Archive for June 2021

Top News What Over 400 Local Leaders Want to See in an Infrastructure Deal. RouteFifty Five takeaways from the Biden-Putin summit. The Hill Democrats Float $6 Trillion Plan Amid Talks on Narrower Infrastructure Deal. New York Times $1.5 trillion spending cap approved with House rule. Roll Call The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico Energy & Natural Resources Biden…

Top News House panel advances $547 billion surface transportation bill. Roll Call Biden to Send 500 Million Doses of Pfizer Vaccine to 100 Countries Over a Year. New York Times 3 takeaways from NLC’s ‘State of the Cities’ report. Smart Cities Dive Biden opens overseas trip declaring ‘United States is back’ Associated Press The nation’s cartoonists on the week in…

Top News Biden’s $6 trillion budget proposal would rebuild America’s social safety net. Vox U.S. economy adds 559,000 jobs in May, as the recovery shows signs of strength. Washington Post Dems notch easy win in New Mexico special election. Politico COVID-19 cases hit lowest point in U.S. since pandemic began. Axios The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico Energy…

Top News Bipartisan highway bill advances in Senate, offering a path through infrastructure morass. Politico Biden Budget Calls for Spending Surge Fueled by Higher Taxes. Bloomberg New information on Wuhan researchers’ illness furthers debate on pandemic origins. CNN The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico Energy & Natural Resources EPA ends Trump-era ‘transparency’ rule that ignored certain science…

Top News Questions Loom for States, Localities About How to Spend Billions in Covid Relief Funds. RouteFifty Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas agree to a ceasefire. CNN House Narrowly Passes $1.9 Billion Capitol Security Bill. New York Times U.S. weekly deaths from COVID fall to lowest in 14 months. Reuters The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics. Politico Energy…