September 14, 2018

27 Sep September 14, 2018

Top Political News

• Paul Manafort Pleads Guilty, Agrees To Cooperate With Prosecutors. National Public Radio
• Primary Season Is (Finally) Over. Here Are 5 Things We Learned. New York Times
• Congress planning to avert government shutdown. Washington Post
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy & Natural Resources

• House Sends Water Resources Infrastructure Bill to Senate with Unanimous Vote. American Journal of Transportation
• Senators tout Oregon projects in energy, water spending bill. KTVZ
• Administration announces plan to streamline oil and gas extraction in national forests. The Hill
• In stormy markup, panel OKs parks, drilling and LWCF bills. E&E News

Indian Affairs

• Murkowski to ‘review further’ Kavanaugh’s tribal views. E&E News
• Native American Tribes File Lawsuit Seeking To Invalidate Keystone XL Pipeline Permit. National Public Radio

Labor

• NLRB Pushes to Rescind Obama-Era Union Ruling. Wall Street Journal
• Teaming Up to Get Workers Ready for Technology of the Future. New York Times
• Public Employees’ Pay, Benefits and Rights Become Campaign Issues. Governing

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• Trump Plans to Rebrand Nafta, Warns Canada. Wall Street Journal
• Trump Wants $200 Billion in China Tariffs Despite Talks, Sources Say. Bloomberg
• House panel backs bill to make Trump tax cuts permanent. Reuters
• Rettig takes over IRS amid budget challenges, regulatory crunch. Politico

Technology

• The electric scooter boom — and cities’ misguided attempts to squash it — explained. Vox
• Vertical Aerospace makes ‘flying cars’ with more grounded aspirations. The Verge
• Daimler Plots Two-for-One Autonomous Van for City Transport. Bloomberg
• Lyft’s Bid to Rule the Streets Now Includes Public Transit. Wired

Transportation

• Local Transit Projects Hobbled as Trump Agencies Mum on Funds. Bloomberg
• Transit Advocates: Is the White House Purposefully Delaying Project Funds? Governing
• Who Will Regulate Hyperloop? Route Fifty