s How to Get Infrastructure Funds to Smaller Cities. Bloomberg City Lab
• Infrastructure Week Finally Yields Actual Infrastructure Projects. Route Fifty

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