October 4, 2019

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Top News

• Trump Demands Full House Vote On Impeachment Before Complying With Lawmakers. NPR
• Next Democratic Debate Will Have 12 Candidates Onstage, the Most Ever. New York Times
• U.S. Supreme Court to tackle gay rights, guns, abortion and Trump. Reuters
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy, Natural Resources, & Agriculture

• Energy Secretary Rick Perry eyeing exit in November. Politico
• Climate Change Could Make Borrowing Costlier for States and Cities. Pew Charitable Trusts
• Trump, Facing Farmers’ Discontent, Plans Help for Ethanol. New York Times

Indian Affairs 

• USDOT Proposes Tribal Transportation Self-Governance. AASHTO Journal
• States Take on the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Route Fifty
• Washington’s coastal tribes are working to escape rising sea levels. A bill in D.C. could help. Crosscut
• Tribal health insurance coverage rose, but still trailed U.S. average. Cronkite News

Labor

• U.S. Added 136,000 Jobs in September; Unemployment Rate at 3.5%. New York Times
• Uber Launches An App To Connect Job Seekers With Gig Work. NPR
• Labor force nonparticipation: Trends, causes, and policy solutions. Brookings Institution

Taxation & Trade

• Trump sees ‘very good chance’ of China trade deal, says no link to Biden probe request. Reuters
• Cheese, Scotch and coffee: A big win for Trump on tariffs. Politico
• Here Is How Interconnected Manufacturing Is Across the Globe. Wall Street Journal
• Pelosi, Trump may reach trade deal despite impeachment. The Hill

Technology

• UPS Now Runs the First Official Drone Airline. Wired
• States Can Craft Own Net Neutrality Rules, Appeals Court Rules. Route Fifty
• City Dwellers Increasingly Want Electric Bikes and Scooters. Bloomberg
• Car2Go’s exit from 5 cities raises car-sharing viability questions. Smart Cities Dive

Transportation & Infrastructure

• In Search of Bipartisanship, Congressional Leaders Point to Transportation Bill. Transport Topics
• National Freight Report Highlights Growing Capacity Challenges. AASHTO Journal
• Curing Traffic Congestion Will Take More Than New Roads. Government Technology
• Cars All but Banned on One of Manhattan’s Busiest Streets. New York Times