November 9, 2018

13 Nov November 9, 2018

Top Political News

• Midterm Election Results Leave a Divided Congress. New York Times
• The Races That Are Still Too Close To Call. FiveThirtyEight
• Attorney General Jeff Sessions Pushed Out of Trump White House. Wall Street Journal
• The historic firsts of the 2018 midterms. Washington Post
• Sheriff says 12 killed in shooting spree in California bar. Reuters

Energy & Natural Resources

• Voters Reject, Again, What Would Have Been the Nation’s First Carbon Tax. Governing
• House Dems plan to bring back committee on climate change. The Hill
• Trump: ‘Looking at’ Zinke, but ‘I’m very happy with most of my Cabinet.’ Politico
• At least five dead, Paradise ‘pretty much destroyed’ as wildfire rages in Northern California. Washington Post

Indian Affairs

• Native Americans Score Big Wins in Midterms After Years of Efforts. New York Times
• Tribe challenges Corps findings on Dakota Access pipeline. Associated Press
• HERSTORY! Deb Haaland, Sharice Davids in Congress and Peggy Flanagan as Lt. Gov. Indian Country Today

Labor

• What a Democrat-controlled House means for labor laws and minimum wage. Market Watch
• Voters in GOP-led states give themselves raise, increasing minimum wage. CBS News
• Medicaid Expansion Wins Big on Election Day. Route Fifty

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• Democrats’ House Victory Complicates Passage of New Nafta, Trade Deals. Wall Street Journal
• Unions criticize USMCA wages provision, potentially endangering the deal. Washington Examiner
• Midterm Elections Are Unlikely to Change Fed’s Trajectory. New York Times
• U.S. stock market pushes higher after midterm elections. Washington Post

Technology

• Uber Releases VSSA Including Need for “Tractable, Credible” Safety Metrics. Eno
• Uber seeks OK to resume self-driving tests in Pennsylvania. Reuters
• Milking Scooters for Cash Helps Cities Build for the Future. Wired
• Tesla Names New Chair As Elon Musk Steps Down. NPR

Transportation

• Democrats to push for big infrastructure bill with ‘real money’ in 2019. Reuters
• Nationwide, Transportation Measures Rolled to Victory. CityLab
• California Voters Reject Gas Tax Repeal. Transport Topics
• Philadelphia Fights Gridlock With Ticket Blitz. Wall Street Journal