September 23, 2022

27 Sep September 23, 2022

Top News

• What is the Electoral Count Act, and why does Congress want to change it? Washington Post
• Schumer starts process for taking up stopgap funding bill. Roll Call
• Cities Should Take the Lead in Fighting Extremism in America. Bloomberg CityLab
• War, Inflation Knock World Economy Off Balance. Wall Street Journal
• The nation’s cartoonists on this week in politics. Politico

Energy & Natural Resources

• Manchin’s New Bill Could Lead to One Big Climate Win. Atlantic
• Isolated communities in Puerto Rico struggle to regain water and power after Fiona. NPR
• Climate change drives record North Atlantic marine heat wave. Axios
• Senate approves climate treaty limiting potent greenhouse gases. The Hill

Indian Affairs

• Biden admin sides against Native Americans in crackdown on oil leasing near Indigenous site. Fox News
• For the first time in 230 years, Congress has full U.S. Indigenous representation. NPR
• Broadband funding for Native communities could finally connect some of America’s most isolated places. MIT Technology Review
• New campaign for Cherokee Nation House delegate. Axios

Labor

• Minnesota THC Legalization Puts Workplace Drug Testing in Limbo. Bloomberg Law
• NLRB Continues Regulatory Ping Pong With New Proposed “Joint Employment” Standard. JD Supra
• US Lawmakers Push Tech Firms on Abortion Benefits for Gig Workers. WIRED
• Deal that prevented rail strike still needs worker support. Yahoo News

Taxation & Trade

• The ultimate billionaire tax dodge. Axios
• Liz Truss Pessimistic on UK-US Trade Deal in the Near Future. Bloomberg
• The Fighting Over Online Sales Taxes Isn’t Finished. Route Fifty
• Blinken tells China’s Wang peace in Taiwan Strait is vital. Reuters

Technology

• Meta: We’re not-so-big tech now. Axios
• A Plan to Connect Public Housing Residents to Free Broadband. Route Fifty
• Legislation to force Big Tech to pay publishers for online news headed to Senate. Chicago Tribune
• Military innovation office launching effort to asses cryptocurrency threats to national security. The Hill

Transportation & Infrastructure

• A Global Push for More ‘15-Minute Cities’. Bloomberg CityLab
• Transit agencies can’t hire enough drivers to keep the buses running. Smart Cities Dive
• The Emerging Concerns Over the Infrastructure Law Rollout. Route Fifty
• Amtrak pledges net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045. Washington Post

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