November 2, 2018

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Top Political News

• ‘Fired Up’ Voters in 18 States Are Outpacing 2014 Early Ballot Counts. New York Times
• Troops Deploy to Parts of Border Where Migrant Caravans Are Deemed Most Likely to Go. Wall Street Journal
• Trump Escalates Immigration Issue Days Ahead Of Elections With White House Remarks. NPR
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy & Natural Resources

• White House concerned Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke violated federal rules. Washington Post
• Driven by Trump Policy Changes, Fracking Booms on Public Lands. New York Times
• Will This Be the Year Voters Pass the Nation’s First Carbon Tax? Governing

Indian Affairs

• North Dakota Voter ID Law Stands After Last-Ditch Lawsuit. New York Times
• The invisible Native? That’s not the story told on candidate videos. Indian Country Today
• Tribal treaty ‘bait and switch’ or ducking gas taxes? E&E News
• Tribes lead way on climate change ballot measure. Indian Country Today

Labor

• President Trump’s top economic adviser: ‘A federal minimum wage is a terrible idea. A terrible idea.’ Washington Post
• Early Look in Gig Worker Cases Sought by Labor Dept. Legal Chief. Bloomberg BNA
• Comment Period for NLRB’s Highly Anticipated Joint-Employer Rule Extended. National Law Review

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• U.S. Added 250,000 Jobs in October; Unemployment at 3.7%. New York Times
• U.S. Goods Imports and Trade Deficit With China Hit New Records. Wall Street Journal
• The Ups and Downs Of California’s Gas Tax. Tax Policy Center

Technology

• Waymo gets green light for robot cars in California; no humans needed. San Francisco Chronicle
• The Bloody Consequences of the Electric Scooter Revolution. Bloomberg
• Bus Transit Is Back, Thanks to Technology (Contributed). Government Technology
• UPS tests tricycles with extra oomph in Seattle. Seattle Times
• U.K. to Roll Out First-of-Its-Kind Digital Tax. Wall Street Journal

Transportation

• Texas Bullet Train named top North American infrastructure project. Dallas Business Journal
• Urban Planning Guru Says Driverless Cars Won’t Fix Congestion. Washington Post
• The Bus Is Still Best. The Atlantic
• NTSB: Ethanol train derailment underscores need for safe tank cars. Progressive Railroading
• How GM made ‘everyone in Washington mad.’ E&E News