September 13, 2019

16 Sep September 13, 2019

Top News

• Attacks on Biden in Debate Highlight Divide Over the Obama Legacy. New York Times
• Trump fires foreign policy hawk Bolton, citing strong disagreements. Reuters
• Republican Dan Bishop Wins North Carolina Special Congressional Election. NPR
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy, Natural Resources, & Agriculture

• Administration finalizes repeal of 2015 water rule Trump called ‘destructive and horrible.’ Washington Post
• California wildfires result in $11 billion settlement. Axios
• White House moving forward to strip California of vehicle authority: sources. Reuters
• Report says airlines’ carbon emissions are growing fast. Associated Press

Indian Affairs 

• Oregon Schools Slowly Rolling Out Indigenous Studies Curriculum. Oregon Public Broadcasting
• Seattle vows to address crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. Seattle Times
• Nations to Nation: Tribal leaders on Capitol Hill. Indian Country Today

Labor

• Union Organizing Emails May Be Subject to Disclosure After State High Court Ruling. Route Fifty
• California Senate passes bill making it more difficult to classify workers as contractors. Supply Chain Dive
• California Just Upended Gig Work. Other Cities and States Could Follow. CityLab

Taxation & Trade

• More Dems see path to resolving new NAFTA differences. Politico
• China exempts import tariffs on some U.S. goods ahead of trade talks. Axios
• U.S. Deficit Tops $1 Trillion in First 11 Months of Fiscal Year. Wall Street Journal
• Trump says he is planning a ‘very substantial’ middle class tax cut in next year. The Hill

Technology

• Cities Are Trying—Again—to Plan for Autonomous Vehicles. Wired
• Uber will spend $200 million to expand its Uber Freight trucking venture. The Verge
• Rethinking urban mobility systems through data intelligence. Freight Waves
• Waymo eyes deploying self-driving technology in trucking: CEO Krafcik. Reuters
• Highlights: New transportation technologies bring rewards and risks. Brookings Institution

Transportation & Infrastructure

• Tolling, Congestion Pricing Debated At House Hearing. AASHTO
• Railroads’ PTC Implementation Progressing, FRA Announces. Transport Topics
• Cities Need ‘Sophisticated Urban Freight Policies,’ Report Says. Transport Topics
• How to Build a New Park So Its Neighbors Benefit. CityLab