September 8, 2017

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The Weekly Trek

September 8, 2017

Top Political News

• House sends Harvey aid package to Trump with debt ceiling boost. Politico
• Trump’s Debt-Ceiling Deal Boosts Pressure on Paul Ryan. Wall Street Journal
• States Sue Trump Administration to Preserve DACA. Wall Street Journal
• Irma spotlights deep divisions on climate. E&E
• 50 ideas blowing up American politics (and the people  behind them). Politico
• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico

Energy & Natural Resources

• This Wildfire Season Underscores the Importance of Federal Forest Payments. Route Fifty
• Congress sends wildfire aid funding, tied to Harvey relief, to President Trump. Oregonian
• Oregon lawmakers to Congress: Treat wildfires like natural disasters. Statesman Journal
• House keeps most EPA cuts, rejects bids to reverse riders. E&E
• Wind Power Wins Converts in Rural U.S. Wall Street Journal
• Here’s why even after a wet winter, the West saw a near record fire season. AP

Indian Affairs

• Tribe eying entry into pot industry. News Register
• Preventing absenteeism among Native American students proves stubbornly difficult, Oregon finds. Oregonian
• Editorial: The name of the road. Ashland Daily

Labor

• Workers: Fear Not the Robot Apocalypse. Wall Street Journal
• Trump Shifts Labor Policy Focus From Worker to Entrepreneur. NY Times
• Republicans suddenly seem to like unions again. Washington Post
• Labor Movement Faces Challenges Amid Growing Public Support For Unions. NPR

Taxation, Trade, & Defense

• Nafta Talks Lurch Ahead Without Signs of Major Progress. NY Times
• Former House Tax Chief Says Overhaul Unlikely to Happen in 2017. Bloomberg
• President Trump Unlikely to Nominate Gary Cohn to Become Fed Chairman. Wall Street Journal
• DOD renewable fuels program survives threat. E&E

Technology

• The US is speeding toward its first national law for self-driving cars. The Verge
• Uber Faces FBI Probe Over Program Targeting Rival Lyft. Wall Street Journal
• Assume self-driving cars are a hacker’s dream? Think again. The Guardian

Transportation

• U.S. DOT Opens Latest Round of TIGER Grant Funding. Will It Be the Last? Route Fifty
• Trump Infrastructure Plan Seeks to Shift Decisions—and Bills—to States, Cities. Wall Street Journal
• White House Brings in State DOT Officials, Others to Discuss Infrastructure Plans. AASHTO
• Washington state to test pay-by-the-mile as a way to fund highways. Seattle Times

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