October 22, 2021

25 Oct October 22, 2021

Top News

• To Democrats’ Dismay, Not Many Voters Know What Is in $2 Trillion Bill. Wall Street Journal
• C.D.C. Recommends Covid Booster Shots for Millions of Americans. New York Times
• House holds Stephen Bannon in contempt. Roll Call
• The Democratic coalition will be tested in the Virginia governor’s race. NPR
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy & Natural Resources

• Local Taxpayers Are Footing the Bill for Climate Disasters. RouteFifty
• EPA unveils strategy to regulate toxic ‘forever chemicals’. Associated Press
• UN: Fossil fuel output plans would crush Paris hopes. Axios
• Biden launches review that could ban copper mining near Minnesota wilderness area. Washington Post

Indian Affairs

• Chemawa Indian School families seek answers, healing through federal investigation. Statesman Journal
• Indian Affairs Announces $1.5 Million in 2021 Tribal Tourism Grants Awarded to Tribes, Tribal and Native Hawaiian Orgs. Indian Affairs News
• Office to collect data on missing, murdered Indigenous women proposed in New Mexico. Santa Fe New Mexican
• MIT grapples with early leader’s stance on Native Americans. Cherokee Phoenix

Labor 

• OSHA, citing Covid failures, moves to strip three states of workplace safety authority. New York Times
• Amazon warehouse workers on Staten Island push for union vote. NPR
• Silicon Valley Giants Built an Open Culture. Now Workers are Holding Them to It. Wall Street Journal
• California Port Firms Unlawfully Busted Union, NLRB Judge Says. Bloomberg Law

Taxation & Trade

• Commerce Department announces first round of awards for American Rescue Plan programs. The Hill
• How the Supply Chain Broke, and Why It Won’t Be Fixed Anytime Soon. New York Times
• Manchin, Tester voice opposition to carbon tax. The Hill
• Tax rates tug of war threatens budget package progress. Roll Call

Technology 

• Facebook withheld information about its VIP program, Oversight Board says. The Hill
• Trump says he plans to launch new social media network in 2022. Axios
• Study: Charging Up EVs Costs More Than Filling Up Gas Tanks. Government Technology
• No, We Don’t Need Dumb Cities. Governing Daily

Transportation & Infrastructure 

• Amtrak plans major expansion by 2035 if infrastructure bill passes. Smart Cities Dive
• Potentially ‘Catastrophic’ Metro Issue Linked to Derailment First Found in 2017: NTSB. NBC
• Amtrak again asks STB to order passenger-rail access to Gulf Coast freight tracks. Progressive Railroading
• DC: Washington subway derailment spurs warning for other cities. Mass Transit
• Highway Fund Cash Infusion Buys Lawmakers Time on Infrastructure. Boomberg Law

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